Education: Webinars
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 […]
Carver: AD Makepeace-Borrego Solar 50-acre mining & solar site, Federal Road
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: County Woodlot Earth Removal
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 […]
Carver: AD Makepeace mining operation under the ruse of cranberry agriculture and site preparation for Borrego Solar “Golden Field” project on Federal Road
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 […]
Borrego Solar & AD Makepeace: Partners in Destruction of the Pine Barrens: Golden Field Solar, Carver MA
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 […]
Solar $ubsidies: follow the money
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 […]
Wareham: MEPA allows AD Makepeace to misrepresent damage to the environment, evade review of sand and gravel for solar
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 […]
Challenge to Massachusetts SMART solar subsidies
Groups challenge Massachusetts SMART solar subsidies, strip mining and deforestation in Southeastern Massachusetts June 7, 2021: Our network filed a Notice of Project Change (NPC) request with MEPA asking […]
Economics: why saving the Pine Barrens makes financial sense for our towns
Exploiting Chapter 61A: agricultural tax classifications Southeastern Massachusetts is known for its iconic cranberry bogs. While often viewed as quaint, these operations are increasingly industrial scale agricultural operations exempt from […]