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Plymouth: A.D. Makepeace Co. proposes 2 miles of solar on stream in global biodiversity hotspot

Nov 2, 2023 

Solar gone wrong — again. A.D. Makepeace and its former executives at Renewable Energy Development Partners (REDP) have teamed up again for another bad idea for solar: two miles of […]

April 2022: Massachusetts solar and battery subsidies galvanize opposition to protect forests, water and heritage

May 2, 2022  CLwpBS  AD Makepeace

Town meeting voters pass zoning changes on solar, battery storage, judge rejects solar developer’s challenge to lawsuit Citing protection of drinking water, forests and community character, a wide range of […]

Carver: PineGate’s “dual use” arsenic solar panel poles

Jan 11, 2022  CLwpBS  Agrovoltaics

Rochester Road: 44 acres, thousands of arsenic treated poles for 6,291 solar panels, lithium ion batteries in cranberry bog; earth removal nearby Tremont Street: 57 acres, thousands of arsenic treated poles for […]

“Dual-Use” solar on farmland and cranberry bogs is a bad idea

Nov 1, 2021  CLwpBS  ACEC

Science does not support the claim that cranberries or other crops can grow under solar panels. Why are we investing hundreds of millions of dollars on the dual use experiment? […]

Rochester, MA: Indigenous cultural sites, wetlands, biodiversity threatened by industrial solar

Sep 11, 2021  CLwpBS  Rochester

Rochester is being targeted for destructive ground-mounted solar projects including “dual use” projects on cranberry bogs. This is driven by a flawed state energy policy that provides taxpayer and ratepayer […]

Wareham: Ground-zero for large industrial solar in Massachusetts

Aug 5, 2021  CLwpBS  Battery

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 […]

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