Solar park boom threatens Spain's centuries-old olive trees

"Cutting down olive trees to install solar panels is a crime," the 64-year-old farmer told AFP in Lopera, a town of whitewashed buildings with 3,600 residents in the sunny southern region of Andalusia, Spain's olive-growing heartland. Spain is the world's top producer of olive oil, but the fertile agricultural land long used by olive producers is now in high demand from power firms looking to install solar farms. And with nearly 3,000 hours of sunshine per year, Andalusia is one of the Spanish...