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The Department of Energy has released an energy facts sheet it hopes will encourage the public to conserve electricity.
Bermuda has one of the highest energy consumption rates in the world, per capita. Energy usage accounts for between three and five...
DATE: Apr 06, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A waste-to-energy plant capable of producing ten times more electricity than Tynes Bay has been proposed to members of Government.
The facility, proposed as a replacement for Tynes Bay, would also produce agricultural-grade fresh water and process se...
DATE: Apr 06, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A young female harbour seal that arrived in Bermuda over the weekend died yesterday, according to the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo (BAMZ).
The pup, believed to be about nine months old, had lost half its body weight after crossing hundreds of mil...
DATE: Apr 06, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A baby seal was clinging to life last night at the Aquarium after being found emaciated and exhausted off the Island's coast.
Bermuda Aquarium Museum and Zoo (BAMZ) curator Patrick Talbot said yesterday: “If it was in a hospital, her condition would ...
DATE: Apr 05, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Homes, hotels and businesses across Bermuda were plunged into darkness to support Earth Hour’s global stand against climate change.
An “increased number” of people did their bit for the environment by switching off their non-essential lights from 8.3...
DATE: Mar 28, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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City Hall will join with landmarks in more than 100 nations by going dark for one hour today as part of Earth Hour.
In cooperation with environmental group Greenrock, the City of Hamilton will turn off all non-essential lights from 8.30pm to 9.30pm i...
DATE: Mar 26, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Members of the Sargasso Sea Alliance have met in Bermuda to discuss how to protect the important Atlantic ecosystem.
The Sargasso Sea acts as a nursery and home for numerous species.
Alliance executive director David Freestone warned the area is thre...
DATE: Mar 24, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Government plans to carry out a study on recreational fishing this summer to determine its impact on the local fish population.
According to a 2008 study, as many as 16,000 people in Bermuda fish recreationally almost two-thirds of the number of com...
DATE: Mar 18, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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A German research team will set out from Bermuda this week to study the mysterious spawning habits of European eels.
Reinhold Hanel said the research could help to protect the species, which has suffered a huge decline in numbers.
Very little is know...
DATE: Mar 16, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Public consultation on a $4.9 million project to get rid of asbestos will take place in the coming financial year, according to Deputy Premier Derrick Burgess.
He told the House of Assembly a Canadian consulting company was commissioned to perform a ...
DATE: Mar 14, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
