Posted 23rd March 2026. Last updated 26th March 2026.
Opinion Article – Kim Smith, Executive Director, BEST
The Royal Gazette, March 23, 2026.

 

Economic burden: a specialised ship delivers liquefied natural gas (LNG) to a terminal in the Dominican Republic. Photograph supplied)

This was sent to the Minister of Home Affairs and the chairperson of The Regulatory Authority and copied to The Royal Gazette

It is with great concern to BEST that Belco is now overtly advertising that “they are pursuing liquefied natural gas for Bermuda”. What has been (glaringly) omitted from anything in written form that might be available to the public are the plans for the infrastructure to support a move to LNG.

We wonder if you have seen and read the International Court of Justice’s advisory opinion on Climate Change. Here are links to that document and to some Q&A based on that opinion.:

The advisory opinion:

https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-10354/

Q&A on the advisory opinion:

https://cri.org/cri-qa-on-the-icj-advisory-opinion-on-climate-change-and-int-law/

Though not law, their opinion provides a strong basis for future legislation. LNG is a fossil fuel, and their position is that jurisdictions that do not already have LNG should not pursue it. That, “… states that continue to approve fossil fuel expansion in the face of climate science are not just pursuing bad policy, they are potentially violating international law”. Are or will be.

LNG is a fossil fuel because it is derived from natural gas; “a non-renewable energy source, formed from the remains of ancient organisms”. It is often considered and touted as a cleaner-burning fuel, but it is still a fossil fuel, and its extraction and use releases greenhouse gases, like methane and carbon dioxide.

Bermuda: a dinosaur compared with the Cayman Islands

Reasd ore here: https://www.royalgazette.com/letters-to-the-editor/opinion/article/20260323/belcos-gas-plans-are-taking-bermuda-in-the-wrong-direction/