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Ireland has been invited to sign the Hamilton Declaration on Collaboration for the Conservation of the Sargasso Sea. Environment minister Cole Simons made the move on a private visit to the Irish Parliament, Dublin, when he met with his Irish counter...

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...

Homes and businesses across Bermuda switched their lights off from 8.30pm to 9.30pm on Saturday night to mark Earth Hour. Environmental charity Greenrock helped to organise a five-kilometre glow fun run and walk through Hamilton, as well as a night-...

The merging of two departments is expected to bring some cost savings to the Ministry of the Environment, the House of Assembly heard yesterday morning. Minister for the environment Jeanne Atherden said the Department of the Environment and Natural R...

Sustainable development must remain central on the road to fiscal sustainability, according to Greenrock. Described as one of three “mega-trends”, Bob Richards partially credited the drop in oil prices to the island’s recovering economy, in his Budge...

Members of the public are invited to share their views on the L.F. Wade International Airport redevelopment. The three meetings will seek feedback on the issues that need to be considered in the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment. Taking pla...

Environmental group Greenrock expressed solidarity with the organisers of a climate change march in Paris. The Global March for the Climate had been scheduled to be held on Sunday, but was banned by the French Government due to the recent terror atta...

The Bermuda Land Development Company wrote off around $375,000 owed to the quango in just four years, according to figures released by the Bermuda Government. The Ministry of Public Works provided the information in response to a Parliamentary questi...

Shadow Finance Minister David Burt dismissed the One Bermuda Alliance’s pledge to create 2,000 jobs as an electoral ploy — while pointing out the Island has lost nearly 2,000 jobs since 2012. Mr Burt also took the OBA to task for delaying a census, s...

Plans for Shelly Bay Beach are to be revealed this evening as prospective developer Tom Steinhoff lays out his proposals for the site. The 7.30pm meeting at the beach was brokered by Hamilton Parish Members of Parliament Derrick Burgess and Wayne Fur...

Sustainability groups have welcomed Government’s move to provide tax breaks for people who want to grow their own food. The Customs Tariff Amendment Act 2015 provides duty relief for people wanting to import “mushroom spawn, strawberry plants and tre...

Environmental groups will be hoping for a green budget that sees sufficient funds set aside to promote sustainable energy initiatives and preserve the Island’s parklands. Finance Minister, Bob Richards is set to outline the eagerly awaited budget for...