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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...
DATE: Nov 13, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
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...
DATE: Nov 06, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
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...
DATE: Nov 05, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
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...
DATE: Nov 05, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Bermuda’s cahow nesting season got off to an early start this year as breeding pairs returned to their burrows quicker than usual.
Jeremy Madeiros, the Government’s principal land conservation officer, said: “Many of the birds are returning a week ah...
DATE: Nov 01, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Wheelie bins will soon become mandatory in the City of Hamilton, according to the municipality.
Fines could soon be introduced to penalise those who put out trash early or in inappropriate containers in the city. A spokeswoman for the municipality sa...
DATE: Nov 01, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The owners of a dairy farm accused by neighbours of causing a stink have rejected a potential buyer after news of the sale was made public before it was finalised.
Lidia and Valter Medeiros knocked back the offer and accused the “suitor” interested i...
DATE: Oct 24, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The Bermuda Government has been required to borrow trash trucks from the City of Hamilton because of its own shortages.
Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch said his public works ministry had faced difficulties collecting garbage all year and would probabl...
DATE: Oct 19, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A plague of rats in the Botanical Gardens has been tackled by government pest controllers after complaints from the public.
Parents said rats have scared park users near the children’s play area in the Paget park, which is Bermuda’s biggest.
A mother...
DATE: Oct 18, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Conservationists captured and released one hawksbill turtle and more than 250 green turtles as part of a research programme this year.
The Bermuda Turtle Project team caught 259 green turtles and the hawksbill in a bid to monitor the population and f...
DATE: Oct 17, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
