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The Ministry of Public Works last night apologised for cutting down a poinciana tree after stating that only a pruning would take place. Government had posted a notice in Friday’s edition of this newspaper to notify the public that it intended to “re...

The Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce (BEST) has expressed concern about a notice threatening the removal of a tree behind the old Magistrates’ Court building. According to a notice published on page 33 of the August 21 edition of The Ro...

Appeals against a series of applications under the controversial Tucker’s Point Special Development Order (SDO) will be put back before the Minister for reconsideration as a result of a Supreme Court ruling. However, Chief Justice Ian Kawaley found t...

Planning applications related to the Tucker’s Point Special Development Order should be sent back to the Development Applications Board (DAB), according to the Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce (BEST). Representatives for the Ministry of...

Environmentalists have voiced concerns after MPs backed amendments to a law aimed at protecting the Island’s wildlife. The changes will allow the destruction of habitats of protected species — but only if alternative homes or captive breeding can be...

An online pettion has been started calling for the establishing of a turtle sanctuary in the Somerset Long Bay area. Specifically, the petition is calling for newly appointed Minister of the Environment Jeanne Atherden to “institute a no wake and no ...

Almost nine months since the public consultation process began to gauge opinion on the Blue Halo project, Pew Charitable Trust has called for Government to release the findings. Bermuda needs “bold leadership” to forge ahead with plans for a one-of-a...

Illegal dumping at Marsh Folly is making a dirty and dangerous job even worse for staff — prompting one irate worker to call for the public to show more consideration. “We need to have cameras installed down here — this is all stuff that’s supposed t...

Premier Craig Cannonier signed the Hamilton Declaration yesterday at the Tucker’s Point resort, which included Bermuda in a collaboration of nations who have joined forces to conserve the environment of the Sargasso Sea ecosystem. A last-minute chang...

Keep Bermuda Beautiful turns 50 this year — adding fanfare to its recent annual general meeting, where KBB handed out awards to friends and partners in addition to celebrating the accomplishments of 2013. Margaret Fergusson, the wife of Governor Geor...