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Fishermen have rebuffed an offer to join talks on a conservation plan being drawn up for Bermuda waters and accused government officials of ignoring their views. The Fishermen’s Association Bermuda called for a halt to the drafting of the Bermuda Oce...

The Government has saved $42,000 in electricity costs since solar panels started operating on the roofs of the General Post Office and the Government Administration Building in June, MPs were told. David Burch, the public works minister, said saving...

Ten young people have won recognition as climate ambassadors at the island’s second annual Youth Climate Summit. The group of alumni from the 2021 summit pitched in for a year of activities following the inaugural call to arms against climate change,...

A $1.5 million fundraising campaign has been launched to transform 10 acres in Southampton into a new public nature reserve. Buy Back Bermuda, a collaborative initiative between the Bermuda National Trust and the Bermuda Audubon Society, announced la...

The Minister of Home Affairs represented Bermuda at a conference exploring the use of environmentally-focused funds across the Caribbean region. Attending the second Caribbean Environmental, Social, Governance and Climate Financing Summit held in Tr...

A three-storey water tank in Botanical Gardens erected as part of a controversial maintenance yard plan at the park has been disassembled. While construction of the maintenance yard was halted in 2015 after a public outcry, the water tower built on t...

Plots of land in Warwick and Hamilton Parish have formally been named nature reserves, the House of Assembly heard on Friday. Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, said that 16.6 acres of former golf course at Riddell’s Bay and 3.4 acres of lan...

The team charged with devising a plan to conserve Bermuda’s waters while developing a blue economy is seeking further feedback from the public. The Bermuda Ocean Prosperity Programme said there were further opportunities for stakeholders to “make th...

Environmental groups have called on the Minister of Home Affairs to overturn a decision to allow development on Devonshire Marsh. Island Construction was given the green light by the Development Applications Board in August to erect three two-storey ...

The Minister of Home Affairs has trumpeted the Government’s green credentials, claiming that policies are being pushed through to protect the environment on land, sea and air. Walter Roban told attendees at last week’s Bermuda Youth Climate Summit th...