Environment

The Power of Green Open Spaces

In a cohort study entitled, “Association of Urban Green Space With Mental Health and General Health Among Adults in Australia”, conducted by Thomas Astell-Burt & Xiaoqi Feng (2019), it was concluded that protection and restoration of urban tree canopy...

TheJournal.mt | 03/11/2021

Environment

“We need a just transition that leaves no one behind” – PM

“We must effect real change and convincingly ensure a just transition that leaves no one behind, based on digitalisation, talent and a revision of how we measure national value and wealth.” This was the core of Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela’s speech at the...

TheJournal.mt | 02/11/2021

Environment

A closer look: Environment NGOs to manage nature sites

A few weeks ago, Government signed three guardianship deeds for the management of three natural sites on our islands. Friends of the Earth Malta will be responsible for a 14,400 square meter plot of land in Comino, known as “Fuq il-Bir tat-Tiġieġ”, as well as the...

TheJournal.mt | 31/10/2021

Environment

How Malta can ‘go green’ (and stay that way)

Malta’s Budget for 2022 has given a few honourable mentions to the environment, mainly through the proposal of several open green spaces scattered around our towns and villages. This mirrors a recent demand in public or green spaces where locals or tourists can just...

Kelly Peplow | 23/10/2021

Environment

Budget 2022: A game changer for Malta’s environment

Labour administrations have been criticised as not providing as much impetus on environmental policy as they have done on other areas, such as the economy or civil liberties. This criticism has been addressed “head-on”in Budget 2022, which some commentators have...

TheJournal.mt | 13/10/2021

Environment

Renewable energy use up by 5.6%

Eurostat data indicate that just before the pandemic struck the share of energy generated using renewable sources in Malta was just below 8.5%. This marked the second lowest proportion across the EU, just above Luxembourg’s 7%, and well below the 20% average observed...

TheJournal.mt | 29/09/2021

Environment

“I’m very positive that together we will succeed on climate change” – PM Robert Abela

“On climate change we decided to act together. Once we chose to act together, I’m very positive that we will succeed even in this great challenge we have before us.” These were the Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela’s comments as he was...

TheJournal.mt | 17/09/2021

Environment

The plastic pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic and the countless response measures introduced by governments all over the world will have significant long-term effects on the structure of the global economy, and in turn, environmental pressures. Experts are going so far as to say some impacts...

Kelly Peplow | 14/09/2021

Environment

Meet Jesmond, the man who sorts your waste

Gloved, masked and equipped with safety glasses, Jesmond stands by a moving conveyor belt pulling out plastic and tossing it into the segregated bunkers below. Jesmond is a sorter at WasteServ Recycling Facility in Marsaskala. His 8-hour shift starts at 6:30 in the...

TheJournal.mt | 12/09/2021

Environment

Record 18,000 tonnes of recyclable material processed by Wasteserv

2021 looks to be a pivotal year for WasteServ as a record-breaking number of recyclable material was already processed within its facilities. Around 18,000 tonnes of paper, plastic, metal and glass were received and processed. This figure exceeds WasteServ’s best...

TheJournal.mt | 06/09/2021

Environment Politics

Can the Opposition be trusted on the environment?

Government has been described as ‘dragging its feet’ on climate change and that its emission reduction plan is not ambitious enough. A closer look at the reality, in particular our context, could prove useful: to start off with, Malta, as the lowest emitter per...

TheJournal.mt | 30/08/2021

Environment

SOS Marsascala

The Santa Marija week in Malta is a period typically associated with festas, fireworks, holidays and a break from politics and controversies. Typically, the front page of any newspaper on the 16th of August carried images of Santa Marija revellers or headlines about...

Brian Scicluna | 29/08/2021

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How Malta can ‘go green’ (and stay that way)

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“I’m very positive that together we will succeed on climate change” – PM Robert Abela

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Meet Jesmond, the man who sorts your waste

Record 18,000 tonnes of recyclable material processed by Wasteserv

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Budget 2022: A game changer for Malta’s environment

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“I’m very positive that together we will succeed on climate change” – PM Robert Abela

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Record 18,000 tonnes of recyclable material processed by Wasteserv

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