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Enid Capron Primary sixth-grader Nathan Clearveaux was one of three school children to win the Sandals Foundation’s regional Earth Day Essay competition, writing on the theme “Children, protecting the Environment, Preserving our future.”

The Sandals Foundation continued its environmental commitment to the Turks and Caicos Islands when the charity launched its first ever shoreline and underwater cleanup campaign along with other activities to commemorate the 41st annual Earth Day.

How quickly we forget. On July 12, 2008 in a radio address, President George W. Bush, in a radio address said, “technological advances have allowed us to explore oil offshore in ways that protect the environment.”

On Saturday, April 16, starting at 6 a.m., anyone who cares about the environment we live in is being asked to come out and help clean up the TCI.

Sun Oil will have to pay a $10,000 fine for spilling more than 700 gallons of diesel fuel at its pump facility on South Dock in December, the Department of Environment and Coastal Resources has announced.

Digicel is turning away from its traditional bright red and focusing on going green.

The word sustainable, in an ecological and developmental context, is one of the most misused in modern dialogue.

Students in the Turks and Caicos Islands interested in furthering their education in environmental studies have a chance to win a scholarship to study at the University of Reading in the U.K.

Across the Turks and Caicos Islands, World Wetlands Day was celebrated with cleanups of salinas and parks, planting of trees and monitoring of birds, supervised by the Department of Environment and Coastal Resources.