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Building from the success of the previous version of his Reef Life app, Ron Lucas’ latest update for the free android version of the app features images in high definition, a new section on corals, a few additional or replacement photos and a new scr...
DATE: Sep 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
Contractors have been asked to respond to a request for information on the supply of electric vehicles for the government fleet.
The RFI was issued through the Ministry of Public Works and green energy consultants the Rocky Mountain Institute to gath...
DATE: Sep 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
One of Bermuda’s best-known charities, KBB, has joined forces with One Bermuda Alliance candidate Nicky Gurret to help a clean-up in Sandys.
It will take place along Bob’s Valley Road near West End Primary and all area residents and students, includ...
DATE: Sep 10, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
A Bermuda College student has won an environmental charity’s logo competition.
Anthony Buckley used elements of Keep Bermuda Beautiful’s green “tidy man” logo and added a “Bermuda pink” border for the Adopt-a-Spot Logo Design Competition.
KBB’s board...
DATE: Aug 27, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Tests will be carried out on emissions at Belco’s North Power Station by the main contractor for the construction of the plant, it was announced yesterday.
Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian Contractor, a Danish-based firm, will conduct assessments this ...
DATE: Aug 27, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Samples of seawater at some of Bermuda’s most popular beaches showed lower levels of bacteria this year than in the same period in 2019, it was revealed yesterday.
The Ministry of Health said it was “encouraged” by the results of its seawater monitor...
DATE: Aug 25, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Keen birdwatcher Paul Watson had a spring to remember.
Perched at Cooper’s Point in June, Mr Watson counted some 2,500 great shearwater in just 80 minutes, he reported in the summer edition of the Bermuda Audubon Society newsletter.
Mr Watson said: “...
DATE: Aug 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
An endangered plant last seen growing in the wild more than a century ago has taken the first step on a comeback from the brink of extinction.
A total of four Governor Laffan’s Ferns planted in the Bermuda Audubon Society’s nature reserve at Sears Ca...
DATE: Aug 14, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
Floral “red umbrellas” that pop up across the island in summer have failed to come out in substantial numbers this year.
Horticulturalists said that a lack of rainfall or damage caused by Hurricane Humberto last year could be the root cause of why po...
DATE: Aug 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Pollution levels around the Belco power station are to be monitored by environmental officials after complaints from residents in the area.
The Department of Environmental and Natural Resources said a mobile air-quality monitoring station, bought by ...
DATE: Aug 07, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
News Staff