Friends of the Earth Malta together with the Environmental NGOs Nature Trust (Malta), Flimkien ghal Ambjent Ahjar, Light Pollution Awareness Group, Din L-Art Helwa and BirdLife Malta welcome the news that Parliamentary Secretary Dr Jason Azzopardi has successfully reclaimed the area between Fomm ir Rih and Gnejna. This sizeable tract of relatively unspoiled land and...
In what can be considered a truly global event about a global issue, Friends of the Earth Malta and St. James Cavalier hosted the age of stupid, a new epic from McLibel director Franny Armstrong. In a cinema filled to capacity, viewers at St James joined another million viewers in 63 countries to watch the...
The Environmental NGOs Friends of the Earth Malta, Flimkien Ghal Ambjent Ahjar, Ramblers Association and Nature Trust (Malta), Birdlife Malta and Din L-Art Helwa have expressed their disappointment and concern as to how the Enforcement Unit within the MEPA Environment Directorate is being dismantled and officers in this unit were being distributed into other units...
 Friends of the Earth Malta would like to commend government for following up on the long promised Eco-Gozo plan. This should hopefully serve as a test case which would eventually lead to a similar plan being implemented on a national level. However such a plan would not be comprehensive unless it undergoes a Strategic...
Friends of the Earth Malta is launching an international photographic exhibition on climate change on Tuesday 15th September at Sliema’s Independence garden at 7.30pm, titled ‘The climate is changing… are you?’ It’s not so difficult to realize that climate change is happening in Malta as well as in the rest of the world but how...
The environmental NGOs BirdLife Malta, Din l-Art Ħelwa, Flimkien Għal Ambjent Aħjar, Friends of the Earth Malta, Gaia Foundation, Nature Trust Malta and the Ramblers Association today slammed the Siggiewi Mayor Perit Musumeci for his request for the police to investigate FAA Coordinator Astrid Vella. The NGOs stated that the authorities should investigate the notorious...
Scotland’s climate bill sets precedent for Europe Friends of the Earth Malta has warmly welcomed the groundbreaking Climate Change Bill passed in Scotland this week. Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) voted for a target to reduce greenhouse gases by 42 per cent by 2020 – the most ambitious statutory target in the world. The...
The environment NGOs BirdLife Malta, Flimkien ghal Ambjent Ahjar, Friends of the Earth Malta, GAIA Foundation, MOAM, Nature Trust (Malta) and Ramblers Association highlight the fact that the Authorities’ pledge to protect the countryside has once again been put into question by MEPA’s recommending the approval of a development project partially outside the development zone...
Environmental NGOs BirdLife Malta, Din l-Art Ħelwa, Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar, Friends of the Earth, the Gaia Foundation, Nature Trust Malta and the Ramblers Association of Malta have today called on MEPA to uphold its commitment to the environment and stop the outdoor event organised at the Buskett Roadhouse this coming Saturday. The party, which...
In view of recent statements that have appeared in the local media on the future installation of power turbines at the Delimara Power Station, Friends of the Earth Malta together with the environment NGOs Flimkien għal Ambjent Ahjar, The Gaia Foundation, and the Ramblers’ Association, without going into the merits of who should be awarded...
