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Volunteers cleaned-up 11,000 pounds of trash across the island in April to mark Earth Month.
More than 800 people took part in the environmental projects organised by Keep Bermuda Beautiful (KBB).
In all, some 36 clean-ups took place with 22 schedule...
DATE: May 13, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The island is experiencing a shortage of bananas owing to global demand for refrigerated containers.
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources confirmed the shortage which it said is expected to be temporary and is not related to crop dise...
DATE: May 11, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Environmental charities have expressed disappointment in the Government’s decision to retable legislation that expands options for tour vehicles to operate in public parks.
On Friday, Lawrence Scott, the Minister of Transport, tabled the Motor Cars ...
DATE: May 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Native and endemic trees were planted by people who were involved in Bermuda’s first Youth Climate Summit.
The group was invited by the Bermuda Zoological Society to its living classroom at Trunk Island.
A BZS spokeswoman said: “Under the careful gui...
DATE: May 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Researchers recorded a great white shark circle the island over the past week – although it is not known exactly how close the shark came to shore.
Breton – a 13ft 3in adult male great white shark tagged and tracked by Ocearch – was recorded more tha...
DATE: May 06, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
HSBC Bermuda has backed an initiative by the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences to prepare a new report on the impact of climate change in Bermuda.
The project, led by Mark Guishard, an adjunct faculty at BIOS and the director of the Bermuda Wea...
DATE: May 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Public education will be the tool used to combat a pitbull “crisis” driven by illegal dog breeding, the home affairs minister said yesterday.
Walter Roban said that efforts would be taken to remind pitbull owners of their responsibilities as caretake...
DATE: May 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Residents of a Smith’s neighbourhood have called for “industrialisation” of the area to be halted pending a traffic study.
Almost 60 residents of Lolly’s Well Road, Hamilton Sound Road and Manor House Condominiums have signed a petition against a pla...
DATE: May 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An island-based non-life insurance group has joined forces with the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences in the battle against climate change.
Randall & Quilter’s support will be directed towards research undertaken by Bios’s Ocean Academy which since...
DATE: May 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A warehouse planned at Ocean View Golf Course in Devonshire is being re-advertised with a new proposed site near Barker’s Hill in the wake of objections from historians.
It had previously been proposed next to a site of historical importance in the l...
DATE: May 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
