FAA refutes MEPA Chairman’s allegations.
In the press release issued by MEPA on 13 June it was stated by MEPA Chairman Andrew Calleja that "the facts on the Ramla l-Ħamra development have been freely available since 2005. This has no bearing on the case. Just because an...
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City salad
Like many cities or urban settlements around the world there is always a common challenge; space. How we use the little space available is always our choice, whether it is seats on a balcony or a barbeque on the rooftop. However in comparison to...
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Pressure on MEPA Officials results in Loss of Heritage
Serious mistakes in the assessment of an application by a MEPA official has confirmed the MEPA board’s poor judgement in its recent demand that MEPA employees must generate an extra Lm1 million in order to qualify for their performance bonus. ...
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Safe as Houses
Following yet another house collapse, the incident in Fgura which could have had have tragic results, Flimkien Ghal Ambjent Ahjar is seriously concerned at recurring malpractices, lack of proper on-site checks and the inexistence of any...
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City Growth
Like many cities or urban settlements around the world there is always a common challenge; space. How we use the little space available is always our choice, whether it is seats on a balcony or a barbeque on...
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Facing the Rising Tide
Science fiction novels often show a bleak future of erratic climates, rising seas and drowning cities, due to greenhouse gas increases in our...
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“BUT IT’S JUST A TREE”
Throughout my professional career I have heard this said so many times, all over the world and I never cease to find it upsetting. Trees are present, in one form or another, almost everywhere in the world including hot deserts where these small...
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Two-Faced Environmental Corruption
At a time when virtually every newspaper front page features an article related to corruption, let’s focus on the two hands of environmental corruption in Malta: the one hand that commits corruption, and the other hand which silently tolerates...
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FAA Welcomes Refusal Of Wied il-Għomor Permit
Dear Sir/Madam, Flimkien għal Ambjent Ahjar welcomes the Planning Authority’s decision to unanimously refuse the application to build a home for the elderly in the quarry at Wied il-Għomor, one of the few remaining unbuilt areas between Swieqi...
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