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Environmental news, climate policy, and sustainability in Portugal.
APA Eases Groundwater-Drilling Ban Across Most Algarve Water Bodies, the Moura-Ficalho Aquifer and the Left Bank of the Tejo-Sado — Faro Plain and Coastal Salt-Intrusion Zones Stay Frozen

APA Eases Groundwater-Drilling Ban Across Most Algarve Water Bodies, the Moura-Ficalho Aquifer and the Left Bank of the Tejo-Sado — Faro Plain and Coastal Salt-Intrusion Zones Stay Frozen

The Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente has partially lifted its moratorium on new groundwater drillings (furos de água) across most of the Algarve, the Moura-Ficalho aquifer and the left bank of the Tejo-Sado basin. The Faro Plain subsystem and coastal salt-intrusion prevention zones stay frozen.
The Portugal Brief
Zero Flags Profound Structural Fragilities in Portugal's 2030 Climate Trajectory After the 2024 Inventory Trims Emissions Just 3% to 51.5 Mt CO₂-eq — Transport Sector Carries 35.2% of the National Total and Q1 2026 Fuel Use Runs 2.5% Above Year-Earlier

Zero Flags Profound Structural Fragilities in Portugal's 2030 Climate Trajectory After the 2024 Inventory Trims Emissions Just 3% to 51.5 Mt CO₂-eq — Transport Sector Carries 35.2% of the National Total and Q1 2026 Fuel Use Runs 2.5% Above Year-Earlier

Zero warns Portugal's 2024 emissions inventory cut just 3% to 51.5 Mt CO₂-eq — well below the pace needed for the PNEC 55% target by 2030. Transport carries 35.2% of the total, fuel use ran 2.5% higher in Q1 2026, and the PNCPA 2030 is still in public consultation seven years past the EU deadline.
The Portugal Brief
Recycling and Household Waste in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the Ecoponto Colour Codes, the Biorresíduos Brown Bin, the New Volta Deposit-Return System, and Where to Drop Oil, Batteries, Electronics, Monstros and Textiles

Recycling and Household Waste in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the Ecoponto Colour Codes, the Biorresíduos Brown Bin, the New Volta Deposit-Return System, and Where to Drop Oil, Batteries, Electronics, Monstros and Textiles

Recycling and household waste in Portugal in 2026 — the four Ecoponto colour codes (amarelo / azul / verde / castanho), the biorresíduos rollout under DL 102-D/2020, the new Volta deposit-return system, and where to drop oil, batteries, electronics, monstros and textiles.
The Portugal Brief