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An application to put an extra storey on a proposed apartment block next to the landmark Anglican Cathedral in Hamilton has been rejected by planners. The Development Applications Board refused the application at a meeting on October 13 on the recomm...

An international ratings agency was wrong in its assessment that the island “lagged” behind in the creation of ways to tackle climate change, the home affairs minister insisted today. Walter Roban said he disagreed with the Kroll Bond Rating Agency r...

A series of webinars about Bermuda’s oceans is set to launch early next month, organised by the Bermuda Ocean Prosperity Programme. BEACH – the BOPP Environmental Awareness Chat Hour – will be a series of free 60-minute panel discussions about the us...

An environmental charity has appealed for volunteers to hit the beach next month as part of an island-wide clean up. The Keep Bermuda Beautiful Coastal Clean Up, sponsored by financial services firm EY, will tackle trash at more than 40 sites around ...

The Ministry of Home Affairs has urged the public to provide their thoughts on a proposed ban on single-use plastics before the end of the month. The Government released a policy paper on the proposal this summer, with the deadline for comments on Oc...

Retailers concerns about a proposed ban on single-use plastics will be heard, the Government said this week. Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, said at a press conference that he was pleased by the feedback that had already been received as ...

Bermuda has joined forces with Caribbean countries in a research project designed to examine the lives of Atlantic whales. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources has teamed up with the Caribbean Marine Mammals’ Passive Acoustic Observato...

A rare bird was tracked flying over Bermuda as part of an 18,000 mile migration from South America to the Arctic Circle and back. The bird, a red knot, was tagged with a tracking device by researchers in New Jersey last August and was tracked to Berm...

Caves at John Smith’s Bay are set to be largely filled in after slightly scaled-down plans to address coastal erosion at the beach were approved. Plans originally submitted proposed completely filling a series of caves on the eastern side of the Smit...

A new species of ray has settled in island waters, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources said yesterday. Mark Outerbridge, a senior biodiversity officer at the department, said in the latest Envirotalk newsletter it appeared that a popu...