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Efforts to prevent erosion at a Somerset beach – and stop the release of broken glass – has been given the green light by the Department of Planning. The Development Applications Board has approved a plan submitted by Buy Back Bermuda to carry out re...

Bermuda is to join Caribbean Disaster Management Agencies in a virtual tsunami response exercise today. Renee Ming, the Minister of National Security, will deliver an opening address to participants of the CARIBE WAVE 22 programme which is scheduled ...

The island will mark Earth Hour on the final Saturday of this month with a two-hour live online broadcast dedicated to environmental awareness. The charity Greenrock said the airing from 6.30pm to 8.30pm on March 26 would follow on the success of las...

A guide on how to watch whales in safety has been issued by the environment department. The set of guidelines was designed to ensure the safety of the public and minimise the disturbance caused to whales. Officials said March and April were the peak ...

A secluded site on a wooded hilltop with a controversial development history is in line for a residential development. But a spokesman for the developer of the 21-acre site on White Crest Hill in Hamilton Parish highlighted that plans for 13 resident...

The Government has launched a $200,000 climate change study aimed at determining the threats to Bermuda from climate change. Walter Roban, the home affairs minister, told the House of Assembly today: “Within the next 25 years Bermuda is expected to e...

Residents of St David’s and visitors to the island have appealed for a supermarket to fill a major gap in the area. Almost a fifth of people who responded to a survey about the area said that the lack of somewhere to buy groceries was their biggest ...

The National Sports Centre is to get a bit greener with new energy-efficient lights expected to slash its electricity bills. Craig Tyrrell, the operations manager at the Devonshire stadium, said the switch to LED bulbs was part of a drive towards cut...

A temporary art exhibition designed to highlight plastic waste in the seas is to open this week. A Plastic Ocean, on show at the former Dog House bar on Hamilton’s Front Street, will feature works created from marine plastic waste by a range of i...

Hi-tech mini-submarines will be used to track the movement of fish to assess population numbers, the Ministry of Home Affairs said. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources said it would use Remus 100 autonomous underwater vehicles after i...