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 […]
Carver: MassDEP, Conservation Commission complicit in destruction of wetlands by cranberry industry: Edgewood Bogs strip mine operation exempted from Wetlands Protection Act
Background: 2022: Once again, MassDEP sides with the cranberry growers destroying our wetlands and waterways. On July 20, 2022, MassDEP issued a “negative” superseding determination of applicability under the state […]
Carver: Cranberry Point seeks exemption from Carver’s zoning laws
Carver Selectboard and Planning Board tell state they oppose Cranberry Point zoning exempt More than 120 residents send letters to state Siting Board opposing Cranberry Point zoning exemption Held private […]
Kingston: Oct. 19, 2022: Zoning board issues cease and desist against O’Donnnell sand and gravel operation importing “fill”
VICTORY! On October 19, 2022 the Kingston ZBA voted unanimously to uphold building inspector’s cease and desist on O’Donnell’s 100 acre, 30 year old gravel pit now being filled with […]
Racial justice & sand mining: a Mashpee Wampanoag perspective
Save the Pine Barrens June 6, 2022 Hartman Deetz Racial Justice and Decolonization by Hartman Deetz Editor’s note: The Save the Pine Barrens campaign is working to protect the Atlantic coastal pine barrens in Massachusetts […]
Carver: Cranberry Point: Siting Board Proceedings
In Massachusetts, siting board hearings concluded on 10/31/22 on PowerPlus Cranberry Point BESS storage system. The 150 MW project will be located in a residential neighborhood abutting cranberry bogs and over a sole source drinking water aquifer. Experts testified that CP's application was incomplete and did not have adequate protections for safety and prevention of air toxics in the event of a thermal runaway that will release toxic hydrofloruide gasses.
Protest against AD Makepeace greenwashing
May 4, 2022 Contact:Linden Jenkinslindajenkins177@yahoo.com606-986-8687 BOSTON, MA – Groups gathered outside Boston’s Westin Seaport Hotel today to protest the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) award of “Private Company Board […]
Plymouth-Carver-Wareham – State permits AD Makepeace to destroy kill rare species, priority habitat for mining operations under the ruse of cranberry agriculture and “green energy”
Our Massachusetts Endangered Species Act protects our unique plants and animals-some found no where else on earth. There are 220 protected rare plants and animals in Southeastern Mass’s unique Atlantic […]
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 […]
Carver by-laws: Chapter 9: Environment, Earth Removal
The Town of Carver, General Bylaw, Chapter 9 governs “earth removal” in the Town. It establishes the Earth Removal Committee which has the responsibility to implement the law for the […]