Corruption, assassination, and environmental destruction are keywords associated with the Electrogas power station and the Melita TransGas pipeline that the Malta Government is proposing. In October 2023, Friends of the Earth Malta and The Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation launched a video as part of their campaign opposing the pipeline project. It uncovers the unsettling reality...
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New bins installed in the Floriana market area
The initiative aims to address the longstanding issue of improper waste disposal, particularly in the vicinity of the popular Sunday market and the transport Malta driving test centre.
Say NO to the gas pipeline – don`t reward corruption and pollution
Corruption, assassination, and environmental destruction are keywords associated with the Electrogas power station and the Melita TransGas pipeline that Malta Government is proposing. Friends of the Earth Malta and The Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation have launched a video as part of their campaign opposing the pipeline project. It uncovers the unsettling reality of the Electrogas...
Which road leads to a multi-modal transport system?
FoE Malta is dismayed to see the ban on shared e-scooters, which represents the latest casualty in the field of shared mobility in Malta. Over the past year and a half, we have witnessed the main shared mobility providers in Malta exit the playing field: first car sharing operator GoTo announced their departure in September 2022,...
Civil society groups condemn the approval of the Msida Creek Project
In collaboration, three local NGOs – Rota, Moviment Graffitti and Friends of the Earth Malta – have prepared the below response to the approval of the Msida Creek Project. We condemn the decision taken by the Planning Authority on the 12th of October, 2023 regarding the Msida Creek Project. The Msida Promenade with its surrounding...
Recommendations on Malta’s National Strategy and Action Plan for Pollinators 2035
Friends of the Earth Malta has submitted recommendations on Malta's National Strategy and Action Plan for Pollinators 2035. The strategy should aim to set a number of key proposals to safeguard all pollinators given their role in pollinating many food crops and wild plants and their contribution to our food production and the diversity of our environment.
Failure is not an option: Malta’s waste management crisis
Malta’s waste management crisis is a complex problem. Decades of overconsumption and a lack of political will to address the issue have led to a situation where the country is producing more waste than it can sustainably manage. The problem has been exacerbated in recent years by the country’s growing population, the tourism boom, and...
The time for real climate action is now!
Amidst a heatwave with temperatures above 40 °C for days, and debilitating power cuts across the Maltese Islands, the message that climate change is here, now, has – finally – sunk in. Earlier this week, Prime Minister Robert Abela said that the climate impacts that experts have been warning us about for years are already happening,...
Grim reapers protesting unbridled construction ahead of a National protest on 27 May
During a symbolic action this morning outside the Malta Developers’ Association (MDA) offices, activists highlighted how politicians, authorities and developers are burying our country under unbridled construction.