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More than 100 bird species were spotted in Bermuda last month - including the first sighting of a mountain bluebird on the island.
Paul Watson and Erich Hetzel of the Bermuda Audubon Society said the unusual visitor was seen as part of a month-long b...
DATE: Mar 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Water quality tests on tanks near Belco found trace levels of pollution – but at levels well within international standards for drinking water.
Geoff Smith, an environmental engineer with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, and Shaun...
DATE: Mar 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Danish backing of Belco’s power plant and other international power plants have come under fire in Denmark over their environmental impact.
Danish media outlet Danwatch wrote that both Belco’s plant in Pembroke and a power plant in the African nation...
DATE: Mar 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An amateur photographer captured his first successful whale-watching expedition on a drone – and his film later racked up hundreds of views on social media.
Danny Rogers-Johnson, 34, said that the minute-long drone footage was watched by at least 1,...
DATE: Mar 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The executive director of the Bermuda National Trust is to step down just months after he was appointed, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
Andrew Vaucrosson, a former president of environmental charity Greenrock and an executive in the banking and reinsu...
DATE: Mar 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A cancer specialist is to deliver a free online talk on the environment and cancer this week.
Chris Fosker, a cancer specialist, will give the presentation and take questions from the public on Thursday.
Dr Fosker will review ways the natural environ...
DATE: Mar 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A palm tree transported from Bermuda more than 200 years ago to a Scottish botanical gardens is to face the axe.
The Bermuda palmetto tree, Sabal Bermudana, which arrived at the Royal Botanical Gardens Edinburgh in the 1790s and is the oldest palm t...
DATE: Mar 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Bermuda should push ahead with the development of an offshore wind farm, a report has recommended.
The Bermuda Ocean Prosperity Programme report also recommended increasing the landing of pelagic fish such as yellowfin tuna and the promotion of green...
DATE: Mar 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A freediver who posted videos of a chance encounter with dolphins and whales attracted thousands of viewers from around the world.
Raf Baran, 27, added that he was “awestruck” when a pod of 15 dolphins joined him and his girlfriend as they swam off S...
DATE: Mar 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A plan to set up solar panels on the roof of two Government buildings in Hamilton has been submitted to the Department of Planning.
It is proposed to install a total of 588 panels on the roof of the Government Administration Building and the neighbou...
DATE: Mar 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes