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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 […]
Community Land & Water Coalition May Newsletter
Welcome to the May 15 edition of the Community Land and Water Coalition (CLWC) newsletter from Southeastern Massachusetts, where community members are coming together to protect our land and water […]
Press Release: Siting Board Rules Unanimously It Lacks Jurisdiction Over Two BESS Facilities in MA
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: AMIE O’HEARN aohearn@sloweymcmanus.com IN MAJOR DEVELOPMENT IMPACTING STATE CLEAN ENERGY TRANSITION, SITING BOARD RULES UNANIMOUSLY IT LACKS JURISDICTION OVER CARVER CRANBERRY POINT AND MEDWAY GRID BATTERY […]
Carver: May 10, 2023: State EFSB votes unanimously to reject petitions of two proposed battery storage facilities
BREAKING NEWS April 30, 2023 State says it plans to reject Cranberry Point application! ANNOUNCEMENT ON CRANBERRY POINT BATTERY STORAGE In a major win for opponents of the 150 megawatt Battery Energy Storage Facility (“BESS”) proposed for Carver, the state Energy Facility Siting Board (“EFSB”) plans to vote on May 10, 2023 to reject the petition of Power Plus of Texas to build the project.
Carver: May 2023: Town Earth Removal Bylaw mysteriously altered to benefit AD Makepeace and sand and gravel mining operators
Was this an “honest mistake” as Makepeace and Town lawyers claim — or was the Bylaw doctored to mislead the Court in lawsuit to stop illegal mining? For the second […]
Government investigation of fraud, corruption in Southeastern Massachusetts sand and gravel industry
Numerous sources confirm that the Massachusetts Office of Inspector General (OIG) is actively investigating the sand and gravel industry in Southeastern Massachusetts. The OIG made the investigation public on March 23, […]
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