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To value risk in insurance, we start by identifying vulnerability. One area of vulnerability that could impede the future development of Bermuda is the heavy reliance on imported fossil fuels. This reliance exposes Bermuda to fluctuations in prices, ...

Bermuda is now well on the road to recovery from Hurricane Humberto, and it is impossible to ignore the reality that it is the fourth serious hurricane to have done damage to our island in the past five years. Hurricanes Fay and Gonzalo hit in 2015 ...

Recycling trash cans are set to go on sale, the public works ministry announced yesterday. A ministry spokeswoman said the 140 litre “bins” for recyclable material cost $40 each and were limited to two per household. She added that garbage cans, earl...

This week, Donald Trump made it official. He confirmed his country’s plans to withdraw from the Paris climate accord in a year’s time — that is, a day after the 2020 presidential election. The action was initiated on Monday, which was the first possi...

An institution funded by the late Bermuda resident James Martin has contributed to a paper that finds that capturing carbon dioxide to make useful products has the potential to become a viable new global industry while helping to mitigate global warm...

Garbage usually collected on Monday will be picked up two days early because of the Remembrance Day holiday. The Ministry of Public Works said areas affected are Sandys and Southampton West, up to and including Lighthouse Road from Middle Road to Sou...

The national security minister called for the reinstatement of a working group on climate change. Wayne Caines spoke at the House of Assembly after a forum held in Bermuda heard that small islands could feel climate change before other locations. The...

Billionaire businessman and former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg said yesterday that Bermuda should generate more renewable electricity to show its commitment to the battle against climate change. Mr Bloomberg told a Climate Risk Forum: “Generatin...

An organisation designed to limit the threat posed by extreme weather caused by climate change should be set up, a disaster expert said yesterday. Steve Cosham, the Government’s National Disaster Co-ordinator and team leader for the Disaster Risk Red...

A survivor of Hurricane Irma’s hit on the British Virgin Islands will today discuss how small islands can tackle an increased threat from major storms. Angela Burnett experienced first-hand the devastation of the Sepember 6, 2017 Category 5 hurricane...

A Bermudian film-maker’s documentary about the lives of humpback whales has won an award at a conservation film festival in New York. Secret Lives of the Humpbacks, which examined the role that Bermuda plays in the lives of the animals, received the ...

The Ministry of Public Works is advising that due to the Portuguese Day holiday (Monday November 4), garbage normally collected on that day will be collected on Saturday, November 2. As a reminder, Monday garbage collection areas include Sandy’s Par...