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Earth Day, the worldwide celebration of the natural environment, has been commemorated with the planting of a native olivewood tree in the Arboretum park. This year’s Earth Day is themed “Trees for Earth”, and fits with the reforestation project unde...

Belco is to mark Earth Day and its Occupational Health, Safety and Environment Week by planting two rare, native yellowwood trees on the Audubon Society’s Alfred Blackburn Smith Nature Reserve in Paget. Jessica McClure, manager of Occupational Health...

A man who famously attempted to “run” from Florida to Bermuda in an inflatable bubble is planning a second attempt. Reza Baluchi, who resided in Pompano Beach, Florida, made headlines in 2014 when he was rescued around 70 miles off the US coast in hi...

Keep Bermuda Beautiful’s efforts to tackle litter received a $3,000 boost from the Garden Club of Bermuda. Garden Club president Anna Fulton presented a cheque to KBB last week at the club’s general membership meeting at the Botanical Gardens. Anne H...

MP Kenneth Bascome has raised fresh concern over growing mounds of trash being dumped at the old St George’s Golf Course. Mr Bascome branded the area, which is now littered with old furniture, rusting car parts, vehicles and other debris, an “eyesor...

Dear Sir, After 40 years in both local and international business, working to improve opportunities for all Bermuda neighbours, brothers and sisters, I am compelled to state my case for collective consideration. Until we are able to address the real...

A cahow chick has been born in one of the first of five nests discovered in 1951 by a group that included the 15-year-old David Wingate. The 58th confirmed chick of the 2016 season was discovered on March 24 in nest chamber A1, which was discovered...

Dear Sir, I would hope that the amount of effort put into promoting events in Bermuda would equal the amount of effort used to clean up after the fact. Yet another sign, dumped into the bushes waiting for that rare creature the “sign clean-up crew”. ...

The Departments of Conservation Services and Environmental Protection have been merged to form the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Health, Seniors and Environment said that the decision was taken fo...

A local businessman has described the move to solar energy as a “double-edged sword”. General manager Andrew Mackay, of Gorham’s True Value Home Centre, which is in the process of completing its final instalment of photovoltaic solar energy, said: “Y...

Rosalind Staples was in the right place at the right time to capture striking photographs of a humpback whale leaping out of the ocean. The images were taken about five miles out to sea to the southwest of the last marker off West Whale Bay Park on M...

Young Observer met up with the Heron Bay Eco Club last week. The students have just completed a waste audit at their school and are now composting throughout the school in preparation for starting a garden. Abbie Caldas of Greenrock told us: “Heron B...