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 […]
Carver: Town, State Allow Commercial Mining in Sole Source Aquifer on Meadow Street
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 […]
Plymouth Conservation Commission: Whistleblowers
This page documents the failure of the Conservation Commission to do its job. It repeatedly violates the Open Meeting Law and issues waivers and exemptions with no legitimate grounds. West […]
Wareham: 160 Tihonet Road sand mining and solar: Endangered Species Impacts
The state Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program (NHESP) gave Makepeace a “take permit” for 10 rare and endangered species at the site Did engineers Beals+Thomas misrepresent the sand and […]
Wareham: AD Makepeace 140 Tihonet Road strip mining and solar project: legal challenges
Legal challenges to A.D. Makepeace’s proposed mining & solar operation at 140 Tihonet Road dismissed, fight continues Update: December, 2023. Since 2021, the Community Land & Water Coalition (CLWC) […]
Carver: Lawsuit to challenge ZBA and SLT Construction’s Spring Street mining site violations
SLT’s mining operation banned in the Spring Street Innovation District, says group; asked Carver Zoning Board of Appeals to enforce the law. The Carver Zoning Board of Appeals refused to […]
Cranberry giant AD Makepeace continues its massive destruction of forests, wildlife, biodiversity for sand mining operations
State, local officials refuse to enforce the law while sand mining destroys Southeastern Massachusetts, threatens aquifer Carver: New photos reveal AD Makepeace ongoing destruction of Pine Barrens on Federal Road […]