Press Release 26th June 2014 Din l-Art Helwa has submitted further comments to government on the draft Strategic Plan for the Environment and Development, Malta’s principal environment and development plan for the 2014-2020 period. This draft Strategic Plan is intended to...
Press Release 20th June 2014 Din l-Art Helwa refers to the new Policy for high-rise buildings that has been published by MEPA following Government approval (http://www.mepa.org.mt/news-details?id=937). It is ironic that the recently issued Strategic Plan for the Environment and Development (SPED),...
I hope that the debate about the spring hunting referendum does not descend into a sideshow about the definition of minorities, or into an absurd discussion in parliament about the unassailable human right to have a hobby, play bocci, go...
Press Release 26 April 2014 Din l-Art Helwa believes that the main result of the forthcoming demerger of MEPA will be to enable the new Planning Authority to process development applications with less checks and balances. The implementation of this demerger...
Press Release 21 April 2014 Din l-Art Helwa maintains that the Strategic Plan for the Environment and Development (SPED) issued by the government for public consultation is not valid and has described as deplorable the government’s attempt to present this document...
In a letter, signed by DLĦ Gen Secretary Mr George Camilleri, to Perit Vince Cassar, MEPA Chairman, Din l-Art Ħelwa has expressed its extreme concern regarding the safety of the recently approved LNG gas facility. The alarm was raised by...
Press Release 18th March 2014 Din l-Art Helwa questions why the government has still not published a risk analysis report which relates to the Delimara gas storage tanker to be located in Marsaxlokk Bay. Din l-Art Helwa has requested this report...
Press Release 10th March 2014 In the final volume 7 of the Environmental Impact Assessment of the gas-fired power station at Delimara,finalised on 25th February 2014, Enemalta’s consultants confirmed that the Has-Saptan fuelling dolphin will not be relocated as it will not affect...