Category: Environment
Not in my name
In a country where civil rights often seem to be a foreign concept, it’s interesting to hear that Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi has chosen to defend “our rights” on an international platform. Separated couples have no right to divorce, gender equality and freedom of expression are questionable concepts, refugees’ rights are trampled upon and [...]
Smell something fishy?
Cartoon from MaltaToday. This is just too good to be true. Resources Minister George Pullicino has seen the light… or maybe he just wanted to look good at a seminar on the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy held at the Corinthia San Gorg this week. The Minister, who has consistently defended unsustainable fishing practices through his [...]
Unsustainable spin
Malta celebrated World Tourism Day with ‘awareness raising’ activities related to this year’s green theme – biodiversity. The activities came to an end this week. As usual, the most important message related to the critical situation of Malta’s habitats and species was sidelined. Here are a few salient facts: · 64% of habitats in [...]
From rhetoric to reality
Green initiatives may be commendable, but if they are not backed by real action they amount to nothing more than publicity stunts. Car Free Day was the latest initiative by the Environment Parliamentary Secretariat to ‘raise awareness’ about the need to cut down on greenhouse gas emissions. It was a flop. It was never going [...]
On morons and dead birds
The FKNK (Federation for Hunting and Conservation) seems to think that Malta is a nation of morons. The federation insults the public’s intelligence on a regular basis. When there is a breach of hunting regulations in the country, the defence adopted by the FKNK reveals a consistent pattern – accusing the organisations that revealed the [...]
