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Bermuda should push ahead with the development of an offshore wind farm, a report has recommended. The Bermuda Ocean Prosperity Programme report also recommended increasing the landing of pelagic fish such as yellowfin tuna and the promotion of green...

Dear Sir, I have been following the progress of the Government’s fishing plans in your newspaper with great dismay. The fish are greatly depleted, here and worldwide, such that any plan to increase catches goes against common sense. The Bermuda Ocea...

Landscape work at a development site on a former golf course had helped boost the environment for birds, the Minister of Home Affairs has said. Walter Roban added “a great deal of hard work” had gone into the creation of parkland at the old Riddell’...

After the joint public announcement on September 30, 2020 by the Government and the Bermuda Economic Development Corporation about the launch of the Bermuda Triangle Fishing Co-operative, and the stated intent to “significantly increase Bermuda’s ann...

Pollution from the Tynes Bay Incinerator has increased in over the past few years, a report released yesterday revealed. The Environmental Statistics Compendium, released by the Department of Statistics, said nitrogen dioxide emissions at Tynes Bay w...

Fossil fuel-powered vehicles should be replaced by electric ones as early as 2030 to protect the environment, a conservationist has said. David Wingate also recommended new the establishment of clean public transport on the Railway Trail to help slow...

Environmental organisations and governments will have to focus on better co-operation in the fight against climate change this year, campaigners warned yesterday. Andrew Vaucrosson, the executive director for the Bermuda National Trust, said it would...

The Free Democratic Movement has promised to use green energy to reduce the cost of living in its General Election platform. The FDM said: “Energy costs in Bermuda are prohibitive and will remain high as long as we are trapped by our dependency on fo...

Plans to build 18 homes and establish one of the island’s largest conservation areas at Riddell’s Bay have received government backing. Walter Roban, the Deputy Premier and Minister of Home Affairs, tabled a special development order in a virtual sit...

A Bermudian park has joined a scheme to preserve forests in Commonwealth countries. The Walsingham Nature Reserve, known as Tom Moore’s Jungle, is the first in a British Overseas Territory to be accepted by the Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy. The QCC, a...

Major climatic shifts have long been a feature of human society. But the scientific evidence overwhelmingly points to man-made rather than cyclical causes of contemporary climate change. And with those changes, we have seen nearly annual rises in glo...

Environmental charities said on Wednesday that they were considering their options after the home affairs minister confirmed a decision to allow a controversial quarry operation in a sensitive area. Alana Anderson, the president of the Bermuda Natio...