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Marine research crews aboard the Sea Dragon, a 72ft expedition ship, departed Bermuda on Saturday for an eight-day voyage into the Sargasso Sea hoping to learn more about how plastics are distributed throughout ocean depths.
Also aboard is Bermudian ...
DATE: May 19, 2014
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Environment
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Government has devised a war plan to reduce numbers of invasive lionfish in Bermuda’s waters.
Health and Environment Minister Trevor Moniz said that the strategy provided “a guide and cohesive long-term plan on how to tackle this problem based on exp...
DATE: May 17, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Environmentalists are calling on Government to keep its word and introduce vehicle emission limits.
Legislation setting out acceptable levels of air pollution has yet to be tabled in Parliament, even though millions of dollars of taxpayers’ money has...
DATE: May 14, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Vehicle emissions and other pollutants are partly to blame for falling amphibian numbers in Bermuda, according to an expert.
Jamie Bacon, a research associate with the Bermuda Zoological Society, told The Royal Gazette that emissions from cars, bikes...
DATE: May 13, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Government has renewed a private company’s contentious contract to carry out emissions testing on all vehicles — despite having yet to legislate on acceptable levels of air pollution.
Bermuda Emissions Control Ltd (BECL) was awarded a five-year multi...
DATE: May 13, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A little MAGIC will go a long way for scientists at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, who have unveiled the newest addition to their fleet of research equipment, the Teledyne Webb Research Glider.
The torpedo-like automated underwater vehicle ...
DATE: May 12, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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Almost nine months since the public consultation process began to gauge opinion on the Blue Halo project, Pew Charitable Trust has called for Government to release the findings.
Bermuda needs “bold leadership” to forge ahead with plans for a one-of-a...
DATE: May 12, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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Bermuda Zoological Society (BZS) has officially presented its 2013 Reef Watch report to Government, containing data recently gathered on the health of the Island’s reefs.
The report is the result of the Reef Watch 2013 initiative, which brought toget...
DATE: May 12, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Restaurants that thwart waste disposal regulations risk losing their licence, according to Health and Environment Minister Trevor Moniz.
Government has implemented the crackdown after waves of sewage washed up on a number of south shore beaches in re...
DATE: May 10, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
New fees for waste disposal at the Marsh Folly composting facility and the airport dump will come into effect on July 1.
The cost of unprocessed horticultural waste will be $80 per tonne at Marsh Folly, and $20 for chipped waste.
The airport dump wil...
DATE: May 07, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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