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Green golf is the aim of the Butterfield Bermuda Championship as it drives for an environmentally friendly event.
The contest has its eye on the ball for sustainability at the PGA Tour gathering.
Organisers revealed the event will see a big move agai...
DATE: Oct 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
An expert in marine biology has been appointed to a commission set up to protect the Sargasso Sea.
Murray Roberts, a professor of applied marine biology and ecology at the University of Edinburgh, has replaced Howard Roe, who has stepped down after t...
DATE: Oct 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Hundreds of bits of coral have been rescued by a team of divers working to save the pieces after storm damage.
The fragments are treated and regrown in a hatchery before they are replanted and eventually returned to the reef.
A spokeswoman for the Li...
DATE: Oct 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A government minister has defended Belco over concerns that the electricity provider is pumping out pollution from its north power station.
Jason Hayward, the Minister for the Economy and Labour – who is also the MP for Pembroke Central where the Bel...
DATE: Oct 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
People can enjoy free documentary screenings at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute throughout October.
The documentaries will be screened as part of the BUEI’s second annual “Climate Cinema” series.
A statement from BUEI said: “BUEI’s ‘Cl...
DATE: Oct 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Stefano Ausenda
Members of a community group gathered on East Broadway yesterday to protest the fashion industry’s effects on the environment and the exploitation of workers.
The event was organised by the community group Bermuda is Love as the final event of its “...
DATE: Oct 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Stefano Ausenda
Bermuda could get an independent regulator for its water supply — setting charges to allow suppliers to maintain infrastructure, an open forum on the sector was told.
The Ministry of Public Works held an online forum on water and waste water services...
DATE: Sep 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
“Groundbreaking” research has shed fresh light on the migrating humpback whales that could help to bring international status to Bermuda’s waters.
Whale researcher Andrew Stevenson, who spent years collecting data for use in the study, is to bring th...
DATE: Sep 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A conservation group has expressed hope that a recent government procurement notice would mean new life for empty buildings at the Southlands national park.
However, the Bermuda National Trust echoed concerns voiced by the Bermuda Audubon Society abo...
DATE: Sep 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Sweeping plans to develop the island’s maritime economy with a conservation model potentially protecting 20 per cent of Bermuda’s exclusive waters go for a final public meeting tomorrow at the West End.
Walter Roban, the home affairs minister, remind...
DATE: Sep 27, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell