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.
Public hearing on STPB enforcement request: Monday March 20, 7 p.m. Plymouth Zoning Board of Appeals Does this look like “cranberry agriculture” or industrial sand and gravel mining? Above: Pontiff […]
Court rules for protection of wetlands, water quality and against Borrego Solar and AD Makepeace in lawsuit challenging 65-acre ground mounted industrial solar project on rare Pine Barrens forest
While extracting millions of dollars of sand and gravel, cranberry growers claim they are “farming” and the mining is “agriculture” These cranberry landowners enroll their land in the Massachusetts “Chapter […]
Are you concerned about the destruction of Plymouth by massive development projects? Are Town officials protecting our drinking water? Are your concerns ignored by the Selectboard, Planning Board, ZBA and […]
AD Makepeace blatantly abuses the process for obtaining permits under the Mass Endangered Species Act State officials look the other way, pretend Plymouth mining operations are “cranberry agriculture” Hundreds of […]
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 […]
Town of Carver allows mining company and landowner to claim 12 year operation is “cranberry agriculture” G. Lopes Construction of Taunton excavating at least $6 million in sand and gravel […]
This page documents some of the Earth Removal Bylaw and permit violations at the illegal Maki-Lopes mining site on Meadow Street in Carver, Massachusetts. The landowner claims is is an […]
In 2021, CLWC exposed Plymouth was allowing AD Makepeace to mine with an expired permit, 72 missing inspection reports CLWC brought zoning enforcement action, Makepeace suspends mining operation but watchdog […]
