Sant Llorenç flood row puts Mallorca safety in focus

A dispute over preparing for floods has flared in the Balearic Parliament in Palma, Mallorca, after the Sant Llorenç flood. On Tuesday, Antònia Estarellas said the previous government had done nothing on self-protection — measures for protecting oneself — after the flood. The minister defended the current government's actions against extreme weather.

Estarellas also pointed to its climate measures, saying the number of solar power installations for own use had risen from 10,000 to 30,000.

PSIB deputy Marc Pons said the term would bring climate reversals rather than simply be a lost one. He criticised the dismantling of the Balearic Islands' only wind farm, the lifting of the ban on diesel-car sales and the exemption for rental-car firms from the electrification timetable.

Pons also accused the government of legalising buildings in flood-prone and wildfire-risk areas, while seeking approval for new urban development without enough water. He attacked a rule allowing hotels to keep diesel and fuel-oil boilers for another three years and said the agricultural law offered no proposals on organic farming.

He added that strong public mobilisation had stopped mega-farms with 800,000 hens from going ahead.

Topics: Fires · Agriculture · Tourism · Politics

Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com