123 results returned for search: "" category "Environment" author Gareth Finighan
A landmark project to save vital mangrove forests from further degeneration has moved a step closer after a botanist spearheading the plan visited the island.
Christopher Puttock was part of a delegation of more than 200 members of Rotary groups from...
DATE: Sep 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A video of a swimmer taking a ride on a turtle which is circulating on social media has been described as “disturbing” by one turtle expert, who said that handling them was “dangerous, abusive, and criminal”.
Jennifer Gray, the director of the Bermud...
DATE: Sep 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Regulatory Authority is considering taking legal action against electricity supplier Belco over an ongoing dispute concerning soot emissions.
And last night a pressure group representing area residents affected by the fallout said it hoped the in...
DATE: Aug 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Government has pushed back at allegations that it is rubber-stamping the development of environmentally sensitive land, insisting that safeguards are in place to ensure the public is consulted on any development before the bulldozers move in.
In ...
DATE: Jul 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A team of Girl Scouts from the US is on the island to take part in an international clean-up operation.
The group, consisting of around 100 members, teamed up with Bermuda’s Girl Guides to clear debris from a beach and neighbouring nature reserves.
T...
DATE: Jul 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Government is putting pressure on electricity supplier Belco to reduce emissions from its North Power Station.
Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, said that the company, along with the Environmental Authority, needed to take “urgent actio...
DATE: Jul 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Planners will have greater flexibility when considering development applications in the north east of Hamilton under legislation passed in the House of Assembly today.
The North East Hamilton Local Plan will realise the area’s “sustainable economic p...
DATE: Jun 17, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
An island-based non-life insurance group has joined forces with the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences in the battle against climate change.
Randall & Quilter’s support will be directed towards research undertaken by Bios’s Ocean Academy which since...
DATE: May 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences has launched a study of climate change and its potential impact on the island.
The project, the first of its kind for a decade, will involve the compilation of detailed information on weather change in Bermuda...
DATE: Apr 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A whale expert whose love of the subject was sparked by watching the sea creatures in the waters off Bermuda as a child is to deliver a presentation on the subject next week.
Nan Hauser, the president and director of the Centre for Cetacean Research ...
DATE: Apr 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan