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Government has confirmed the plans but says use of the park as a scrambling track for young children would be limited.
BEST chairman Stuart Hayward said that the public expects any such proposal for the change of use of a national park would go throu...
DATE: Sep 07, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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A business owner was left fuming after a foul-smelling flood from a borehole inundated the front of his premises.
Bubbling grey water yesterday filled a stretch of Bakery Lane, Pembroke, prompting Pembroke Paint Company owner David Swift to accuse He...
DATE: Sep 06, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Feral chickens were left to die in a cage after the Parks member of staff looking after them went on sick leave, Government said yesterday.
The Department of Parks blamed a breakdown in communication for the neglect of the animals in the Botanical Ga...
DATE: Sep 06, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The SPCA has raised suggestions of animal cruelty after two dead chickens and several more emaciated birds were discovered in a Government aviary in the Botanical Gardens.
Inspector Glyn Roberts said the birds had apparently been locked up without fo...
DATE: Sep 04, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
A NOAA research team plans to leave Bermuda today to study how African winds affect the Atlantic, and potentially improve hurricane forecasting.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association vessel Ronald H Brown is scheduled to depart from St George’...
DATE: Sep 01, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Divers and accountants teamed up for a clean-up operation at John Smith’s Bay.
Members of Bermuda Sub-Aqua Club and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants collected several bags of garbage from the beach, and four plastic chairs, rope, gl...
DATE: Aug 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Bus passengers will be able to pick up energy saving tips thanks to a new advertising campaign from the Department of Energy which focuses on energy efficiency.
The campaign titled ‘Did You Know?’ features small advertisements on bus handles Island-...
DATE: Aug 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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Government’s failure to implement emissions legislation makes a mockery of its pollution testing project, according to Shadow Environment Minister Michael Fahy.
Senator Fahy urged Government to quit delaying the introduction of a new law cracking dow...
DATE: Aug 17, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Areas on Elbow Beach have been cordoned off with yellow tape due to a safety hazard caused by erosion.
The wall on the public entrance of Elbow Beach has crumbled, and is now a danger to people who decide to go near it. The Department of Conservation...
DATE: Aug 17, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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A scientist appealed to Bermuda’s mariners for help yesterday to find a $120,000 glider lost in the ocean, so he can continue important research.
Breck Owens and a team from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Center in Massachusetts had to give up hunting ...
DATE: Aug 16, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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