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The Bermuda National Trust has welcomed the idea of proposals to transform the old Riddell’s Bay Golf and Country Club in Warwick into a 50-acre nature reserve.
But the charity, whose objective is preserving many of the island’s open spaces, has urg...
DATE: Dec 19, 2016
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Environment
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Environmental groups have urged walkers to stop piling rocks on top of each other in the island’s national parks.
The Bermuda Audubon Society and the Bermuda National Trust say the practice of prising rocks from the natural formations and creating to...
DATE: Dec 07, 2016
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Environment
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Hundreds of “sewage balls” have again been found at Grape Bay with one area resident describing it as the worst occurrence in four years.
However, a government spokeswoman said last night that improvements at Tynes Bay to help tackle the problem that...
DATE: Dec 01, 2016
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Environment
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Ireland has been invited to sign the Hamilton Declaration on Collaboration for the Conservation of the Sargasso Sea.
Environment minister Cole Simons made the move on a private visit to the Irish Parliament, Dublin, when he met with his Irish counter...
DATE: Oct 19, 2016
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Environment
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Cases of abuse towards animals are reported on a weekly basis, according to the Bermuda Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Inspector Chris Coleman spoke about animal abuse on the island, its relation to violence with people, the SPCA’...
DATE: Sep 22, 2016
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Environment
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A new facility for larger animals has been opened at the Bermuda Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals shelter in Paget.
The Stempel Stables, made possible by the generosity of the Ernest E Stempel Foundation, will allow SPCA staff and vol...
DATE: Sep 21, 2016
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Environment
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Hundreds of volunteers took to the island’s coastline this weekend and collected more than five tons of rubbish and debris from Bermuda’s shores.
More than 530 people took part in the EY Coastal Cleanup on Saturday at 31 different locations collectin...
DATE: Sep 18, 2016
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Environment
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Hundreds of volunteers will scatter far and wide across the island today to take part in the EY Coastal Clean-up.
The island-wide event organised by Keep Bermuda Beautiful is part of a global initiative by Ocean Conservancy.
It is also the largest gl...
DATE: Sep 17, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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Bermuda’s healthy population of parrotfish, colourful reef grazers that have all but vanished in many islands, are under new study.
Reefs depend on them for survival: without foraging parrotfish, corals smother under seaweed and sponge.
Thanks to a c...
DATE: Sep 15, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Flooded halls, sodden rooms and days of intermittent water for drinking and washing have plagued several residents at the Gulfstream emergency housing complex.
The water issues are part of essential repairs, but occupants at the former barracks in St...
DATE: Sep 15, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell