reEarth : Environmental issues in The Bahamas

South Ocean EIA Says Environmental Impact Mimimal: By Juan McCartney - Nassau, Bahamas:

The economic benefits of the New South Ocean Development outweigh any perceived socio-economic drawbacks of the change in environmental conditions in the southwestern area of New Providence, according to the environmental impact assessment for the 377-acre development.

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Environmentalist: Bimini Bay project a “catastrophe”

By ROGAN M. SMITH, Guardian Senior Reporter, rogan@nasguard.com

An international environmentalist has slammed the Bimini Bay development, calling it a “catastrophe” that has left a “devastating scar” on the land where the project’s first phase is being built. (more…)

May 30th, 2008 Arawak Cay Move For Container Port Blasted By Tameka Lundy

The Downtown shipping operation is expected to be moved from Bay Street by the end of the year. The government’s announcement that it will relocate the current downtown Nassau container port operation to Arawak Cay has left members of the former Christie-led administration renewing their assertions that it’s a serious mistake. (more…)

May 31st, 2008 Arawak Cay Vendors Protest Port Move By Kendea Jones Some Arawak Cay vendors remain staunchly opposed to the idea of the commercial shipping port being relocated Arawak Cay after Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham announced that the port would indeed be relocated to the Arawak Cay area. (more…)