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With Bermuda’s outdated trash collection routes in dire need of a makeover, GPS systems are to be installed in trucks within a matter of weeks for data gathering to develop a new system.
Craig Cannonier, the Minister of Public Works, acknowledged pub...
DATE: Nov 17, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Trindade petrel has been sighted for the first time in Bermuda.
Wildlife rehabilitator and eco-tour guide Lynn Thorne made the exciting discovery on Friday while on a cahow watch two miles east of the Island with visiting ornithologist Bob Flood a...
DATE: Nov 16, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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Conservationists are continuing to monitor a freshwater pond in Somerset where two piranha-like fish were found.
The red-bellied pacu, which are native to the river basins of Brazil, were both more than 50 centimetres long and weighed over eight poun...
DATE: Nov 14, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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Six Columbus crabs have found a new home in the UK after travelling across the Atlantic Ocean on the back of a buoy.
The crabs, which measure about half an inch in diameter, are thought to have come from the Sargasso Sea off the coast of Bermuda.
P...
DATE: Nov 12, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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Saltus Grammar School joined forces with environmental charity Keep Bermuda Beautiful to clean up John Smith’s Bay.
Headmaster Ted Staunton said 53 students, staff, parents and “friends of the school” gathered at the beach in Smith’s on Saturday morn...
DATE: Nov 09, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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“Unprecedented” mechanical issues have hindered trash collection across the Island according to Craig Cannonier, the Minister of Public Works, but efforts are under way to restore normal service.
He said the Bermuda Government had been working closel...
DATE: Oct 30, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Ministry of Public Works is working to address complaints about overgrown roadsides.
While the ministry has come under fire in recent months over overgrown grass and trees on the Island’s roadsides, a spokeswoman said efforts were being made to ...
DATE: Oct 30, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Facilitators of the South Basin infill project have said the plumes of sediment caused by the dredging of the North Channel were anticipated and are not a threat to the marine environment.
The ACBDA said that members of the public had expressed conc...
DATE: Oct 28, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Australian entrepreneur and photographer Reg Grundy has a new set of wildlife photographs on display in the United States customs hall at LF Wade International Airport.
Mr Grundy, perhaps best known for producing the hugely popular Australian soap ...
DATE: Oct 09, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The decision to allow agricultural land to be built on as part of the Pink Beach redevelopment has been criticised by the Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce.
Grant Gibbons, as the acting Minister of Home Affairs, granted Sardis Developmen...
DATE: Oct 02, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes