Town meeting voters pass zoning changes on solar, battery storage, judge rejects solar developer’s challenge to lawsuit Citing protection of drinking water, forests and community character, a wide range of […]
Our Massachusetts Endangered Species Act protects our unique plants and animals-some found no where else on earth. There are 220 protected rare plants and animals in Southeastern Mass’s unique Atlantic […]
The AD Makepeace Co. Charlotte Furnace Road, Wareham solar site is solar gone wrong. 42 acres of BioMap2 Priority Habitat DESTROYED. Beals+Thomas Engineers and MEPA office go along with this destruction. This is a disgrace to our state.
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 […]
United Nations Report calls for urgent action to regulate sand mining April 26, 2022: United Nations Environment Program releases report and calls for urgent action to avert a “sand crisis” […]
On March 28, 2022, the Barnstable, MA Planning Board rejected a citizens’ request with grassroots support to place an 11-month temporary moratorium on large-scale, ground-mounted solar arrays. This request was […]
Read testimony to the Energy Facility Siting Board on battery storage risks. Promoted as “green energy” and part of the “transition to a clean energy economy” Battery Energy Storage Systems […]
The Town of Carver, General Bylaw, Chapter 9 governs “earth removal” in the Town. It establishes the Earth Removal Committee which has the responsibility to implement the law for the […]
In February 2022 Cranberry Point/Power Plus demanded that the Carver SelectBoard PREVENT the citizens’ petition on a battery moratorium from getting on the Town Warrant. This was outrageous! And Cranberry Point […]
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) […]
