Cleaning the clean energy
I cannot thank Matthew Bezzina enough for the comprehensive article ‘The Green Way Forward’ (March 29). May everybody have that view of things and act upon it. May religious people realise this is the greatest act of charity and moral responsibility of the moment because on it depends the future of the human race.
But I would add one all important factor. Is it vital that we electrify everything? What if our electricity itself is still heavily polluted?
We must all raise our voices and immediately start doing everything possible for changing our power plant and other electricity supplies to solar, wind, hydrogen and other sources of clean energy.
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The Ombudsman is looking into works on a dust road leading to Comino’s Blue Lagoon that were last month stopped by the Environment Resources Authority due to damage on the surroundings, the PN said on Monday.
The Gozo Ministry project was first flagged by independent candidate Arnold Cassola, who described it as “the destruction of Blue Lagoon with infrastructural works to build hamburger and granita kiosks”.
In March ERA said it had given the contractor a verbal Stop Order to halt works in the sensitive Natura 2000 site because they were “not satisfactorily contained within the indicated area and impacted on its surroundings”.
Facebook user Melania Bajada uploaded the video showing the whale surfacing to breathe in Maltese waters.
MaltaToday reached out to marine biologist Alan Deidun, who said the whale is most probably a Fin Whale due to its size. Pilot whales have also been spotted in Maltese waters.
Deidun said that at this time of year it is common for this whale species to migrate towards the Lampedusa and Linosa areas of the Mediterranean Sea.
A Fin Whale
“It is normal for Fin Whales to be spotted swimming on the Western side of the islands at this time of the year,” Deidun said.
The stunning Mediterranean island of Malta where Brits might be able to travel quarantine-free this summer
Boris Johnson is expected to announce a traffic light system of travel for the summer
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Malta is expected to be one of the destinations that will be quarantine-free (Image: scu)
After a successful vaccine programme and as lockdown measures begin to lift here in the UK, many are looking forward to the prospect of a holiday abroad this summer.
With talks of a vaccine passport to allow Brits to travel, and with Boris Johnson expected to announce a traffic light system where low-risk countries will be exempt from quarantine, it seems that a summer in the sun might be on the cards after all.