Draft Construction Site Environment Regulations
Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar (www.ambjentahjar.org) is pleased to note that the Ministry for the Environment and Rural Affairs has finally issued the draft construction site environment regulations for public consultation. These measures should be...
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Further Violations of the EU’s Environment Regulations
When environment groups were summoned to the Ministry last month for their comments on amendments to Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) regulations they were shocked by the proposals put forward. The new regulations suggested changes to the...
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EU Environment Infrintements Unit Meets NGOs
At the invitation of the EU Environment Commission, the environment NGOs Flimkien ghal Ambjent Ahjar, Friends of the Earth and Ramblers' Association of Malta have held a long and positive meeting with the EU Environment Infringements Unit,...
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Wanton destruction of Aleppo Pine trees
In her letter of the 1 st November (Uprooting of Trees), Ms Sylvana Debono, MEPA Spokesperson, agreed that Aleppo Pines are protected but still insists that “Flimkien ghal Ambjent ahjar” (FAA) was incorrect in implying that the uprooting of...
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Damage to Heritage
SURVIVED WAR, DAMAGED BY DEVELOPER FAA deplores in the strongest possible manner the damage done to the old Tal-Grazzja Chapel in Sliema by intensive building works taking place some feet from its walls. This new case of over-development damaging...
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Enough is enough
In an area where two landslides provoked by injudicious excavations have already taken place, the inconceivable has happened, a third landslide has been allowed to take place. This large site backed by unstable rock (gebel tafli) at Xemxija was an...
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NGOs and residents file court case against Rationalisation Plans
Four environment NGOs, Flimkien ghal Ambjent Ahjar, Friends of the Earth, Ramblers and Graffitti, along with residents from all over Malta and Gozo whose homes have been affected by the Government Rationalisation Plans, last week filed a court case...
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Who is MEPA trying to fool?
On the 13 th of January, Ms Sylvana Debono said in The Times: “MEPA is not in the business of fooling anyone”. How strange then that MEPA’s reply to the Auditor’s report on the scandalous case of the Windsor Terrace permit issued by MEPA’s...
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