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The environmental charity Greenrock is to host a public forum with expert panellists discussing offshore wind power potential in Bermuda. The group has enlisted a British engineering company, BVG Associates, to help it to conduct feasibility studies...

The Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute yesterday celebrated its 25th anniversary with the opening of a time capsule buried underneath its front porch. The capsule contained a range of items including a BUEI brochure, a Teddy Tucker map, a May 1...

Resident blasts Belco after neighbourhood homes are covered in ‘black snow’ from new power station

More than 30 abandoned boats are set to be removed and disposed of, according to a notice published in the Official Gazette. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources, together with the Department of Marine and Ports Services, said they int...

Bids to operate an island-wide recycling collection are being sought by the Government. Potential providers have a month long window from yesterday to submit non-binding quotes. A Government notice states: “The Ministry of Public Works is seeking a s...

Buildings that once held generators at Belco’s Pembroke plant have begun to disappear as the energy provider’s asset retirement project progresses. The demolition work began in the wake of the completion of the North Power Station, which allowed seve...

Environmental group Greenrock has enlisted a UK engineering company to help it conduct feasibility studies the charity says are “instrumental in progressing an offshore wind project in Bermuda“. Greenrock commissioned BVG Associates which has more t...

The minister of home affairs must reconsider a previously rejected planning application, the Supreme Court has ruled. Jeffery Stirling had applied to build six two-bedroom residential units on a lot on Hallett Crescent in Pembroke, but was turned dow...

People are being asked to be “conscientious and environmentally responsible” when disposing of fish waste after recent reports of scraps getting dumped on roadsides. Waste and excess bait from locally caught fish can be discarded at sea, the Departme...

Beachgoers are being warned to be on the look out for unpleasant visitors – Portuguese man-o-war. A number of the venomous organisms have been spotted along the island’s coast in recent weeks and the Government has urged members of the public to keep...