Press Release: Jan. 18, 2023:
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
Are cranberry growers falsely claiming “agricultural” use to evade taxes while conducting sand mining?
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 […]
Plymouth: AD Makepeace mining operation under the ruse of cranberry agriculture exposed
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 […]
Wareham: AD Makepeace, others conduct mining operations under ruse of agriculture claims group, seeks enforcement
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 […]
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 […]
Carver Whistleblowers: Alex Johnson Cranberry, Maki – G. Lopes conduct mining under ruse of cranberry agriculture
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 […]
Plymouth: ZBA ignores AD Makepeace mining operation under the false pretense of cranberry agriculture
On December 14, 2022, the Plymouth Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) sided with Makepeace claiming that a 214-acre sand and gravel mine is a “agricultural project” ZBA allowed Makepeace to […]
Plymouth: AD Makepeace mining operation under the ruse of cranberry agriculture challenged for wetlands violations
This 214-acre strip mine is located in the heart of the Pine Barrens at the iconic, globally rare Frogfoot Brook. In 2010, state and Makepeace promised this site would be […]
Wareham: Two AD Makepeace Solar Proposals Denied Planning Board Special Permit Extension
June 10, 2024: The Wareham Planning Board denied site plan approval and special permit extensions for two solar proposals, one at 27 Charge Pond Road and the other at 150 […]
2017 Study Revealed Impacts of Solar Development in Massachusetts
Called for changing state subsidies to avoid loss of forests, wetlands, Indigenous sites Revised state SMART solar regulations did nothing to improve th solar siting – forests, wetlands still being […]