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The world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock Inc, which is among the biggest shareholders in a number of coal insurers, has placed sustainability at the centre of its approach to investments. It is now in the process of removing from certain of its i...

Dear Sir, I live In Pembroke. What is possessing this person to fly their kite on a non-windy or windy day? Is this person trying to attract attention or annoy the neighbours with the buzzers? We have had this issue about people flying kites on non-k...

Digital artist Malaikah Abdul-Jabbar has pulled together her interest in computers and the environment to create a programme to cut down on plastic waste. The 17-year-old animator has used her skills to draw, animate and sell animal-themed artwork fo...

An e-waste drive will be launched this weekend to encourage the recycling of electrical items. The public are asked to bring old laptops, computers, cable boxes, mobile phones and other electronics to the Tynes Bay Waste Treatment Facility to be recy...

The past five years have been the hottest on record. “The climate crisis has arrived”, more than 11,000 scientists just warned in a public statement, “and is accelerating faster than most scientists expected. It is more severe than anticipated, threa...

Insurers withdrawing cover from coal projects have more than doubled this year to 17. Between them they control almost half the world’s reinsurance market, and 9.5 per cent of the primary insurance market. Among those enacting coal exit policies is B...

There are two types of policy instruments that can be used to reduce plastic use. Ranging from municipal to intergovernmental levels, the number of policies on single-use plastics has more than tripled since 2010. While some countries have imposed fu...

“Plastic, a material invented to last for ever, can no longer be used to make products intended to be thrown away. There is no away.” The excessive production, usage and disposal of plastic materials has serious consequences for the environment. Eve...

Recycling trash cans are set to go on sale, the public works ministry announced yesterday. A ministry spokeswoman said the 140 litre “bins” for recyclable material cost $40 each and were limited to two per household. She added that garbage cans, earl...

Dear Sir, Today (October 17) I had two guests of the hotel who wanted to do something different from their normal routine. So I told them there is a beautiful walk from past the Aquarium on your left. Just after the curve, an old house who use to be...

Dear Sir, I live on Woodlawn Road in Sandys. As you know in summer, it’s very hot and we need to keep our windows open to cool the house. I come home and someone is burning trash or trees, and it stinks out the house. We cant even put on the AC bec...

“The European Chemicals agency estimates there are more than 144,000 man-made chemicals in existence. The US Department of Health estimates 2,000 new chemicals are being released every year. The UN Environment Programme warns most of these have never...