Food that goes to waste consumes a quarter of fresh water in agriculture. Food waste accounts for a quarter of the water used in agriculture on the entire planet and 300 million barrels of oil. In the case of Spain, a part of the oil is used for transportation, because the average food purchased in the market "has traveled between 2,500 and 4,000 kilometers before reaching our mouths," says José Esquinas, agronomist, doctor in Genetics and author of Rumbo al Ecocidio (Editorial Espasa), in collaboration with the journalist Mónica G. Prieto. They tell it in EFE Verde. Opposition to the exploitation of a quartz mine in Segovia by the Norwegian company Elkem. Some 400 residents have mobilized in Sepúlveda to protect their agricultural, livestock and tourist resources against the requested mining projects in the northeast of Segovia that, they say, threaten their way of life and the environment. 

Erimsa has requested authorization from the Regional Government of Castilla y León to cover 4,072 hectares, of which it would exploit 2,183, in the municipalities of Barbolla, Sotillo, Castillejo de Mesleón, Cerezo de Arriba, Cerezo de Abajo and Duruelo . They tell it in EFE Verde. CO2 emissions from fossil fuels increase by 3.5% in Spain in 2022. Eurostat indicates that CO2 emissions caused by the burning of fossil fuels for energy use fell 2.8% in the European Union, compared to 2021, but they rose by more than three points in Spain. The combined Special Data volume was almost 2.4 gigatonnes (Gt), Eurostat added in a statement, in which it recalled that CO2 emissions derived from energy use "contribute greatly to global warming" and represent around 75%. of all emissions caused by human action. They tell it in La Vanguardia. The UN considers reforms to limit the influence of the fossil fuel industry in climate negotiations. 

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is holding technical meetings ahead of COP28 in Bonn until June 15. Elected participants and activists have called for the choice of venue for annual COP meetings and delegates to be made more transparent. The next climate summit will be held in December in the United Arab Emirates. They tell it in Inside Climate News. Urban birds, in danger due to the destruction of nests. Pesticides, climate change and the destruction of nests are some of the causes of the progressive decline of wild species such as swallows, martins, swifts, kestrels and storks. The elimination of nests of protected birds, both with chicks and empty ones, is considered a serious infraction and carries a fine that would range between 5,001 and 200,000 euros.