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An all-electric bus fleet will cut costs, a American expert has claimed. Justin Locke, of sustainability group the Rocky Mountain Institute, explained: “This is not about Bermuda becoming green for the sake of becoming green. “This is about reducing...

Environmentalists have highlighted a string of issues missing from the Government’s Throne Speech that could offer greater help to Bermuda’s marine life. Jonathan Starling and Thaddeus Murdoch claimed there was room for more to address the challenges...

Yesterday the Department of Energy held the 2018 Energy Summit at the Hamilton Princess Hotel, with the theme ‘Toward a Resilient Bermuda’. This Summit is in observance of CARICOM Energy Month, which is November. Present at the Summit were members ...

Introduced pests posing a potentially serious threat to Bermuda’s bananas and other crops were found this week in a load of the fruit imported by United States suppliers. The tainted batch containing the scale and mealybug pests was spotted on Tuesda...

The feasibility of converting Bermuda’s bus fleet to electric vehicles will be explored under a new partnership announced yesterday. Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, said that a memorandum of understanding signed with the Rocky Mountain I...

Today, the Minister for the Cabinet Office the Hon. Walton Brown, JP, MP, released the 2018 Environmental Statistics Compendium from the Department of Statistics (see report attached). Minister Brown noted, “The Compendium is structured into 13 sect...

Scores of people walked and cycled to Gibbet Island yesterday to celebrate the opening of the new Railway Trail bridge. The trail is the result of work by the Friends of the Bermuda Railway Trail, numerous sponsors, workers and volunteers. Tucker Mu...

Greenrock and BE Solar will be hosting a public meeting on Bermuda’s energy future this Thursday, the 8th of November, at St Paul’s AME in Hamilton, corner of Victoria and Court St. People are encouraged to join from 5:30pm for discussion, with prese...

A veterinarian warned pet owners to take extra care yesterday after he treated two dogs who had eaten rat poison. Andrew Madeiros, of Ettrick Animal Hospital, said the clinic sometimes dealt with animals who had been exposed to rat bait, but it was u...

An environmental charity confirmed it has been forced to cut costs because of the knock-on effects of the 2008 financial crash. Greenrock said it had taken the “difficult but necessary” decision to make the position of executive director redundant. T...