At 140 Tihonet Road in Wareham, AD Makepeace Cranberry Co. of Wareham and New Leaf Solar propose one of three large ground mounted solar projects. The 65-acre 140 Tihonet Road […]
At 140 Tihonet Road in Wareham, AD Makepeace and Borrego Solar propose one of three large ground mounted solar projects that will destroy 176 acres of pristine globally rare Pine […]
The state Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program (NHESP) gave Makepeace a “take permit” for 10 rare and endangered species at the site Did engineers Beals+Thomas misrepresent the sand and […]
Legal challenges to A.D. Makepeace’s proposed mining & solar operation at 140 Tihonet Road dismissed, fight continues Update: December, 2023. Since 2021, the Community Land & Water Coalition (CLWC) […]
Partial Victory! 3/8/2024: State requires environmental impact report after over 120 comment letters were sent – but the state still ignores the Damage to the Environment from SAND MINING! March […]
Wareham voted on 4/24/2023 to hire an engineer to investigate the possibly illegal removal of earth around town by corporations. Ten Residents Group sends Notice of Intent to Sue Letter claiming illegal […]
Wareham Planning Board asks tough questions of solar developer looking to clear cut 21 acres of forest and cover over a strip mine for a large ground mounted solar project. This has all the components of Solar Gone Wrong.
For almost 2 years, Wareham Board of Selectmen has ignored unanimous Town Meeting vote for an investigation of unpermitted sand and gravel mining November 2022 letter gives Selectmen notice of […]
June 10, 2024: The Wareham Planning Board denied site plan approval and special permit extensions for two solar proposals, one at 27 Charge Pond Road and the other at 150 […]
Instead of smart growth and conservation as promised in 2008, Makepeace is doing industrial sand mining and large solar Where’s the land? And where’s the sand? Our state “Massachusetts Environmental […]
