The office of Javier Fernández, head of the Cantabrian government’s environmental department, offers a spectacular view across the bay of Santander and the rolling sea beyond. As he points it out, he proudly makes a broader point about Cantabria: it may be one of Spain’s smallest regions, but its countryside is unusually dramatic, ranging from a ragged coastline and unique rock formations explored by cavers, to snow-capped mountains prized by climbers. “This region has special values, both in terms of the landscape and the environment,” he says. Fernández explains that those natural values are what drove the region’s government to propose a law making the region Spain’s first to … [Read more...] about Fracking gives Spain another headache over regional autonomy