ENVIRONMENT
SUN EXCLUSIVE
East end hazard
Airport bosses have been forced to shut down an industrial estate bordering the runway because it has become a hazardous eyesore.
Power outage affected 1,300 customers
The weather briefly knocked out electricity to 1,300 customers in Hamilton parish on Friday morning.
Dumping legislation needed say green groups
Mass fly tipping at an industrial estate has prompted green groups to call on islanders to take more responsibility for their trash.
Sustainability group launches communication drive
The Government’s Sustainable Development Unit (SDU) has launched a new website and blog to help increase awareness of the issues it is addressing as well as build communication with the public.
Planning experts say minister should explain his decisions
The Environment Minister should give detailed reasons if he goes against the advice of an independent inspector, according to planning consultants. The call comes after a judge sent the SandBar project on Warwick Long Bay back to the drawing board because Glenn Blakeney failed to give reasons for his decision …
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Keeping Bermuda beautiful after Igor
An army of 400 volunteers got to work at the weekend, cleaning up our shoreline post-Hurricane Igor.
'I solved the Bermuda Triangle mystery'
Veteran British investigative journalist Tom Mangold was on the island this week to give a talk on his fascinating documentary, Inside The Bermuda Triangle. The BBC Radio Four documentary was aired almost two years ago but got hardly any publicity on the island.
Bermuda's agricultural industry in crisis, says research
THURSDAY, NOV. 18: The island’s agricultural industry is in a critical state and could become obsolete if action is not taken, according to a new report. The report suggests Bermudians place “little to no value on the issue of food security”.
Struggling farms provide little of our daily food staples
The island’s agriculture industry is in crisis, a report revealed last week. It said farming was in danger of becoming “obsolete” if action was not taken to inject new resources into the industry.
It's once more into the breach for whales
Islanders are asked to report whale sightings after the first Humpbacks of the season were spotted on New Year's Eve. Humpback aren't usually seen around Bermuda until spring.
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Trio of sightings is no fluke
Photos show the same whales are returning to Bermuda year after year. Conservationist Andrew Stevenson hopes the public will send him their photos to help record the returns.
THE COX REGIME: 100 DAYS IN POWER
Space agency considers rocket tracking station on Bermuda
Cooper's Island has been earmarked as a potential site for the European Space Agency. The nature reserve could double as a "temporary rocket-launch tracking station".
The Tucker's Point row - what's at stake
Building at Tucker's Point on some of Bermuda's last areas of virgin woodland would be like committing environmental suicide, warned conservationist David Wingate.
Tucker's Point SDO debate to be 'robust'
There will be a 'robust' debate in Parliament about the Tucker's Point plan to redevelop woodland areas.
Roban: There's no conflict of interest with HSBC
Environment Minister Walter Roban issued a statement on Wednesday saying his is not linked professional or personally to HSBC.
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