556 results returned for search: "" category "Environment" author Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Development Application Board (DAB) has criticised Wedco for showing “complete disregard” for the Planning process regarding the Dockyard Bus Depot. In the minutes of the board’s March 30 meeting, board members said Wedco completed a Public Trans...
DATE: Apr 15, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A wave-monitoring buoy has been placed off the South Shore to gather information about the feasibility of wave power in Bermuda.
If studies show that it is viable, a wave energy product could produce both electricity and fresh water for Bermuda from ...
DATE: Apr 11, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Department of Energy has released an energy facts sheet it hopes will encourage the public to conserve electricity.
Bermuda has one of the highest energy consumption rates in the world, per capita. Energy usage accounts for between three and five...
DATE: Apr 06, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A waste-to-energy plant capable of producing ten times more electricity than Tynes Bay has been proposed to members of Government.
The facility, proposed as a replacement for Tynes Bay, would also produce agricultural-grade fresh water and process se...
DATE: Apr 06, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A baby seal was clinging to life last night at the Aquarium after being found emaciated and exhausted off the Island's coast.
Bermuda Aquarium Museum and Zoo (BAMZ) curator Patrick Talbot said yesterday: “If it was in a hospital, her condition would ...
DATE: Apr 05, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
City Hall will join with landmarks in more than 100 nations by going dark for one hour today as part of Earth Hour.
In cooperation with environmental group Greenrock, the City of Hamilton will turn off all non-essential lights from 8.30pm to 9.30pm i...
DATE: Mar 26, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Members of the Sargasso Sea Alliance have met in Bermuda to discuss how to protect the important Atlantic ecosystem.
The Sargasso Sea acts as a nursery and home for numerous species.
Alliance executive director David Freestone warned the area is thre...
DATE: Mar 24, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A German research team will set out from Bermuda this week to study the mysterious spawning habits of European eels.
Reinhold Hanel said the research could help to protect the species, which has suffered a huge decline in numbers.
Very little is know...
DATE: Mar 16, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A redevelopment of the concessions area at Horseshoe Bay has been approved by the Development Applications Board (DAB).
Phase one of the project, the construction of a new bathroom and shower area, is expected to be completed before the beginning of ...
DATE: Mar 10, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Department of Public Works will host the year’s first e-Waste recycling day on Saturday.
Residents are asked to bring any old, worn-out electronics to the Tynes Bay Waste-to-Energy facility on Palmetto Road, Devonshire between 9am and 5pm.
Items ...
DATE: Mar 09, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
