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A US film and television star has visited Bermuda in a bid to highlight plastic pollution of the seas.
An Instagram post on the trip has notched up more than a million views on Instagram, and attracted comments from other celebrities, including star ...
DATE: Aug 28, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Bermudian company is on the hunt for businesses to sponsor the battle against invasive lionfish.
Atlantic Lionshare spent five years developing a remote-controlled mini-submarine to hunt lionfish in deep water, which is now being tested in Florida....
DATE: Aug 24, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Researchers have carried out a genetic study of Bermuda’s baitfish to help develop a management programme for the several species in island waters.
Baitfish, also known as fry, often school in coastal waters and different species group together in “b...
DATE: Aug 16, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The flagship of environmental charity Greenpeace has docked in Bermuda before it heads out to sea for an expedition to the Sargasso Sea.
The MV Esperanza, on a pole-to-pole mission to highlight threats to the ocean environment, is scheduled to survey...
DATE: Jul 30, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The public should conserve water over the summer months to prevent shortages, the Government warned yesterday.
A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Public Works said: “We are already experiencing significantly hot temperatures this summer.
“And along wi...
DATE: Jul 25, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Southside residents and businesses have been warned to watch their water consumption because of low rainfall.
A spokeswoman for the Bermuda Land Development Company said signs had been placed around the area to alert people to low levels in the reser...
DATE: Jul 23, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A scheme to swap old-style incandescent light bulbs for free LED light bulbs has been unveiled by the Department of Energy.
The Government offered a swap scheme for a single bulb in May, but from this week members of the public can swap up to ten lig...
DATE: Jul 17, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A World Bank report on waste management has found that Bermuda produces more waste per head than any other country.
Bermuda topped the world in per capita waste creation, with an estimated 4.56 kilograms a person every day.
But those figures were roo...
DATE: Jul 09, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Government has praised the efforts of volunteers, the Royal Bermuda Regiment, the Mirrors Programme and the Department of Parks workers who helped clean up Southlands on Saturday.
The community clean-up was the first of five scheduled to take place b...
DATE: Jul 04, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The public were asked yesterday to avoid single-use plastics on the Bermuda Day holiday to help protect the environment.
Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, said that people should “think twice” before using single-use plastics like cups, pla...
DATE: May 23, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes