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A conservation charity is calling on the community to lend a helping hand to plant endemic trees around the island.
The Bermuda National Trust launched the tree planting initiative five years ago and has planted in the region of 100 trees a year at P...
DATE: Apr 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Interactive sessions designed to take youngsters on virtual sea voyages will be offered next week by the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute.
The 40-minute online presentations will guide children aged 5 to 13 through different aspects of ocean ...
DATE: Mar 31, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
It’s an amazing shot, starry skies, the bright lights of Hamilton and a lone cloud, apparently right above the Belco stacks.
It was taken last week by Christina Hutchings who said: “The cloud caught my eye because it was the only cloud in the clear a...
DATE: Mar 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A founding member and former president of the Bermuda Zoological Society who steered the finances of the Aquarium has died at 92.
An avid golfer, Eric Clee also served as president of Hamilton Rotary Club in the 1990s, as well as the Probus Club, whi...
DATE: Mar 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
Global insurance and reinsurance company SiriusPoint Ltd has signed up as the lead sponsor for this year’s Earth Hour.
And international sailing competition SailGP has also announced that it has come on board as a major sponsor. The Bermuda Tourism A...
DATE: Mar 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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More than 100 bird species were spotted in Bermuda last month - including the first sighting of a mountain bluebird on the island.
Paul Watson and Erich Hetzel of the Bermuda Audubon Society said the unusual visitor was seen as part of a month-long b...
DATE: Mar 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Water quality tests on tanks near Belco found trace levels of pollution – but at levels well within international standards for drinking water.
Geoff Smith, an environmental engineer with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, and Shaun...
DATE: Mar 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Danish backing of Belco’s power plant and other international power plants have come under fire in Denmark over their environmental impact.
Danish media outlet Danwatch wrote that both Belco’s plant in Pembroke and a power plant in the African nation...
DATE: Mar 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An amateur photographer captured his first successful whale-watching expedition on a drone – and his film later racked up hundreds of views on social media.
Danny Rogers-Johnson, 34, said that the minute-long drone footage was watched by at least 1,...
DATE: Mar 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The executive director of the Bermuda National Trust is to step down just months after he was appointed, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
Andrew Vaucrosson, a former president of environmental charity Greenrock and an executive in the banking and reinsu...
DATE: Mar 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell