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Keen birdwatcher Paul Watson had a spring to remember. Perched at Cooper’s Point in June, Mr Watson counted some 2,500 great shearwater in just 80 minutes, he reported in the summer edition of the Bermuda Audubon Society newsletter. Mr Watson said: “...

An endangered plant last seen growing in the wild more than a century ago has taken the first step on a comeback from the brink of extinction. A total of four Governor Laffan’s Ferns planted in the Bermuda Audubon Society’s nature reserve at Sears Ca...

Floral “red umbrellas” that pop up across the island in summer have failed to come out in substantial numbers this year. Horticulturalists said that a lack of rainfall or damage caused by Hurricane Humberto last year could be the root cause of why po...

Pollution levels around the Belco power station are to be monitored by environmental officials after complaints from residents in the area. The Department of Environmental and Natural Resources said a mobile air-quality monitoring station, bought by ...

Ageing smokestacks at the Belco power station that were blamed for pollution are to be shut down by the end of the year, the company revealed yesterday. Belco said the decommissioning should cut down on discharges that have blighted the lives of neig...

On July 31st, 2020, a former Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) employee was gifted a basil plant, which had been purchased at a local plant nursery. Accompanying the yellowing basil plant was a healthy, vigorously growing dodder ...

The Bermuda Audubon Society is to object to an application to renew approval for a development on the grounds of historic Walsingham House, the organisation’s president said yesterday. The Hamilton Parish property, home to Tom Moore’s Tavern, is owne...

Pollution from the Belco power station was condemned by householders in the area yesterday — including a veteran environmentalist who has highlighted the problem for decades. Gary Hayward, a lifelong resident of Twin Lane Place, which overlooks the p...

Consultants have been asked to help come up with a regulatory framework and plan to develop laws for water and wastewater operations. The Government told potential bidders that the work of organisations such as the Regulatory Authority and Environmen...

During the COVID-19 global pandemic, the Department of Planning has continued to provide key services to the public and industry stakeholders. Statistics confirm that there was an uptick in developments presented to the Department of Planning, which ...