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An environmental charity is inviting ocean conservation groups to apply for funding to boost more initiatives.
The Marooned Ocean Foundation was launched in June 2018 by Adam Johnson, a Bermudian lawyer with a passion for the ocean, to raise funds f...
DATE: Oct 01, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Asbestos fears at the West End will be investigated today by an expert on the hazardous building material.
Concerns of possible asbestos debris were raised over a building on Boaz Island in Sandys, damaged last week in Hurricane Humberto.
A West End ...
DATE: Sep 24, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
About 60 people turned out to demand action on climate change as part of a global environmental effort yesterday. The group, mostly made up of schoolchildren, gathered at City Hall for the rally organised by Fridays for Future Bermuda, before marchin...
DATE: Sep 21, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A Bermudian film-maker’s documentary about the lives of humpback whales will be screened at a conservation film festival in New York.
Secret Lives of the Humpbacks, which details the role that Bermuda plays in the lives of the animals, will be shown ...
DATE: Sep 19, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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Bernard Park has been decorated with brightly coloured waste bins with help from schoolchildren and Butterfield Bank employees.
Staff from the bank worked alongside students from Impact Mentoring Academy, on the Keep Bermuda Beautiful’s Artful Bins p...
DATE: Sep 19, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Environmentalists are urging the community to take to the streets on Friday to join the global strike on climate change.
The student-led Fridays for Future Bermuda, a spin-off from the global pressure group, will stage a rally in Hamilton focused on ...
DATE: Sep 17, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Balls of grease and human waste have washed up on at least two beaches along South Shore.
“Sewage balls”, also known as “grease balls”, were spotted along Elbow Beach and Grape Bay Beach, both in Paget, early this week.
It is the first time since Apr...
DATE: Sep 14, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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The number of recreational lobster diving licences has been cut by 75 to 375 for the new season in a bid to conserve the crustaceans.
The move by the home affairs ministry came after statistics for the 2018-19 season showed a 2 per cent decrease in t...
DATE: Aug 29, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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A trip in search of dolphins instead led a conservationist and film-maker into the “bizarre and beautiful phenomenon” of coral spawning.
Andrew Stevenson, a whale researcher, said he found sea covered in floating pink streaks from the annual event wh...
DATE: Aug 29, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A diving club took the plunge last weekend as part of a massive marine cleanup effort.
A total of 15 divers from the Bermuda Sub Aqua Club, about a quarter of its membership, combed Harrington Sound to collect trash.
A spokeswoman for the club said: ...
DATE: Aug 29, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
