NEWS | Wednesday, 22 October 2008

TWO YEARS WASTED

Two years have been wasted over wind power as Gonzi abandons ‘fantasy’ offshore farms, and drops government’s veto on near-shore and land farms

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BPC withdraws ‘smart deposit’ initiative

Raphael Vassallo
BPC International Ltd, the press agency which handles the account for Smart City, has withdrawn its controversial initiative to request a Lm1,000 (€2,300) deposit from media outlets in return for comments from Smart City officials.

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The people involved in compiling Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) must be very happy with their savings. With all these daft ideas coughed up by the Gonzi administration, these scientists who love to be paid for telling people how many bugs you can find per square metre, are salivating at the prospect of the next impact study into the most recent White Elephant: Gonzi’s planned wind farm at is-Sikka l-Bajda.>>

NEWS | Wednesday, 22 October 2008

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