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Lower electricity bills, less trash being thrown out and the school’s garden benefiting from plentiful rich compost are some of the tangible results West Pembroke Primary is reaping thanks to a proactive green initiative that started at the end of la...
DATE: Jun 19, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
Budding environmentalists are again being urged to volunteer to help monitor the health of Bermuda’s reef systems.
Residents are encouraged to become “citizen scientists” and sign up for Reef Watch, a day-long event that involves surveying key fish ...
DATE: Jun 18, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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Environmentalists have voiced concerns after MPs backed amendments to a law aimed at protecting the Island’s wildlife.
The changes will allow the destruction of habitats of protected species — but only if alternative homes or captive breeding can be...
DATE: Jun 14, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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The volunteers, staff and organisations that helped to make Bermuda’s celebration of World Oceans Day a success are being praised for their “amazing work”.
Bermuda Zoological Society and Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo has said thank you to all thos...
DATE: Jun 11, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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The Bermuda Aquarium Museum and Zoo celebrated World Oceans Day on Saturday, by putting on a host of activities highlighting Bermuda’s connection to the sea.
Visitors, who enjoyed free admission to the facility, were able to take part in a ‘Get Salty...
DATE: Jun 09, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The water off Bermuda’s beaches remain clean, Government said last night.
A spokeswoman for the Department of Health said that regular monitoring at beaches so far this year had found no pollution problems.
Beaches checked include tourist magnets lik...
DATE: Jun 07, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
It’s six fifteen in the morning; dawn now sweeps gently across a chain of reefs stretching Northeast toward Wreck Hill in Somerset. Ten yards from the boat a turtle breaks the ocean surface, letting out a wet sneeze as it takes in a new breath before...
DATE: Jun 06, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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Beauty product microbeads — they are pretty, they make your skin tingle, they could be destroying the environment.
The tiny plastic beads that have become popular additions to body washes, facial scrubs and shampoos have become the target of a new c...
DATE: Jun 05, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jessie Moniz Hardy
Efforts are continuing to help eradicate the lionfish from Bermuda waters.
But the invasive species is still posing environmental and economic problems as the population increases.
Researcher Corey Eddy will be speaking tomorrow at the Bermuda Under...
DATE: Jun 04, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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The Bermuda Taxi Owners and Operators Association (BTOA) has voiced its support for the Blue Halo initiative, which aims to install a no-take marine reserve around the Island, calling on Government to make the Blue Halo a “reality”.
“Over the past ye...
DATE: Jun 03, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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