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Bermuda College has been given the green light to install solar panels on two buildings at its Paget campus.
According to planning documents, the college sought permission to install two rooftop solar systems, one on the roof of West Hall and the sec...
DATE: Sep 16, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The opposition One Bermuda Alliance has joined calls by environmentalists for the Government to provide answers on why Cooper’s Island Nature Reserve was opened up for camping and vehicular access over Cup Match.
The reserve is categorised as a Clas...
DATE: Sep 15, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Government is inviting the public to voice their thoughts on the Draft Blue Prosperity Plan to determine the future of Bermuda’s waters.
A series of consultation events are scheduled to take place this month intended to inform the public and col...
DATE: Sep 15, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda’s younger voices will continue the global dialogue on climate change with the island’s second Youth Climate Summit hosted by a leading ocean conservation group.
Last year, the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute brought international...
DATE: Sep 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The last residential property on Par-la-Ville Road has been demolished with work on the site due to finish by the middle of this month, the City of Hamilton announced.
The city, which owned the property called Rose Cottage, announced its plans to de...
DATE: Sep 13, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Stefano Ausenda
A landmark project to save vital mangrove forests from further degeneration has moved a step closer after a botanist spearheading the plan visited the island.
Christopher Puttock was part of a delegation of more than 200 members of Rotary groups from...
DATE: Sep 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A proposal to build a facility in St David’s to incinerate medical waste has been given the green light by the Department of Planning.
The application by MediWaste proposed the erection of a new structure on industrially zoned land on Wallers Point R...
DATE: Sep 07, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The wait is over for lovers of local lobsters, as the 2022-23 season opens from tomorrow until the end of next March.
But a decline in numbers of the local Caribbean spiny lobster, whose population has been hit by the loss of seagrass habitats, means...
DATE: Sep 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A video of a swimmer taking a ride on a turtle which is circulating on social media has been described as “disturbing” by one turtle expert, who said that handling them was “dangerous, abusive, and criminal”.
Jennifer Gray, the director of the Bermud...
DATE: Sep 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A team of international researchers has turned its focus on the island’s air and water as part of a study of trace elemental gases in the atmosphere.
According to BIOS’s Currents newsletter, the project, called the Bermuda boundary layer experiment...
DATE: Aug 31, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes