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"US Consulate embraces greener energy"

Solar panels have been installed at the US Consulate in an effort to go green. A spokeswoman said the 3.12kW system is expected to save the Consulate more than $1,400 in its first year, and more than $32,000 over the next 25 years should the cost of ...
Jul 05, 2013
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"BIOS puts Princeton’s Power in Box to the test"

This summer, Bermuda is the testing ground for a unique project that aims to bring a renewable source of electrical power to disaster-torn regions. The project comes out of Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey and is called Princeton Power ...
Jul 05, 2013
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"The ocean — so vast yet we know so little about it"

Are you ocean literate? The ocean covers 71 percent of Earth’s surface and contains a whopping 99 percent of our planet’s habitable area. Scientists also estimate the ocean is home to more than 50 percent of Earth’s plant and animal species. Perhaps ...
Jul 04, 2013
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"Illegal dumping scars former Club Med site"

Parts of the former Club Med site may soon be chained off and put out of bounds to vehicles in a bid to stop the illegal dumping of trash, including old refrigerators, furniture and abandoned vehicles. St George’s North MP Kenneth Bascome believes t...
Jul 04, 2013
Environment

"Website relaunch keeps public better informed"

The Department of Environmental Protection has relaunched its website to better service the community. Environment and Planning Minister Sylvan Richards said that while the Department has an important role to play, a survey revealed that customers kn...
Jul 03, 2013
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"‘A luxury hotel we wanted, a ghetto we got’"

The promise of a luxury hotel development at the Grand Atlantic site has devolved into a “residential ghetto,” according to the Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce (BEST). BEST Chairman Stuart Hayward said the original special development ...
Jul 01, 2013
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"Residents object to Grand Atlantic plans"

Included in the objections are two petitions, which together include more than 120 signatures against continued development at the site. The application by Atlantic Development (BDA) Ltd seeks to build 52 units in three two-story buildings, parking f...
Jun 28, 2013
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"Baby dolphin photographed off North Shore"

Boaters off the North Shore had a rare opportunity to witness passing Atlantic bottlenose dolphins. One Royal Gazette reader captured a shot of a mother and her baby approximately 200 yards off North Shore, not far from Gibbet Island, on Sunday after...
Jun 26, 2013
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"Call for a return of bottle bill to curb litter problem"

St George’s North MP Kenneth Bascome will push for a bottle bill to be implemented to help curb littering in Bermuda. This after a second clean up in his constituency in three months. Close to 50 volunteer students from Somersfield Academy collected ...
Jun 26, 2013
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"Overtime approved to clear trash backlog"

A backlog of garbage uncollected from residential areas across the Island is now being cleared after Public Works Minister Trevor Moniz approved overtime for refuse collectors. The Public Works Ministry made the announcement in a press statement foll...
Jun 25, 2013
Young Observer

"BIOS invites entries for healthy ocean contest"

BIOS will be holding its annual open house, Marine Science Day (MSD), on September 21, 2013. Leading up to the event BIOS is hosting an art contest for students to design a poster for MSD promotional materials. The theme for the contest is “Picturing...
Jun 24, 2013
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