Environmentalists appeal to Spanish parties ahead of December elections

Spanish NGOs, incensed at the controversial 'sun tax' that charges citizens for creating their own energy, have called for a new 'vice-presidency' on sustainability, reports El Pais

The five main green organisations operating in Spain have launched an environmental appeal to political parties in the run-up to December's general elections.

Friends of the Earth, Ecologists in Action, Greenpeace, SEO/BirdLife and WWF have stressed the urgent need for any new government to create a vice-presidency for sustainability, that would be able to coordinate and oversee cross-sector policy making.