Plymouth: Stop the Airport Expansion!
Click Here to Send Comments to MEPA and EPA on Plymouth Airport Expansion Using Our Letter Writing Campaign. The Plymouth Municipal Airport is located on South Meadow Road in West […]
Press Release: Pine Barrens Forest Walk – October 28, 2023
Community members and scientists question State plan for Myles Standish State Forest Restoration The forest on the right is a Pine Barrens ecosystem which has evolved over the last couple […]
Plymouth: Water Supply Issues
Plymouth’s water shortages caused by overdevelopment and poor planning cannot be ignored any longer. Three reports by the Town’s own consultant, Environmental Partners demonstrate a need for a moratorium on […]
Community Land and Water Coalition July Newsletter
Welcome to the July 2023 edition of the Community Land and Water Coalition newsletter! Our mission is to preserve, protect and steward our land and water resources in Southeastern Massachusetts. […]
Carver: SLT Construction mining site expansion onto abutting land was illegal according to lawsuit
Carver Earth Removal Committee violated its own Bylaws by rubber-stamping incomplete, defective permit application by SLT Construction for second permit to expand the Spring Street mining operation Lawsuit by residents […]
Middleborough: Proposed Warehouse Complex Threatens 78 Acres of Forest, Rare Wildlife, Indigenous History
Attend the Middleboro Planning Board Public Hearing on October 3, 2023 at 6:45 p.m., Selectboard Meeting Room, Town Hall, 10 Nickerson Ave. The project requires a “Special Permit” under the […]
Take Action!
Click Here to Send a Letter to DEP Asking Them to Deny SLT’s Solid Waste Permit View SLT’s Application for RCC Permit Here Below are the application materials SLT submitted […]
Kingston: Sand & Gravel Mining company sued for negligence, nuisance, trespass
Operation emits particulate dust, noise, vibration damaging and harming abutting private property After conducting a mining operation for decades, company dumps “urban debris” in pit, threatening drinking water aquifer On […]
Rochester, MA: Cranberry company sues Ryco Excavating for digging too deep into the aquifer, not paying for all sand and gravel extracted
In 2015, cranberry company Decas sued Ryco Excavating for digging too deep into the aquifer to create a cranberry pond and not paying Decas for all of the material extracted […]
Carver: Jan. 25, 2023: Carver Earth Removal Committee extends Johnson Brothers Cranberry, Ryco sand and gravel mining operation to continue indefinitely despite violations, expired permits
Johnson, Ryco claim this is “cranberry agriculture” Operation has been dewatering, mining in the Aquifer Some drone video of this expansive operation here In 2011, federal jury found Johnson violated […]