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The architectural company behind a controversial development at Shark Hole – halted pending the outcome of an investigation – claims it has followed all necessary criteria.
Georgia Benevides, of Benevides and Associates Architects, said because of c...
DATE: Aug 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Plans to build a new warehouse to serve the Ocean View Golf Course have been rejected over the location of the project on woodlands reserve.
The project was originally proposed for a site occupied by the existing warehouse, but plans were shifted aft...
DATE: Aug 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, met with representatives from the Caribbean this week as the region prepares for the COP 27 climate conference in Egypt.
Mr Roban travelled to Nassau in the Bahamas to take part in the First Regional Heads ...
DATE: Aug 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The public has been warned against releasing pets into the wild after reports of several guinea pigs being dumped at Spittal Pond Nature Reserve.
A spokesman for the Department of Environment and Natural Resources said: “While guinea pigs are trendy ...
DATE: Aug 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Guinea pigs and rabbits are being released into the wild in increasing numbers and are creating a potential environmental threat, according to the SPCA.
Kate Terceira, executive director of the charity, said they had seen a rise in reports of pets, i...
DATE: Aug 17, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An anti-racism charity has applauded another local charity for considering changing its name.
The Bermuda Audubon Society recently announced that it was “exploring a potential name change” to dissociate itself from anti-abolitionist owner of enslave...
DATE: Aug 17, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Stefano Ausenda
A Bermuda bird conservation charity is exploring a potential name change to distance itself from John James Audubon, the anti-abolitionist slave owner it derives from.
The Bermuda Audubon Society said the conversation had begun in light of other orga...
DATE: Aug 15, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Pembroke residents living in the shadow of Belco are fed up of talk and want to see more action taken to combat pollution and nuisance from the plant.
Last week the Regulatory Authority,
Belco, the Government and the One Bermuda Alliance all rele...
DATE: Aug 15, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Volunteers took to the Warwick Railway Trail yesterday in an effort to clean up litter and waste.
A spokesman for the community group Bermuda is Love said six people lent a hand for the cleanup, which took place on the Camp Hill/Riddell’s Bay area of...
DATE: Aug 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Home affairs minister Walter Roban was accused yesterday of trying to “wash his hands” of the emissions issues at Belco.
Earlier this week, the Regulatory Authority accused Belco of deliberately misleading the public about emissions from its North P...
DATE: Aug 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Stefano Ausenda