BEST - Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce

Southlands plans get pulled from board meeting

A high-profile planning application for Southlands National Park was pulled from the agenda of the Development Applications Board before it could be debated. The proposal, which includes the creation of a café, public parking, walking trails and improved beach access, […]

UK ratifies high seas protection treaty

Britain has ratified the landmark High Seas Treaty to help protect two thirds of the world’s oceans. The treaty, also known as the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement, could not be ratified independently of Britain by Bermuda, as a subcontinental […]

Solar customers will ‘feel the real weight’ of rate change

Inventive steps: Belco’s new rate structure will result in increases residential solar customers. Solar firms say the industry have moved to negate the changes (File photograph) A solar provider said the industry had taken “inventive” steps in the face of […]

Activist vessel docks in St George’s en route to Europe conference

A sailboat full of climate activists stopped in Bermuda for three days this week in between environmental conferences. Ocean Rebellion arrived in St George on Monday to meet with Bermudian environmental groups, on its way to the international Climate Justice Flotilla […]

Our precious ecosystem is under threat

Over many generations of weathering hurricanes, we’ve trained ourselves to look after our people and our property first and foremost. But while we hunker down in our houses and wait for the storm to pass, some of the natural life […]

Crucial report released on role of Sargasso Sea

The Sargasso Sea Commission has released a report described as “groundbreaking” on the ecological and economic value of the sweeping area of the North Atlantic where Bermuda is situated. Published during World Ocean Month after four years of research, the […]