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Rules on disposing of grease from commercial kitchens have been restated in the wake of sewage balls washing up on Bermuda’s beaches.
The joint statement from the Department of Health and City of Hamilton council reminds food businesses of the regula...
DATE: Apr 26, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The Island’s seasonally protected waters, known as the “hind grounds”, will become no-fishing zones for the summer starting May 1, the Department of Environmental Protection has announced.
These areas provide sanctuary for hinds and groupers when the...
DATE: Apr 25, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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The Ministry of Health and Environment has instituted a raft of prevention measures in the wake of bad press over the Island’s sewage dumping at sea.
The discharge from the Seabright outfall on South Shore caused the US Consul to warn bathers to chec...
DATE: Apr 24, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A global online activist network has launched a campaign to get the Bermuda Government to implement the “Blue Halo” proposal to turn the sea around the Island into a protected environmental zone.
Avaaz.org says on its website: “Bermuda is on the verg...
DATE: Apr 23, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A lack of progress following public consultation regarding the Blue Halo initiative has director Chris Flook concerned that Government is flagging in its commitment to creating a maritime nature reserve.
More than seven months since the public consul...
DATE: Apr 11, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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A hi-tech sewage plant at the new hospital wing has come on line, it was announced yesterday.
Bermuda Hospitals Board CEO Venetta Symonds said the plant, thought to have cost several million dollars, was at present only providing a basic level of tre...
DATE: Apr 04, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Govt plans warning system if beach sites exceed US health standards
By Raymond Hainey and Cooper Stevenson
The public is to be warned if sewage pollution levels off Bermuda’s beaches hit danger levels, Health Minister Trevor Moniz said yesterday.
And...
DATE: Apr 03, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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Environmental group Greenrock have called for serious action to be taken on climate change following the unveiling of a new UN report.
The report, the second in a series by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), warns of the linge...
DATE: Apr 03, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
For one Hungry Bay resident, revelations over the impact of Bermuda’s sewage practises will not stop him and others from entering the water.
But, said Steve O’Reilly, more water-quality research and public access to that research is a must.
“I don’t ...
DATE: Apr 02, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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A major UN report on global climate change has emphasised the potential impact of rising sea levels on Island nations like Bermuda.
The report, titled ‘Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability’, is the second in a series by the UN’...
DATE: Apr 02, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
