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Environmental groups have backed a partnership with a US-based organisation designed to transform Bermuda’s transport and energy sectors. Kim Smith, executive director of the Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce, said the collaboration was...

An environmental charity confirmed it has been forced to cut costs because of the knock-on effects of the 2008 financial crash. Greenrock said it had taken the “difficult but necessary” decision to make the position of executive director redundant. T...

Former premier Ewart Brown is likely to receive more than $1.2 million in total from the public purse for financial losses suffered at his two medical clinics, health minister Kim Wilson has revealed. Ms Wilson defended the Government’s decision to p...

The director of development at a solar energy firm has won a top scholarship to the UK to help him boost the renewable energy industry in Bermuda. Stratton Hatfield, of BE Solar, won a Chevening Scholarship, which will allow him to take a master’s de...

The Government’s change of heart on plans for concessions at Shelly Bay “flies in the face” of its promise to back local businesses, the shadow tourism minister said yesterday. Leah Scott said: “The Progressive Labour Party government is promoting e...

In one of my books titled It’s Between What They Say, I talked about the environmentalist bubble. I used the term “bubble” here because bubbles can be burst and many children do it just for fun. The point is, it’s a discretionary thing. The buzzword...

Dear Sir, I would like to bring to the attention of your readers a challenge to the residents of Bailey’s Bay. The wrecked remains of a power boat and other large timbers are strewn on Bailey’s Bay beach, some of it embedded in the sand. As you know,...

The project co-ordinator at an environmental charity is to take over its leadership. Kim Smith will replace co-founder of the Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce Stuart Hayward as the charity celebrates its tenth anniversary. BEST was firs...

Dear Sir, You report that the Minister of Public Works stated “... the situation has been made worse by the lack of diligence by certain landowners to do their part”. Also “... that the highways section has been challenged by lack of manpower and equ...

Radioactive material produced in Europe has been identified in the waters around Bermuda, although researchers have said the material presents very little danger. According to research by the Geotraces project, material produced by nuclear reprocessi...

It is not unusual to be handed a bag, set of cutlery, straw and cup all made of plastic during a single lunch trip in Bermuda. The environmental group Plastic Tides is hoping to put an end to the practice and even has aspirations to see Bermuda go vi...

Dear Sir, Did anyone who read Diallo Rabain’s statement yesterday on the Rubis fuel leak think there was more politics to it than real concern for the environment? I have been following reports since the leak was first reported and believe Rubis, wit...