PN and PL wedded to pollution, ADPD say

ADPD claimed that the latest energy proposals and decisions emerging from both the Nationalist Party (PN) and the Labour government (PL) show that both are wedded to pollution, dirty seas, and backward and expired energy and industrial policies.

In a statement released on Wednesday, ADPD insisted that ‘environment’ does not mean expanding fossil fuel infrastructure or gambling on hydrocarbons that will further pollute our seas, adding that the PL and PN appear to be either unwilling or incapable of understanding this fact.

“Yesterday, Alex Borg proposed what can only be described as a massive petrol station in the middle of the Mediterranean,” ADPD Deputy Chairperson Carmel Cacopardo. “At the same time, Robert Abela’s government has granted a licence to oil giant Chevron to carry out oil and gas exploration studies in Maltese waters.”

Instead, ADPD noted that both parties are promoting projects that risk increased marine pollution and lock Malta into decades of fossil fuel dependency, claiming that for them, the ‘environment’ means a couple of flowers on a roundabout.

“Building what amounts to a petrol station at sea and flirting with oil drilling in the Mediterranean is not leadership, it is incompetence dressed up as policy,” they said.

The party called the behaviour “hypocritical” and “irresponsible,” pointing out that while the PN and PL pay lip service to sustainability, their actions clearly prioritise the interests of the fossil fuel industry over the wellbeing of Maltese citizens and future generations. 

The party insisted that Malta deserves better than being taken for a ride by two parties that present themselves as alternatives while pushing fundamentally the same outdated agenda.

ADPD noted that talk of oil exploration resurfaces before elections in what they described as a “pathetic and tired tactic” aimed at the impressionable, offering illusions of quick wealth while ignoring the environmental, economic, and social costs.

The party reiterated that Malta’s future lies in renewable energy, environmental protection, and a genuine commitment to climate action.