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Discussions are under way to determine whether a health hazard warning should be removed from the US State Department’s website stating that Bermuda’s beaches are contaminated. A tourist who has visited Bermuda some 30 times contacted this newspaper...

By Simon Jones Hundreds of volunteers were out in force this morning taking part in an Island-wide coastal cleanup. Close to 500 people descended on 38 locations across Bermuda clearing trash both on and off shore. The event, which is part of the ann...

The Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce praised the Take Back our Parks campaign in the wake of an injunction halting construction in the Botanical Gardens. While the Ministry of Public Works had begun work on a new maintenance yard in the...

The Bermuda Regiment Underwater Taskforce is to undertake training that will allow it to continue marine conservation efforts with the Bream research programme. It follows a successful collaboration last weekend between the Regiment and the programme...

Dear Sir, I note that the Commissioner of Police has instructed members of his force to come down strongly on the temporary banners that deface many of our roads. May I suggest that the commissioner would do much more to improve the beauty of Bermuda...

Dear Sir, I am in shock and in awe at the condition of the roads, trees, weeds, hedges, etc, on our beautiful Island. I am a senior citizen and in all of my years on this Island, I have never ever seen anything as disgraceful as our roads and overgro...

Volunteer divers and snorkellers are being sought for a major reef mapping programme taking place at Elbow Beach tomorrow. The event is part of a project to protect the Island’s reef system, run jointly by the Royal Bermuda Regiment and the Bermuda R...

An Island-wide coastal clean-up is due to take place next Saturday and members of the community are invited to volunteer. The EY Coastal Clean-up in support of Keep Bermuda Beautiful is an annual event that gives volunteers an opportunity to enjoy c...

BHS STEAM (Science Technology Engineering Art and Math) WEEK By Michelle Frumkin You know those pretty, glowing plastic necklaces that you wear for maybe a few hours at a party? Do you know what they look like after they’re been tossed in the ocean,...

One of the Island’s top nature reserves has gone pink for the summer, but the strange colours that have taken over the waters of Spittal Pond are a harmless organism brought on by warm weather. However, former government conservation officer David Wi...

Magnus Henneberger is begging Bermuda to scrub out beauty products containing microbeads. The 13-year-old is an ambassador for American environmental group Plastic Tides. The organisation warns of the danger plastics commonly found in facial scrubs ...

Planning decisions for an America’s Cup development at the South Basin in Dockyard were abruptly revised yesterday, after a series of complaints from the Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce. “This is all rather sudden,” said Best chairman ...