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A robot submarine is to be deployed in a bid to study microscopic organisms in the island’s underwater caves. Researchers at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences were awarded a Trident remote operated vehicle by Conservation X Labs, a US-based env...

A controversial decision to allow a quarry operation in an environmentally significant area has been upheld, despite the recommendation of an independent inspector. Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, said that the decision to allow a commer...

The story of the historic rediscovery of Bermuda’s national bird in 1951 offered students a lesson this week on caring for Bermuda’s environment. A group from the Whitney Institute and Somersfield Academy met at the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo o...

Process times for some planning applications will be “greatly reduced” thanks to a new scheme, the home affairs minister pledged today. Walter Roban said that the change allowed the Development Applications Board to delegate the power to grant or re...

A flotilla of derelict and beached boats on the shoreline has sparked a call for mandatory haulage insurance for owners. Concerned residents said that owners should be forced to move their damaged and abandoned boats before they become an environment...

Bermuda will host a three-day course about shoreline clean-up in the event of an oil spill. Oil spill response expert Edward Owens will lead the course and train 17 people from the Bermuda Government in shoreline clean-up and assessment technique. Ei...

Almost 200 loads of bulk waste were disposed of last weekend as part of an island-wide clean-up effort, it was revealed this week. The bulky waste clean-up, organised by the Ministry of Public Works and Keep Bermuda Beautiful, was designed to encoura...

Plans to install equipment to reduce the smell of manure at a Devonshire farm are dependent on a manure management plan, the Government said. A spokeswoman for the Department of Planning confirmed a revised application for infrastructure to tackle od...

The former owners of land earmarked for a quarry said they had not expected the site to be worked when they sold it. Katherina Harlow, whose family sold the land at Judkin Lane, Hamilton Parish, in January 2019, said they had expected a house to be b...

Digital artist Malaikah Abdul-Jabbar has pulled together her interest in computers and the environment to create a programme to cut down on plastic waste. The 17-year-old animator has used her skills to draw, animate and sell animal-themed artwork fo...