Press Release 2nd February 2014 Din l-Art Helwa maintains that the permanent presence of such a large gas storage tanker, required by the proposed gas fired power station at Delimara, together with a regular supply ship of the same size, is a threat to the power station, the Freeport, maritime traffic, fishing boats, and the lives and...
Press Release, 1st February 2014 Heritage NGO Din l-Art Helwa has called into serious question the recent decision by Mepa’s Board to approve the new Out of Development Zone policy when the new national Strategic plan for Environment and Development (SPED) is just weeks away from being concluded. Din l-Art Helwa has also asked the Parliamentary Committee for Environment and Development...
Press Release 30 January 2014 Din l-Art Helwa has called into serious question the decision by Mepa’s Board to approve the new ODZ policy only days before a discussion on procedures governing the launch of new planning regulations in the absence of a new Strategic Plan for the Environment and Development (SPED). This was about to commence on 29th January 2014...
Accidents happen. Just look at the recent Fukushima nuclear disaster or the Jolly Nero cargo ship that ploughed inexplicably into the Genoa port control tower, or the 9/11 world trade centre terrorist attack or even the infamous Chernobyl meltdown. The new gas-fired Delimara Power Station looks more and more like a rushed job aimed to fulfill an electoral promise. This is...
Press Release – 17 January 2014 Din l-Art Helwa has written to the Parliamentary Committee on Environment and Development Planning, stating that it objects most strongly to the government’s ongoing initiative to hastily revise and introduce a series of important plans and policies before the new Strategic Plan for the Environment and Development (SPED) is concluded, and without having carried out the...
The letter can be viewed here LettertoParliamentaryCommitteJan 2014 ...
Din l-Art Helwa has written to the SEA Focal Point raising a concern related to the revision of the National Energy Policy for the Maltese Islands (2012), in line with LN 297 of 2010 and Directive 2001/42.EC. The Correspondence can be viewed here: 27 June 2013 EnergyPolicy SEA letter 22 August 2013 EnergyPolicy SEA letter – reminder 30...
Fred Flintstone shrugs on his animal skin coat, grabs some breakfast, pecks Wilma on the cheek and picking up his spear trots off to kill supper. In the evening, Fred drags supper back to the cave for Wilma to cook up. Back then, that was the only way he could feed his family since agriculture hadn’t been invented yet, so...
Following the environment rally held in Valletta on 7th December 2013, Din l-Art Helwa has written to the Prime Minister outlining recommendations made by Din l-Art Helwa about the proposals from government on land use, building heights and other new policies and plans. During the rally, among other concerns, the government was requested to put on...