556 results returned for search: "" category "Environment" author Owain Johnston-Barnes
Hundreds of volunteers took to Bermuda’s parks and roadsides this weekend, collecting litter as part of KBB’s annual Spring Cleaning.
According to Anne Hyde of Keep Bermuda Beautiful (KBB), around 400 people worked to clean up 30 locations across the...
DATE: May 16, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Public Works Minister Derrick Burgess recently reminded the public to conserve water, following months of lower-than-average rainfall.
Speaking at the House of Assembly on Friday, Mr Burgess said the lack of rainfall has put a great deal of pressure ...
DATE: May 16, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An injured longtail was taken to the Aquarium this weekend after it was caught up in kite string on South Shore.
Karen Border, secretary of the Bermuda Audubon Society said that Terry Williams, a security guard at Surfside, saw the bird struggling ne...
DATE: May 16, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Sustainable Development Department (SDD) has unveiled its new boardroom table, handmade by inmates at the Prison Farm.
Government estimated it saved around $15,000 on the table, which was constructed by Prison Farm carpentry teacher James Pratt a...
DATE: May 16, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Director of Environmental Protection Dr Fred Ming will represent Bermuda next week in London as part of a campaign to protect the ocean.
On May 19, Dr Ming is scheduled to take part in Project Ocean, spearheaded by London-based retailer Selfridges an...
DATE: May 13, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
This summer, the Marine Heritage section of the Department of Conservation Services will work to rescue artifacts from the shipwreck of the blockade runner, the Marie Celeste.
Recent storms have exposed more of the ship’s bow, revealing its contents ...
DATE: May 13, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A celebrated US law school will this month host an academic conference tackling the legal options for Island nations threatened by climate change.
The Center for Climate Change at Columbia Law School announced that it would host a conference titled “...
DATE: May 10, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A dry spring has led to an increasing demand on water delivery services, but water truckers have been stalled by closures at Government water depots.
According to one trucker, Government water depots were closed four of the past six days, and while a...
DATE: May 06, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Water trucking services are straining this week as lower than average rainfall has dried water tanks across the Island.
Yesterday, one local trucking service said that they were fully booked until Monday, with their phone ringing with additional requ...
DATE: May 04, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The public are being asked to use extra caution on beaches after hundreds of jellyfish and Portuguese Man o’ War have washed up on the Island’s shores.
Yesterday, members of the public told The Royal Gazette that they saw thousands of the stinging cr...
DATE: Apr 15, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
