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Bermuda’s national bird, once thought to be extinct, has set another record on its road to recovery.
Cahow chicks are now fledging on their island refuge at Castle Harbour – meaning they will set off on their first flights out to sea from now until m...
DATE: May 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s marine conservation got an up-close viewing by British officials as Paul Candler, director of the Overseas Territories directorate in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, called on the island.
Mr Candler was accompanied on the ...
DATE: May 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A backlog of garbage is still being tackled by waste management staff after the trash truck fleet was hit with mechanical issues.
The Ministry of Public Works advised that there were four trucks running as of Friday afternoon – with an additional two...
DATE: May 24, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A warehouse planned at Ocean View Golf Course in Devonshire is being re-advertised with a new proposed site near Barker’s Hill in the wake of objections from historians.
It had previously been proposed next to a site of historical importance in the l...
DATE: May 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
High-tech proposals for an environmentally safe alternative for burial of pets — the island’s first — are awaiting government approval.
Bermudian engineer Philip Mason told The Royal Gazette that his plans for the “eco-friendly alternative to direct ...
DATE: Apr 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Four dogs believed to be illegally bred were seized from a North Shore Road, Pembroke residence on Tuesday, police reported.
Officers assisted animal wardens in removing the animals, which occurred without incident, according to a police spokesman.
T...
DATE: Apr 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An award for best utility-scale project in the Caribbean has gone to the island’s first large solar power farm, at LF Wade International Airport.
Walter Roban, the Deputy Premier, who is in Miami attending the Caribbean Renewable Energy Forum, also a...
DATE: Apr 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
People in Bermuda will join millions around the world today to celebrate the planet and its environment for the 52nd annual Earth Day.
Walter Roban, the home affairs minister, said Earth Day had grown since 1970 into “the most prominent secular event...
DATE: Apr 22, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A newly launched study of whale song in Bermuda waters could reveal what “phrases” are shared across groups as humpbacks pass the island.
All humpbacks make noise underwater – but only the males are known to sing.
Marine biologist Nan Hauser, who hel...
DATE: Mar 31, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda is to become a field station for a new study on the songs of humpback whales, it was announced yesterday.
The study, “Sound of Science”, will explore differences in song trends and phrases between North Atlantic whales and their South Pacific...
DATE: Mar 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell