Developers blame Greenpeace for property market deluge in La Manga

July 04, 2008

A group of property developers in La Manga del Mar Menor (Murcia) are demanding that the environmental organisation Greenpeace pay them more than 20 million Euros in compensation for sinking the local property market and causing “prices to plunge by up to 50%”.

The developers accuse Greenpeace of unduly scaring buyers by publishing doctored photos showing the expected effects of rising sea levels on the La Manga strip. The pictures suggest that much of the La Manga strip will be under water if sea levels rise by 0.5 metres, which Greenpeace argues is an “optimistic and conservative” scenario if steps are not taken to head off global warming.

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