Fearing Hill is one of the highest points of land left in Wareham and has historic significance, high biodiversity, ancient ways and wetlands. The so-called Clean Energy Collective of Colorado […]
A 2021 report by Partnership for Policy Integrity to the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) office concludes that solar projects that clear-cut forests and remove soils and vegetation harm — […]
Wareham MA is ground zero for solar gone wrong in Massachusetts. With 19 existing ground-mounted projects, many of which were preceded by industrial strip mining to “prepare” the site, 1,400 […]
This page includes information on webinars and virtual workshops conducted by SPB and other like-minded organizations. December 12, 2021: Protecting Shutesbury’s Land & Water while building Community Solar – Forests […]
Mass. Historical Commission signs off despite presence of Native American use and occupation of the land in the Late Woodland Period State MEPA office rubber-stamps, ignores sand and gravel mining […]
Plymouth continues to be devastated by earth removal operations even though the Town changed its Zoning Bylaws to prohibit operations over 50,000 cubic yards. One of the most glaring examples […]
Five years is all it took for AD Makepeace to obliterate 50 acres of pristine uplands Pine Barrens forest by strip mining under the ruse of agriculture and site preparation […]
BEFORE & AFTER AD MAKEPEACE & BORREGO SOLAR STRIP MINE: 50 acres of pristine forest now strip mined Video of AD Makepeace destruction at the Golden Pond Site in […]
In 2017, Environment Watch of Southeastern Massachusetts issued a report, “Loss of Open Space, Cultural Resources & Community Character Caused by Industrial Ground-Mounted Solar Energy Systems in Massachusetts: Case Studies […]
In 2021, groups challenged Makepeace’s environment review, saying the company misrepresented environmental impacts by refusing to disclose sand and gravel mining operation MEPA gave Makepeace a free pass, allowing the […]
