AIR QUALITY – A PIVOTAL KEY FOR A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT
Speech delivered by Minister for Sustainable Development, the Environment and Climate Change Leo Brincat during the opening of The Air We Share – 2 nd MNEP National Conference, held on Wednesday 28 October 2015 This conference could not have come...
Cost of traffic congestion
In recent months, traffic, bad infrastructure and the related congestion dominated the news and social media. Whether it’s bus or priority lanes, new high-rise building developments or the never-ending Coast Road project – which, incidentally,...
‘Fewer trees than ever’
A woman walking past trees reflected on a lake in front of a construction site of a residential compound on a hazy day in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. Photo: Darley Shen/Reuters Earth has three trillion trees but they are falling at an alarming...
How Trees Calm Us Down
A new study found that an additional ten trees on a given block corresponded to a one-per-cent increase in how healthy nearby residents felt. ILLUSTRATION BY TIM LAHAN In 1984, a researcher named Roger Ulrich noticed a curious pattern among...
The End of the Line? E.A.Mallia
The EC has recently been giving a good deal of attention to some of the infringement procedures still operational against Malta. The two of interest here are those relating to hunting in Spring and to song-bird trapping. The process related to...
Facing impending water crisis
Malta is among the most water-stressed countries in the world. Its groundwater reserves are being depleted and they are severely affected by both nitrate pollution and increasing salinity – consequences of largely unregulated human activities. For...
Environmental Health
Environmental health refers to aspects of human health and diseases that are affected by the environment. It relates to the direct pathological effects of chemicals, radiation and some biological agents, and the often indirect effects on health and...
The costs of air pollution
The World Health Organisation (WHO) report published earlier this week entitled Economic cost of the health impact of air pollution in Europe. Clean air, health and wealth is an eye-opener to many who have shut their eyes to the link between...
This apartment building covered in trees filters air pollution, lowers electricity costs and brings residents closer to nature
There are no trees along most of the sidewalks in the city of Turin, Italy. But if you walk by 25 Verde in Turin you will find a small forest built into a new five-story apartment building. The 150 trees are built in large pots on custom-shaped...
Pollution Management and Environment Health
Over the last several years, developing countries and stakeholders have expressed an urgent need for increased support on pollution management in order to respond to the magnitude of the threat to human health and economies. Pollution is sometimes...