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Pitbulls were involved in more than half of all dog-related incidents since 2017 — and the breed made up more than 90 per cent of the dogs put down after seizure during the period.
Figures released show that since the start of 2017, the Government ha...
DATE: Aug 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An online fundraising campaign has been launched to create a scholarship programme to pay tribute to a celebrated Bermudian environmentalist.
A GoFundMe campaign started by Jamie Bacon, the wife of the late Stuart Hayward, says that she hopes to ...
DATE: Aug 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An environmental charity has raised serious concerns over Government’s decision to grant access to a nature reserve for campers and their vehicles over the Cup Match holiday.
The reserve – Cooper’s Island Nature Reserve – is categorised as a Class A ...
DATE: Aug 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Researchers have discovered dozens of new types of microscopic phytoplankton in Bermuda’s waters as part of a new study.
According to the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences Currents newsletter, the researchers identified 40 new morphospecies – organ...
DATE: Aug 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda’s struggling seagrass will be in the spotlight at a presentation this week by an international expert at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute.
James Fourqurean, a seagrass ecologist and professor at the Florida International Universit...
DATE: Aug 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Jermaine DeSilva cannot fathom leaving the house that has been in his family for generations yet, at the same time, he cannot bear the thought of his young family continuing to endure the pollution from the Belco power plant.
Both of his children, a...
DATE: Aug 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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The City of Hamilton intends to expand its sewage treatment facility as part of a project to cut back on the release of solid waste into the island’s waters.
According to a planning application, the corporation hopes to build a new wastewater treatme...
DATE: Jul 27, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An environmental charity has called on the public to keep watch for a high-tech device that broke off drifting fishing equipment that washed ashore at the West End.
Part of a floating “fish aggregation device” or FAD, used to catch tuna and other ope...
DATE: Jul 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Switching Bermuda to green energy will cost hundreds of millions, the Belco president has warned – but he pledged that consumers will not be hit by higher rates.
Wayne Caines also promised health and safety officers would deal with the impact of soot...
DATE: Jul 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Backers of renewable energy hope the cost savings from wind-generated electricity will attract support for bringing an offshore wind farm to the island.
The environmental charity Greenrock highlighted potential savings of $17 million a year at a foru...
DATE: Jul 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell