BEST - Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce

An energy voyage with no shortage of icebergs

Opinion by Nick Hutchings, BEST Energy Committee If Belco’s integrated resource plan proposal is anything to go by, the utility is steering a Titanic-like course through a sea of ice. Iceberg No 1: energy efficiency and conservation. Belco has built its […]

Warnings to heed from those who should know

By Nick Hutchings, BEST Energy Committee While there are still some people who do not believe climate change is caused by human activity, very few will deny that the climate is changing and that we must adapt to the new […]

The Bermuda Better Energy Plan

We have carried out extensive research and developed a Better Energy Plan for Bermuda. There is more work to be done if the regulator and BELCO are to adopt its recommendations so it can make a real difference. Please support […]

Ten days to make our voices heard on the future of Bermuda’s energy

By Sir John Swan, Michael Murphy –  As I do periodically with regard to technical matters concerning the future and economic wellbeing of the island, I was recently discussing with my good friend, Mike Murphy, an issue that affects every […]

Amaris Wharton Set To Speak At Eco Series

The Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce [BEST] and Bermuda College are getting set to hold the third presentation in their series of Eco Lunch & Learns on Thursday, November 29, with Amaris Wharton to speak at the event. A spokesperson said, “Amaris Wharton, a laboratory […]

BEST practice for our energy future

In a report by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, released on October 8, the world’s leading climate scientists warned that there is only a dozen years for global warming to be capped at a maximum of 1.5C. […]