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Environmental news, climate policy, and sustainability in Portugal.
Programa Sustentável 2030 Drops €130 Million in Fresh Avisos for Water and Circular Economy — €40M for Wastewater Treatment, €30M for Public Water Supply, €60M From the Cohesion Fund for Urban Waste Valorisation, All at 85% Cofinancing

Programa Sustentável 2030 Drops €130 Million in Fresh Avisos for Water and Circular Economy — €40M for Wastewater Treatment, €30M for Public Water Supply, €60M From the Cohesion Fund for Urban Waste Valorisation, All at 85% Cofinancing

Economia and Ambiente jointly opened three new Programa Sustentável 2030 avisos on Saturday — €40M for wastewater, €30M for public-water capture, €60M from the Fundo de Coesão for urban-waste valorisation, all at an 85% cofinancing ceiling.
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Nuno Melo Confirms Two UH-60 Black Hawks Will Reinforce Portugal's 76-Asset DECIR 2026 Wildfire Fleet — Esquadra 551 'Panteras' Inaugurates a €2 Million PRR Facility at Ovar as ANEPC Flags a Belly-Tank Methodology Adjustment

Nuno Melo Confirms Two UH-60 Black Hawks Will Reinforce Portugal's 76-Asset DECIR 2026 Wildfire Fleet — Esquadra 551 'Panteras' Inaugurates a €2 Million PRR Facility at Ovar as ANEPC Flags a Belly-Tank Methodology Adjustment

Nuno Melo confirmed at Ovar BA8 on 8 May that two Força Aérea UH-60 Black Hawks will fold into DECIR 2026's 76-aircraft fleet — one for attack, one for transport — as ANEPC's Mário Silvestre flagged a belly-tank refill methodology shift after Viseu's PT EU MODEX 2026.
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Quercus, Gardunha Sul and Five Other Movements Stage a 13:00 Protest at APA's Castelo Branco HQ Over the Beira and Sophia Mega-Photovoltaics — 525 Hectares Already Carry a Negative DIA, Sophia's 425,600 Modules Still Under Analysis

Quercus, Gardunha Sul and Five Other Movements Stage a 13:00 Protest at APA's Castelo Branco HQ Over the Beira and Sophia Mega-Photovoltaics — 525 Hectares Already Carry a Negative DIA, Sophia's 425,600 Modules Still Under Analysis

Seven civil-society movements gathered at the APA delegation in Castelo Branco at 13:00 on 6 May to demand transparency on two contested mega-solar projects — the Beira plant (525 ha, already with a negative DIA) and Sophia (390 ha, 425,600 modules) — both straddling four Beira Baixa municipalities.
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Fundo Ambiental's New €20 Million EV Incentive Round Opens in May or June 2026 — €4,000 to €5,000 per Light Passenger Car, €1,500 Cap on Bicycles, and a December Programme That Sold Out in Hours Sets the Bar

Fundo Ambiental's New €20 Million EV Incentive Round Opens in May or June 2026 — €4,000 to €5,000 per Light Passenger Car, €1,500 Cap on Bicycles, and a December Programme That Sold Out in Hours Sets the Bar

The Government will open a new €20 million Fundo Ambiental incentive round for electric vehicle purchases in May or June 2026 — €4,000 to €5,000 per car at a €38,500 price ceiling, and €500 to €1,500 for bicycles. The December 2025 round sold out the same day.
The Portugal Brief
IMO Adopts the World's Largest Emission Control Area Covering Mainland Portugal — North-East Atlantic ECA Caps Bunker Sulphur at 0.10% From 2028 With Tier III NOx for New Builds, Madeira and Açores Left Out

IMO Adopts the World's Largest Emission Control Area Covering Mainland Portugal — North-East Atlantic ECA Caps Bunker Sulphur at 0.10% From 2028 With Tier III NOx for New Builds, Madeira and Açores Left Out

MEPC 84 adopted the North-East Atlantic ECA on 1 May 2026, covering mainland Portugal, Spain, France, the UK, Ireland, Iceland, the Faroes and Greenland. The 0.10% sulphur bunker cap and Tier III NOx for new builds bite from 2028 — Madeira and the Açores are explicitly excluded.
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