242 results returned for search: "" category "Environment" author Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Task Force has reported difficulties for persons commenting on the proposed use of quad bikes on West End park land.
The concept, which has been branded “troublesome” by BEST, has been opened to the public for...
DATE: Nov 11, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
For the first time, the endangered Bermuda Skink has been bred outside of the island — at the Chester Zoo.
The breeding programme in tandem with the British zoo, begun in 2013, has just yielded a total of seven hatchlings — a milestone in the species...
DATE: Sep 10, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda Government has been challenged by the environmental group Greenrock to commit to ambitious cuts in carbon emissions, even as the organisation welcomed the planned venture into a “greener” bus system.
Grant Gibbons, the Minister of Economi...
DATE: Mar 23, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The arrival of a healthy cahow chick, the latest addition to Bermuda’s now thriving of the endangered national bird, was watched around the world courtesy of the CahowCam, which broadcast its hatching.
The chick, which emerged on 9.45pm on Thursday n...
DATE: Mar 05, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s healthy population of parrotfish, colourful reef grazers that have all but vanished in many islands, are under new study.
Reefs depend on them for survival: without foraging parrotfish, corals smother under seaweed and sponge.
Thanks to a c...
DATE: Sep 15, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Flooded halls, sodden rooms and days of intermittent water for drinking and washing have plagued several residents at the Gulfstream emergency housing complex.
The water issues are part of essential repairs, but occupants at the former barracks in St...
DATE: Sep 15, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Three teens who have joined forces to brighten Bermuda’s beaches are now calling on the public to pitch in for their last job.
The Clean Habitats trio has set aside Sunday, May 15, for the culmination of their beach cleanups, at Whalebone Bay in St G...
DATE: May 06, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Birdwatchers were treated to a rare first sighting of a new species for the Island courtesy of the Bermuda Audubon Society’s Christmas Bird Count.
The Eurasian Marsh Harrier, a bird of prey that crossed the Atlantic to get here, was spotted on Decemb...
DATE: Dec 29, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
It gets bigger each year: the gathering at Elbow Beach on Christmas Day brings together thousands of revellers armed with Santa hats and coolers.
Accordingly, the Coral Beach & Tennis Club is opening the Horizons property close by for free parking, a...
DATE: Dec 23, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Island has no pass or fail criteria in place for vehicle emissions, according to Donal Smith, the owner of Bermuda Emissions Control — the company that tests emissions as part of checks for the Transport Control Department.
“I’m not trying to bea...
DATE: Dec 18, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell