2187 results returned for search: "" category ("Environment" AND "News")
Approval has been given to change control at the Finger solar farm beside the airport.
The Regulatory Authority said that its consent to the transfer will mean that FB Solar LLC — owned by the Bermuda Infrastructure Fund — will become the “indirect p...
DATE: Jun 03, 2022
|
CATEGORY:
Environment
|
AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A new study is hoped to uncover more about how corals across the world adapt to changing water temperatures and the threat of climate change.
The study, being carried out by researchers at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences and other institution...
DATE: Jun 02, 2022
|
CATEGORY:
Environment
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An environmentalist has said a regulatory sandbox for renewable energy technology in Bermuda has great potential for the island — but the right rules and regulations must be in place.
Karen Border, executive director of the Bermuda National Trust, sa...
DATE: Jun 01, 2022
|
CATEGORY:
Environment
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A new study – based in part on research carried out in Bermuda – suggests that dolphins may be able to identify their friends by taste.
According to National Geographic
, Jason Bruck, a marine biologist at Stephen F Austin State University in Texa...
DATE: May 30, 2022
|
CATEGORY:
Environment
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda’s national bird, once thought to be extinct, has set another record on its road to recovery.
Cahow chicks are now fledging on their island refuge at Castle Harbour – meaning they will set off on their first flights out to sea from now until m...
DATE: May 28, 2022
|
CATEGORY:
Environment
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s marine conservation got an up-close viewing by British officials as Paul Candler, director of the Overseas Territories directorate in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, called on the island.
Mr Candler was accompanied on the ...
DATE: May 28, 2022
|
CATEGORY:
Environment
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A backlog of garbage is still being tackled by waste management staff after the trash truck fleet was hit with mechanical issues.
The Ministry of Public Works advised that there were four trucks running as of Friday afternoon – with an additional two...
DATE: May 24, 2022
|
CATEGORY:
Environment
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Hungry Bay area residents have put forward a planning application intended to help protect the island’s largest remaining patch of mangroves.
According to a recent planning application the Hungry Bay Restoration Committee and property owner James Tuc...
DATE: May 23, 2022
|
CATEGORY:
Environment
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Legislation allowing inventors and entrepreneurs to develop new energy technologies in Bermuda was tabled in the House of Assembly last week.
Walter Roban, the Deputy Premier and home affairs minister, said the Electricity Amendment Act would create...
DATE: May 23, 2022
|
CATEGORY:
Environment
|
AUTHOR:
News Staff
Conservationists have highlighted the plight of two “critically endangered” endemics on the island, the cahow and the Bermuda skink.
Nonsuch Expeditions used Endangered Species Day to put a spotlight on the species.
Jean-Pierre Rouja said: “This Enda...
DATE: May 20, 2022
|
CATEGORY:
Environment
|
AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly