August 12, 2022 Affidavit of Scott W. Horsley, a water resource consultant and William Powers, owner of Powers Engineering: April 12, 2022 Franklin Superior Court Judge Francis E. Flannery rejects […]
Solar panels that capture the sun and convert it to electricity can range in size from rooftop panels on individual homes to large industrial ground-mounted systems. Rooftop panels can produce […]
State subsidies make it very profitable for corporations to build large ground mounted solar projects. There is no state law to make sure these are properly sited. The only way […]
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 […]
