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Legislation to cut back on single-use plastics in Bermuda is expected to come forward this year, but the details of the proposal are still up for discussion. Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, said it was possible that a first phase of the p...

Regulators are on the look out for sites that could be developed for new solar energy projects to help the Government to reach its goal of 85 per cent renewable energy by 2035. Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, said that while the solar ins...

The launch of a new drive to protect the island’s marine environment will be discussed after representatives of the British Government arrive in Bermuda this week. Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, said Bermuda would be the first of the Ove...

An environmental charity has set out to raise more than $100,000 to remove scores of abandoned boats that litter the island’s waters. Keep Bermuda Beautiful said it has launched fundraising efforts to tackle the problem of wrecked boats, which the ch...

A mother whose toddler son’s foot was gashed by broken glass at a beach appealed yesterday for people to be more careful with bottles. Rebecca Barker said a pleasant day out turned to shock after her son crawled from Somerset Long Bay the beach towa...

Scientists have discovered a new species of fish – described as a “living fossil” – in the deep waters off Bermuda. Polymixia hollisterea – a species of spiny-rayed beardfish – was named in honour of Gloria Hollister, a pioneering female marine b...

Efforts to restore the island’s seagrass beds have made slow but steady progress, according to new report. According to the winter edition of the Department of Environment and Natural Resource’s (DENR) Envirotalk newsletter, measures to protect seagr...

A car parking area at the National Sports Centre will be used to generate power. A planning department file said the planned “carport” solar array would be installed over a car parking area at the stadium. There would be 1,498 solar panels, each capa...

Residents in St George’s have called for action over a foul stench from the Ferry Reach oil dock. One resident, who asked not to be named, said the smell had forced him to stay indoors and shut all the windows. He added: “When it first starts, the st...

Work has started on installing solar panels on the roofs of two Government buildings as part of a wider initiative to embrace renewable energy. A spokesman for the Ministry of Public Works confirmed that work has started at both the Government Admini...