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Harbour area air pollution linked to high rates of lung collapse

Study links higher rates of lung collapse in harbour area to deteriorating air quality between 2010 and 2014

Stainless-steel water bottles can help reduce Malta’s plastic waste problem

Reusable stainless-steel water bottles are now being distributed at selected events as part of the ‘Water: Be the Change campaign’

Environmental NGOs support Nationalist Bill on ERA reform

Environmental NGOs want to be granted an automatic judicial interest in appeals...

Environmental NGOs want to be granted an automatic judicial...

ERA issued permits for uprooting together with compensation obligations for over 12,000 new trees

ERA issued permits for uprooting together with compensation...

Cruise liner emissions in Cottonera: ‘Our washing discoloured by polluted air’

Cottonera residents group Tuna Artna Lura says increased traffic of large vessels in Palumbo shipyard creating dangerous emissions and making air quality...

Cottonera residents group Tuna Artna Lura says increased...

[WATCH] Climate emergency requires shift to sustainable lifestyles, says minister

Environment Minister Aaron Farrugia launches first-ever national campaign on climate change, ‘collective action needed to combat climate...

Environment Minister Aaron Farrugia launches...

Tribunal slashes fines: €42,000 discount for Gaffarena, no mercy for Polidano

Planning tribunal slashes €169,000 in 25 different daily fines imposed by Planning Authority, denying petitions by construction company Polidano Bros

Planning tribunal slashes €169,000 in 25 different...

A field in Dingli: Malta’s all-powerful roads minister is faced down by residents

Graffitti activist Karen Tanti is one of the round-the-clock protestors who is prevented bulldozers from coming in close to the field, keeping...

Graffitti activist Karen Tanti is one of...

PN would convince AUM to save Zonqor site - Busuttil

The PN has outlined a wide-reaching vision for the environment in a document...

The PN has outlined a wide-reaching vision for the...

Higher rate of discarded vehicles leads to hazardous waste generation

The amount of hazardous waste generated in 2015 grew by 36.4% due to an...

The amount of hazardous waste generated in 2015 grew by...

New swan spotted in St Thomas Bay, wing injured - BirdLife Malta

BirdLife Malta has said that a Mute Swan observed in St Thomas Bay this morning...

BirdLife Malta has said that a Mute Swan observed in St...

Questions raised over ninth tuna net off St Paul’s islands

Front Harsien ODZ calls on authorities to investigate as fish farm operator...

Front Harsien ODZ calls on authorities to investigate as...

Maltreated animals discovered at illegally built factory extension

They were discovered during a direct-action operation by the Planning Authority...

They were discovered during a direct-action operation by...

[WATCH] Laboratory Wharf pipeline leaks marine diesel

The source of the oil spill at the Grand Harbour was a leaking pipeline leading...

The source of the oil spill at the Grand Harbour was a...

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Wasteserv and ERA to develop landfill management policy in €14 million EU project

Waste management operator Wasteserv and the Environment and Resource Authority will be joining six other partners in a €14 million EU project aimed...

Waste management operator Wasteserv and the Environment and...

Major oil spill spreads across Grand Harbour

MaltaToday reader says he saw no evidence of any oil spill control activity...

MaltaToday reader says he saw no evidence of any oil spill...

Architects slates Planning Authority’s ‘unacceptable piecemeal reviews’

The Chamber of Architects has held that the review of the Grand Harbour Local Plan must be seen in the light of SPED, which pushes for the regeneration of Marsa

The Chamber of Architects has held that the review of the...

Planning Authority to partner regional agencies in €2 million maritime spatial project

The Planning Authority has joined 14 other regional agencies to carry out a €2 million project on maritime spatial planning

The Planning Authority has joined 14 other regional...

Get your scarves and beanies ready: hail storms and snow pellets expected before weekend

Weather forecast sees temperature dropping to 7°C, with hail showers and snow pellets expected Friday and Saturday

Weather forecast sees temperature dropping to 7°C, with...

Predicting the weather for 2017: sun in January but rain in July?

The Irwiegel rules throws up strange weather forecasts for 2017, including...

The Irwiegel rules throws up strange weather forecasts for...