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Sweeping plans to develop the island’s maritime economy with a conservation model potentially protecting 20 per cent of Bermuda’s exclusive waters go for a final public meeting tomorrow at the West End. Walter Roban, the home affairs minister, remind...

Residents were told this week that taking part in island-wide coastal clean-ups is “essential” to help reduce ocean pollution. Keep Bermuda Beautiful announced that its annual event will cover more than 60 beaches and shorelines from September 29 to ...

Retroactive plans for works at a Southampton graveyard which raised concerns about the handling of remains have been rejected by the Development Applications Board. St Anne’s Church had sought retroactive planning approval for the addition of two gra...

A new species of shark has been added to the list of Bermuda’s fish fauna. The ragged-tooth shark was discovered in Bermuda’s waters after a fisherman caught and released it of the east coast of the island in 2020. Mark Terceira brought the shark t...

Fees for disposing of horticultural waste will be waived this week in the wake of Hurricane Fiona, the Ministry of Public Works said. The waiver remains in place until noon on Saturday, with the regular fees returning from 7.30am next Monday. Normal ...

Bermuda’s environmental watchdog is to call on the Minister of Home Affairs to reconsider the decision to defund the Government’s air quality monitoring programme. The Environmental Authority raised the matter at a recent meeting where Belco air-qua...

“Unfortunate and disappointing” is how one local scientist with expertise in pollutants described the defunding of the Government’s air-monitoring programme. The scientist, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that without monitoring “you are no...

Restaurateurs can learn this week about how reusable schemes that have been introduced around the world can also be used in Bermuda. Different approaches to being more environmentally friendly will be covered in a free webinar at 10am on Tuesday. The...

Tonnes of waste were cleared from an empty Pembroke lot as part of a community effort to improve a Curving Avenue neighbourhood. Traci Burgess, executive director of Keep Bermuda Beautiful, said more than 110,000lb of waste, debris, trash and recycla...

A marine conservation plan met more opposition from the island’s fishermen last night in the latest public forum to discuss the plan. But the meeting on the proposed Bermuda Ocean Prosperity Programme also heard that 18 projects have been highlighted...