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Southern Coast Beach Clean Up

            Last week Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar together with other organisations held its first clean-ups. On , FAA volunteers together with Lets Do it Now and employees from the San Antonia Hotel took advantage of...

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Health and Economy First

    Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar (FAA) maintains that development in Malta should not be curtailed, however it must be given the utmost attention to ensure that it does not negatively impact other economic interests. Instead, what we have...

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Coastal development pressures ‘major threat to Mediterranean coast’

Of the NGOs participating in the survey, 93% cited development pressures as the main risk to their own country’s coast. This was followed by overfishing (84%), tourism pressures (81%), increased litter (81%), chemical pollution (65%) and coastal...

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Harvesting rainwater

At the time of writing, the average rainfall in Malta from 1 September 2014 to date is recorded at 442.4 mm. The actual rainfall varies from a high of 529.6mm, recorded at Selmun, to a low of 373.7mm, noted in Valletta. With yet some months to go,...

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MEPA — From Bad to Worse

    Just as the MEPA CEO tried to assure the public that the controversial amnesty will not apply to abuse in Out of Development Zones (ODZ), it has come to light that MEPA had approved a concrete platform for a kiosk at Ghadira Bay,...

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Road traffic

      NGOs Friends of the Earth, Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar and the Noise Abatement Society of Malta welcome the study on Malta traffic drawn up by the University of Malta Institute for Climate Change and Sustainable Development....

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Clearing up Europe’s air pollution hotspots

Modelled annual mean PM10 concentrations around Europe for the year 2030 under the current legislation scenario. Credit: Kiesewetter, et. al., 2015 Current air quality legislation in Europe will lead to significant improvements in particulate matter...

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A cost too high

High-rise buildings can have a damaging impact on the environment and are too costly to maintain, says Astrid Vella, Coordinator of Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar. There is no doubt that the Malta Environment and Planning Authority’s revised...

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FAA reply re Victoria Local Council’s Demand to Uproot Trees

      Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar (FAA) has noted the Victoria Local Council’s claim that uprooting the trees at it-Tokk, is a ‘legitimate demand’. The truth is quite the opposite, as these trees are protected by...

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