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News that the island was to become a test bed for renewable energy sources has been welcomed by environmentalists. Karen Border, the executive director for the Bermuda National Trust, said the Throne Speech announcement was “a worthy goal”. But she...

A raffle winner will save money on energy bills and help the environment. The Bermuda National Trust and BE Solar has teamed up to offer a solar panel installation as the grand prize in the draw next month. A woman who won the eight-panel system last...

A gardening club yesterday donated $10,000 to a nature restoration project in celebration of the club’s centennial anniversary. The Garden Club of Bermuda gave the cheque to the Buy Back Bermuda (BBB) group to help them complete the restoration of Ev...

It will be illegal to fish all but three species of shark under legislation being drafted, the Ministry of Home Affairs has revealed. A ministry spokesman said that commercial fishermen would be allowed to catch Galapagos and smooth dogfish, the two...

Mass demonstrations at the climate crisis summit in Scotland were yesterday defended by the home affairs minister. Walter Roban, a delegate at the event in Glasgow, said he sympathised with activists such as Greta Thunberg, a Swedish teenage environm...

The only alternative to taking immediate action to fight climate change is “a collapse of human civilisation”, a leading conservationist has warned. David Wingate delivered the stark message as the public was yesterday asked by the Bermuda Climate Ac...

A Government pest control worker has been accused of breaking the rules and killing wild birds as well as the target feral chickens. A business owner said she had seen “dozens of birds dropping dead” outside of her Warwick warehouse after poison was ...

A 60-year-old US Navy submersible that carried out the first survey of the tragic liner Titanic yesterday took the waters off St George. The boat completed its first round of tests after a major refit designed to boost its performance. The mini-subma...

The flight path of a great blue heron that stopped off in Bermuda during a 2,000 mile-plus migration from Canada to Cuba has been tracked by a team of US scientists. The heron, named Harper, left her summer feeding ground in New Brunswick, Canada, on...

The catching of some species of shark could soon be outlawed in Bermuda, the minister responsible for the environment has revealed. Walter Roban, the Minister for Home Affairs and the Deputy Premier, told The Royal Gazette that legislation is curren...