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Belco has been awarded planning permission to expand its central plant. Four new generators and a 213ft (65m) exhaust stack are to be built according to plans recently approved by the Development Applications Board. The first two generators and the s...
DATE: May 30, 2011
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Environment
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Sand and dust from an industrial site is causing chaos for a Warwick woman who claims it is turning a profit at the expense of neighbours.
Tanya Boyles-Raynor says that a sand sifter at nearby Dynamic Excavating on Quarry Hill is causing clouds of sa...
DATE: May 28, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Students from Bermuda College and St John’s University, New York, are taking part in a ten-day course about the Island’s environment at Bermuda’s Aquarium. Discover Bermuda, organised by the Department of Conservation Services, is funded by a private...
DATE: May 27, 2011
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Environment
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Lionfish are in the waters surrounding the Island for good but their population can be controlled, according to Chris Flook of the Bermuda Aquarium.
He said that measures intended to reduce the invasive fish’s local population have helped keep the sp...
DATE: May 19, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Construction on the Grand Atlantic site continues to worry some Warwick residents, who fear the development will cut off public access to the nearby beach
And while some still question the stability of the cliff face only a short distance from the si...
DATE: May 18, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A series of paintings that disappeared from the Island four decades ago have been returned after resurfacing in the US.
Five watercolours depicting US Civil War blockade runners were turned over to the Bermuda National Trust by a lawyer in Portland, ...
DATE: May 16, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Hundreds of volunteers took to Bermuda’s parks and roadsides this weekend, collecting litter as part of KBB’s annual Spring Cleaning.
According to Anne Hyde of Keep Bermuda Beautiful (KBB), around 400 people worked to clean up 30 locations across the...
DATE: May 16, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Public Works Minister Derrick Burgess recently reminded the public to conserve water, following months of lower-than-average rainfall.
Speaking at the House of Assembly on Friday, Mr Burgess said the lack of rainfall has put a great deal of pressure ...
DATE: May 16, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An injured longtail was taken to the Aquarium this weekend after it was caught up in kite string on South Shore.
Karen Border, secretary of the Bermuda Audubon Society said that Terry Williams, a security guard at Surfside, saw the bird struggling ne...
DATE: May 16, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Sustainable Development Department (SDD) has unveiled its new boardroom table, handmade by inmates at the Prison Farm.
Government estimated it saved around $15,000 on the table, which was constructed by Prison Farm carpentry teacher James Pratt a...
DATE: May 16, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
