Sand mining: information & resources
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Sand mining destroying Southeastern Massachusetts
Valuable sand and gravel deposits are being extracted with no state or federal oversight and with no environmental impact reports under state or federal law. Sand mining is a global […]
Citizen Suit Law invoked to stop AD Makepeace
Enough is enough. For over a year, Save the Pine Barrens and local residents have demanded that Carver enforce the laws to stop strip mining – including the egregious AD […]
Wareham: Ground-zero for large industrial solar in Massachusetts
19 large ground mounted industrial solar in Wareham as of 2022 1,400 more acres of large solar planned Lithium-ion storage batteries also located at the sites Zoning Bylaw on solar […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]