'PLPN want pollution on a massive scale': ADPD slams energy plans
'Malta’s future lies in renewable energy, green tech, and environmental protection'
The Green Party on Wednesday slammed energy plans by the PL and PN, saying the big parties want pollution on a massive scale, dirty seas and out-of-date industries.
ADPD instead insisted that Malta’s future lies in renewable energy, green tech, environmental protection, and a genuine commitment to climate action. There are loads of career opportunities in these sectors, it added.
The small party's comments follow news that global energy company Chevron has been awarded a licence by Malta for exploration of four areas south of the island.
Meanwhile, the PN said it wanted a fixed fuel hub off Hurds Bank to service the thousands of vessels passing through the Mediterranean.
Reacting, ADPD said these plans show that the parties were wedded to pollution, dirty seas, and backwards and expired energy and industrial policies.
"In 2026, ‘environment’ does not mean expanding fossil fuel infrastructure or gambling on hydrocarbons that will further pollute our seas. It means tackling climate change with urgency and seriousness," said Carmel Cacopardo, the party's deputy chair and candidate in districts seven and 11.
"Yet both PL and PN appear either unwilling or incapable of understanding this basic fact. Instead, they are promoting projects that risk increased marine pollution and lock Malta into decades of fossil fuel dependency. For them, ‘environment’ means a couple of flowers in a roundabout. That’s the extent of their ‘vision’."
ADPD accused PL and PN of paying lip service to sustainability while their actions prioritise the interests of the fossil fuel industry.
It noted that talk of oil exploration resurfaced before elections.
"This tired tactic is repeatedly used to impress the impressionable, offering illusions of quick wealth while ignoring the environmental, economic, and social costs. It is, quite frankly, pathetic.
"Malta deserves better than being taken for a ride by two parties that present themselves as alternatives while pushing fundamentally the same outdated agenda. 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."