[cmsmasters_row][cmsmasters_column data_width=”1/1″][cmsmasters_text] Three Local Councils, nine organisations and several Pembroke residents have filed an appeal with the Planning Tribunal (EPRT) against the Planning Board’s decision to give the go-ahead to the DB Group’s project on the ex-ITS site. The appeal was made possible thanks to a successful crowdfunding campaign during which a total of €20,000...
[cmsmasters_row][cmsmasters_column data_width=”1/1″][cmsmasters_text] What’s the point of PA consultation processes if wide and strong opposition is totally ignored? Organisations have expressed their indignation at the Planning Authority’s (PA) indifference towards thousands of citizens who have forcefully objected to the DB Group’s hideous project in Pembroke. The case officer’s report issued by the Authority recommends that the DB application...
[cmsmasters_row][cmsmasters_column data_width=”1/1″][cmsmasters_text] FoE Malta condemns the unfounded harsh criticism on environmental activists, including of one of its Board members, in the latest tirade by Valletta Cultural Agency’s head Jason Micallef. The activists featured in “Malta: A Concrete Paradise”[1] , are some of the most active citizens involved in various environmental NGOs, dedicating their lives fighting...
[cmsmasters_row][cmsmasters_column data_width=”1/1″][cmsmasters_text] Eight organisations and several Pembroke residents have joined forces and filed an appeal with the Planning Tribunal against the Environment and Resources Authority’s (ERA) approval of the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) for the DB Group’s project on the ex-ITS site. This massive and intensive project, in a predominantly residential area and adjacent to...
[cmsmasters_row][cmsmasters_column data_width=”1/1″][cmsmasters_text] [/cmsmasters_text][/cmsmasters_column][/cmsmasters_row][cmsmasters_row][cmsmasters_column data_width=”1/1″][cmsmasters_text] The Tal-Wej area : an extensive open space consisting of garigue rich in archaeological heritage was recently proposed by ERA as a Natura 2000 site under the EU Habitats Directive. Malta currently has around 44 km2 of terrestrial Natura 2000 sites amounting to just 13% of the land surface area. A...
[cmsmasters_row][cmsmasters_column data_width=”1/1″][cmsmasters_text] [/cmsmasters_text][/cmsmasters_column][/cmsmasters_row][cmsmasters_row][cmsmasters_column data_width=”1/1″][cmsmasters_text] The residents of Ħal-Farruġ and eleven NGOs reiterate their objection to the demolition of an existing farm on ODZ to be replaced by a warehouse complex. Over 600 objections, including by the Saint Sebastian’s firework factory and the Luqa Local Council, have been made to the Planning Authority since the application...
[cmsmasters_row][cmsmasters_column data_width=”1/1″][cmsmasters_text] [/cmsmasters_text][/cmsmasters_column][/cmsmasters_row][cmsmasters_row data_shortcode_id=”2c5fd9c553″][cmsmasters_column data_width=”1/1″ data_shortcode_id=”423741c09b”][cmsmasters_text shortcode_id=”4a0ee12047″] On Monday 30th November, the Environment and Development Planning Parliamentary Committee will discuss the proposal by the Planning Authority to make a partial change to the 2006 North West Local Plan, and to the 2008 Hal Ferħ Development Brief, to allow permanent residences within the Hal Ferħ complex....
Friends of the Earth Malta has been calling for environmental improvements since 1985 and, thirty years on we face much greater problems than we did then. While environmental awareness has increased, Malta faces a variety of environmental problems related to land use, waste, transport, agriculture, energy, the sea, and biodiversity. Malta has lost far too...
