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No secret deal exists behind Bermuda’s draft marine conservation plans that have drawn the ire of fishermen, the Minister of Home Affairs insisted yesterday. Walter Roban spoke after the Fishermen’s Association of Bermuda threw down the gauntlet on t...

Angry fishermen have threatened the Government with legal action over a sweeping marine conservation strategy they said was hatched in secret. The Bermuda Ocean Prosperity Programme, unveiled in August, proposes marine protection areas with 20 per ce...

Colonialist world views and policies are largely responsible for the global climate crisis, a youth activist told a conference yesterday. Xiuhtezcatl Roske Martinez added: “The decolonisation of Indigenous people reclaiming their sovereignty, lands ...

The architectural heritage of Southampton has been highlighted in the latest – and final – edition of the Bermuda National Trust’s Architectural Heritage book series. The series, which started in 1995, took a parish-by-parish look at the island’s bui...

The Regulatory Authority has requested that Belco submit a proposal for an updated Integrated Resource Plan that will decide the future of the island’s electricity generation. The utility company has been given a year to submit its proposal and the R...

Young people told a conference yesterday how they immersed themselves in projects after being inspired by an environmental summit. Berkeley Institute students Moriah Bridgewater and Lia Smith and CedarBridge pupil Fabiola Adams told the second BUEI ...

New plans to turn a section of parkland into an events lawn and a parking lot for the Bermudiana Beach Resort have been submitted - despite the previous rejection of similar proposals. The Bermuda Audubon Society this week called the proposed use of...

There are many serious consequences to climate change apart from rising sea levels, a professor said yesterday. Isabel Rivera-Collazo, from the University of California San Diego, told a youth climate summit: “Climate change can impact what and how...

Steps to regulate the importation and use of pesticides were welcomed as “long overdue” by the Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Task Force The move, announced this month by Kim Wilson, the health minister, would consolidate oversight under one m...

A seniors’ residence with ten apartments has been proposed for a site just outside Hamilton. The planning application by the Bermuda Real Estate Investment Trust, run by physician Kyjuan Brown, was posted this month and shows designs which include a ...