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Legislation to cut back on single-use plastics in Bermuda is expected to come forward this year, but the details of the proposal are still up for discussion. Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, said it was possible that a first phase of the p...

A youth-led environmental initiative has appointed a new leader, the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute announced this morning. Rosemarie McMahon has become the consulting director of the Youth Climate Initiative, organised by the BUEI, and wil...

Regulators are on the look out for sites that could be developed for new solar energy projects to help the Government to reach its goal of 85 per cent renewable energy by 2035. Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, said that while the solar ins...

The launch of a new drive to protect the island’s marine environment will be discussed after representatives of the British Government arrive in Bermuda this week. Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, said Bermuda would be the first of the Ove...

Environmental charity Keep Bermuda Beautiful got a $10,000 boost thanks to the Gardening Club of Bermuda. Katie Berry, the executive director of Keep Bermuda Beautiful, thanked the club for its donation and congratulated the group on its 100th annive...

A reminder on the safe handling of air conditioning refrigerants was tonight issued by the Government. A spokesman warned that release of the gases, which damage the environment, was illegal. Heating, ventilation and air conditioning system technicia...

Farmers have had the chance to discuss their problems with thefts from fields with a Government minister. Walter Roban, the home affairs minister, met farmers to talk about the problems they faced – including theft of crops at night – and ways the se...

The Tynes Bay Incinerator is handling almost 300 tons of garbage a day – despite recent reliability problems at the plant. Wayne Furbert, the acting minister for public works, said during a press conference this week that both burners at the inci...

A “substantially lower” building permit fee was offered to the developers of a solar farm at the airport, a home affairs ministry spokesman has confirmed. He added that the reduced rate – understood to be $100,000 – was justified because of the site’...

Bermuda was in the spotlight over the weekend in a US TV segment that featured an island scientist and a centuries-old sea mystery. The island’s position on the edge of the Sargasso Sea brought a CBS crew to the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences to...