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  • Environmental NGO condemn attacks on Birdlife Malta Volunteers

    Friends of the Earth Malta together with Din L-Art Helwa, Flimkien Ghal Ambjent Ahjar, Gaia Foundation, Light Pollution Awareness Group, Ramblers Association and Nature Trust (Malta), strongly condemn the vandal attacks on the cars of 3 Birdlife Volunteer...
  • NGOs Condemn Dwejra vandalism

    Friends of the Earth Malta together with Birdlife Malta, Din L-Art Helwa, Flimkien Ghal Ambjent Ahjar, Gaia Foundation, Light Pollution Awareness Group, Nature Trust (Malta) and Ramblers Association strongly condemn the vandal attacks recently held at Dwe...
  • DPA Amendments Welcomed

    Friends of the Earth (Malta) together with the environment NGOs  Din l-Art Helwa, Flimkien għal-Ambjent Aħjar, Gaia, Light Pollution Awareness Group, Nature Trust Malta and Ramblers Association of Malta welcome the decision taken by government to...
  • Mandelson Ignoring Mediterranean Poverty Warning

    - Mediterranean free trade talks progress, disregarding Commission's own impact study Friends of the Earth Europe hit out today at EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson, for blazing ahead with a free trade area in the Mediterranean, even though the Eu...
  • Finding Solutions to Malta's Carbon Dioxide Emissions

    The Carbon Dioxide allowance asked for in the 2008-2012 National Allocation Plan for Malta has been trimmed by the EU. In view of the intention of Malta Environment Planning Authority to contest the issue, Friends of the Earth (Malta) would like to make t...
  • Environmental NGOs condemn shooting at Project Ranger

    Friends of the Earth (Malta),  Ramblers Associaton of Malta, Light Pollution Awareness Group and Nature Trust (Malta) harshly condemn the shooting of an afforestation project ranger at the Foresta 2000 site in the Mellieha area. Criminal acts of indivi...
  • NGOs welcome Ramla permit scrutiny

    Friends of the Earth (Malta) together with Flimkien Ghal Ambjent Ahjar, Nature Trust and the Ramblers Association have welcomed Mepa's decision to hold a public hearing to discuss the withdrawal of a permit to build 23 villas with pools overlooking Ramla ...
  • Save Wied Moqbol - NGOs raise alarm over quarry application

    Friends of the Earth (Malta) together with Nature Trust (Malta), Flimkien ghal Ambjent Ahjar, Ramblers Association of Malta and BirdLife Malta call upon the Planning Appeals Board to reject the appeal lodged by the developer in connection with a new quarr...
  • Europe not hungry for GM potatoes

    Friends of the Earth (Malta) has welcomed EU member states' rejection of the latest application to grow GMOs in Europe, as  the EU Agriculture Council has failed to approve the commercial growing of a genetically modified potato. There have now been no...
  • Redefinition of Incineration Undermines Sustainable Resource Use

    With reference to Mr. Paul L. Cardona's reaction (The Times, July 7) to our position on the re-definition of incineration, FoE (Malta), together with several other FoE groups across Europe, oppose incineration for one simple reason-- incineration does not...
  • Why Bother to Consult?

    Friends of the Earth(Malta) and other Environment NGOs has submitted to Mepa its comments on the major development being planned at Hondoq ir-Rummien, Gozo.  Three months ago NGOs were invited to listen to the fine words and promises at the Sustaina...
  • Friends of the Earth (Malta) lobbies for stricter EU chemicals registration law

    12 October 2006 ·Friends of the Earth (Malta) see the Environment Committee vote on the new EU chemicals law (REACH) as a vital step towards protecting health and the environment from chemical contamination. The Committee strongly supported the substit...
  • Proposed development for a supermarket in an ODZ area should be rejected

    Friends of the Earth Malta, Moviment Graffitti and Flimkien ghal Ambjent Ahjar are highly concerned regarding Mr. Polidano's applications to develop supermarkets in ODZ. Now it is the turn in Zabbar. Earlier this month, MEPA has published another applicat...
  • "Abolish spring hunting" declaration

    Friends of the Earth Malta together with Moviment Graffitti, Island Sanctuary, SPCA and Alternattiva Demokratika, yesterday called on politicians to abolish spring hunting.Representatives from 15 organisations who gathered outside Parliament described the...
  • Friends of the Earth (Malta) calls on government to issue the first national policy on water

    Friends of the Earth (Malta) calls on government to issue the first national policy on water, which has not yet been forwarded to Cabinet for approval three years after its formulation in 2004. Considering the scarcity of water on our islands this policy ...
  • Government should show stronger efforts to stop poverty

    Friends of the Earth Malta together with 40 other local NGOs that form the The Stop Poverty Malta Campaign Group, is calling on the Maltese Government to show stronger commitment to the world’s poor in terms of Overseas Development Aid (ODA). As...
  • Environment ministers must reject EU plan to promote incineration

    Friends of the Earth (Malta) today called on EU Environment Ministers to reject a plan to redefine waste incineration from 'disposal' to 'recovery', arguing that the redefinition would promote environmentally-damaging incineration and is, in any case, unn...
  • Ramla Bay development is unacceptable

    Friends of the Earth (Malta), together with Nature Trust (Malta), the Ramblers Association of Malta and GAIA, disapprove of MEPA’s decision to grant a permit for the construction of a large tourist complex in Ramla Bay, Xaghra, Gozo.  MEPA, by ...
  • EU Leaders Take Timid Steps to Fight Climate Change

    FoE (Malta) welcomes the commitment by the EU leaders to fight climate change. There were three major aims to be achieved by 2020: a reduction of GHG emissions amounting to 20% of 1990 levels; the provision of 20% of EU primary energy from renewable sourc...
  • Urgent Action needed to prevent climate catastrophe

    Friends of the Earth (Malta) called on world leaders to take urgent action to cut emissions of greenhouse gases after the planet's leading scientific experts, endorsed by the world's governments, delivered the starkest warning yet on the threat of global ...
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