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59 Federal Road, Carver MA: A.D. Makepeace Continues Mining, Residents Say Enough is Enough
August 24, 2026
PRESS RELEASE: Superior Court Jury Verdict Awards Carver Residents Damages Against Sand Mining Operation
August 17, 2026
Breaking News: State’s Highest Court Confirms Local Power to Regulate Industrial Solar
July 17, 2026
A.D. Makepeace Co.’s Land Use Model: Cranberries, Sand, Solar, Residential/Commercial Development
April 1, 2026
Plymouth: North Plymouth Pulte Homes Project
October 10, 2025
Carver: Stop Sand Mining! Enough is Enough
August 1, 2025
Plymouth: Victory in wetlands case against AD Makepeace
July 8, 2025
Plymouth: The Plymouth Foundation: A shadow government of land developers?
September 28, 2024
Carver: Overview of AD Makepeace Co. Sand Trucking Hub: Read Custom Soils
May 23, 2024
Halifax: Morse Brothers claims sand mining is cranberry agriculture, CLWC files SJC brief
February 7, 2024
Carver: Meadow Street Sand Mine: Jury Returns Verdict
August 12, 2026
Plymouth: The Land We Occupy, and How We Came to Occupy It
August 4, 2026
Carver-Plympton: Rickets Pond Sand Mining Site
July 2, 2026
Landers Parcels Off of Hedges Pond Road….Plymouth Sold Off Another Chance for Land Justice
June 1, 2026
Carver – 0 Wareham St – New Earth Removal Proposal
April 29, 2026
Wareham What Have You Done — AGAIN!?
March 31, 2026
Massachusetts Forest Protection – Actions You Can Take
February 5, 2026
Guest Column: Fresh water… below the ocean?
January 28, 2026
Immediate Actions for Responsible Solar Siting – Help Fight Solar Gone Wrong
January 27, 2026
Carver: AD Makepeace Cranberry Smith Hammond Bogs: 24 Federal Road,
January 5, 2026
Plymouth: 71 Hedges Pond Road: List of Resources
December 18, 2025
Plymouth: Sand Mine at 71 Hedges Pond Rd. Destroys Environment, Native American Site
November 30, 2025
Kingston – Bishops Highway Solar – Solar Gone Wrong
November 20, 2025
Carver – 0 Spring Street: CLWC’s Pro Bono Legal Services Step In Where DEP Won’t Enforce Laws
November 12, 2025
Carver – 0 Wareham Street – Solar Gone Wrong
November 7, 2025
Protect Our Forests – Attend a Public Hearing at MassWildlife
November 6, 2025
Carver Earth Removal Committee Must Deny Permits, Enforce Bylaw
November 2, 2025
Simple Actions You Can Take This Week for Responsible Solar Siting
October 29, 2025
Forest Fires in Massachusetts: Myths and Realities: Conference Oct. 4, 2025
October 13, 2025
Take action on sand mines: help stop dust, noise, vibrations
October 6, 2025
Private: Legal Update: Notice of Intent to Sue – 104 Tremont Street, Carver/Federal Furnace Cranberry
August 19, 2025
Local Solar Actions This Week
July 24, 2025
Coalition Visits Massachusetts State House to Stop Sand Mining, Protect Trees and Forests
June 26, 2025
Private: Is Conservation Land Being Mined? Activity Reported at 103 Wareham Street, Carver
June 23, 2025
Sand Mining and Sand Dust: Health Impacts
June 1, 2025
Wareham – 0 Maple Springs Road: Destructive Industrial Solar Proposal Denied by ZBA
May 29, 2025
Carver: AD Makepeace expands mine at 46 Federal Road
May 29, 2025
Wareham: Voters Seek Accountability for AD Makepeace Co. Sand Mining
May 25, 2025
Take Action on Sand Mining Bills!
May 22, 2025
Private: Plymouth Fall Town Meeting Article 17 Fact Sheet
May 21, 2025
Shining a Light on the Plymouth Foundation
May 16, 2025
Air Pollution from Sand Dust: How to take action
May 7, 2025
Wareham: 160 Tihonet Road: AD Makepeace Co. sand mining impacts on endangered species
April 29, 2025
Plymouth: Hedge’s Pond Road Sand Mining: Lawsuit against Town, Foundation, Standish
April 19, 2025
Plymouth: Press Release: 3/28/25 Notice of Intent to Sue 71 Hedges Pond Road Strip Mine
March 28, 2025
TAKE ACTION AGAINST SAND MINING! ATTEND THE CARVER ERC MEETING
March 7, 2025
Private: Carver: APRIL 8 2025, Vote Yes on the Article 28 at the Annual Town Meeting
February 24, 2025
A network of groups delivered an urgent request to Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey to stop the destruction of an Indigenous historic site by illegal sand and gravel mining
February 18, 2025
Plymouth: Press Release 71 Hedges Pond Road Sand Mine 2/14/2025
February 18, 2025
Sand Mining Legislation in Massachusetts
February 6, 2025
Wareham Proposed Re-Zoning of Large Ground-Mounted Solar: What You Need to Know
January 3, 2025
ROUTE 44 DEVELOPMENT LLC SEEKS STRIP MINE PERMIT
November 26, 2024
Wareham Residents: The Planning Board Wants to Hear from YOU!
November 21, 2024
Plymouth: Massive mine proposed by PA Landers
October 28, 2024
Private: Plymouth Fall Town Meeting Article 17 Fact Sheet
October 18, 2024
Cranberry Country Corruption? 2024 Update: Carver ERC Chair Involved in Sand Mining, Trucking
October 14, 2024
Social Media
October 9, 2024
Podcasts
October 9, 2024
Plymouth: Town Meeting Article 26: Demand Transparency from Town, Plymouth Foundation
September 25, 2024
Private: AD Makepeace Seeks Mine Expansion: Applies for Another 85 Acres for Sand Mining Operation off Federal Road, Carver
September 23, 2024
Carver: CLWC Files Request for Wetlands Review at 0 Mayflower Road
September 6, 2024
Response to Gov. Healey: Is this really legal?
August 26, 2024
Plymouth: 71 Hedges Pond Rd. Sand Mine & Native American History
August 26, 2024
Press Release: Groups Ask Governor Healey for Moratorium on Sand Mining in Southeastern Massachusetts
August 21, 2024
Regional Water Plan: Planning for Abundance and Ecological Sustainability in Plymouth’s Water Supply
July 31, 2024
PRESS RELEASE: Sand Mining at Halifax’s Wampanoag Native American Site on Whaleback Ridge Draws Community Opposition
July 25, 2024
Open Forum: Protecting Our Land and Waters, July 16, 2024
July 22, 2024
Carver: Legal Efforts to Shut Down AD Makepeace Co. Sand Trucking Hub: Read Custom Soils
July 10, 2024
Plymouth Beach Sand Project: A Folly?
July 3, 2024
PRESS RELEASE: Carver Residents Fight for Safety at the Annual Town Meeting
June 5, 2024
Carver-Plympton: SLT Construction Sand Mining on Spring St.
May 28, 2024
Wareham: Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services, History and More at Iconic Fearing Hill
May 26, 2024
Preserving Nature’s Tapestry: Biodiversity in Southeastern Massachusetts
May 22, 2024
Plymouth: Campaign to Save Deer Pond from AD Makepeace Reckless Development
May 21, 2024
Carver: Illegal mining continues at EJ Pontiff-Ryco Excavating mining site at 104 Tremont Street
May 20, 2024
Carver: SLT’s mining site violates wetlands, water laws says expert
May 3, 2024
Plymouth: Attorney General Slams Selectboard — Again
April 18, 2024
Hydrology, Drinking Water and the Plymouth Carver Aquifer
April 17, 2024
Plymouth: Spencer-G.Lopes Construction Industrial Park Mining
April 12, 2024
Plymouth: AD Makepeace @ Redbrook Seeks $4 million in taxpayer subsidies
April 8, 2024
Open Forum: Protecting Our Land and Waters
March 28, 2024
Kingston: DENIED! Plympton Sand & Gravel Co. Mining Permit
March 13, 2024
Vernal Pools: Unique Habitat, Vulnerable Species, Threatened by Development
March 10, 2024
Big West Pond Plymouth: CLWC Stands Up for Bylaws Designed to Protect this Delicate Ecosystem
March 4, 2024
Plymouth: Stop the Airport Expansion!
March 3, 2024
PRESS RELEASE: Carver Earth Removal Committee Grants Permits to Expand Sand Mines Over Sole Source Drinking Water Aquifer
February 23, 2024
Wareham: AD Makepeace proposes to strip another 54 acres of Pine Barrens forest for industrial solar and battery storage
February 22, 2024
Is cranberry mining in wetlands really “Farming in Wetland Resources” under the law?
February 12, 2024
Meg Sheehan Responds to Plymouth Independent’s False Narrative
February 12, 2024
Plymouth: AD Makepece Co. Solar Site Subject of CLF Violations Notice
February 8, 2024
Carver: Pontiff-Ryco Excavating Mining Site, 104 Tremont violates wetlands laws, more
January 29, 2024
Earth Removal and Environmental Protection: Law Review Article, 1974
January 18, 2024
Save Deer Pond!
December 6, 2023
Plymouth: Wastewater Treatment Plant Proposal To Discharge to Aquifer
December 6, 2023
Carver-Plympton: SLT Construction Mining Site: Archaeologically Significant
December 5, 2023
Carver: SLT Construction’s Plympton zoning appeal for “material processing facility” denied in Plympton
December 5, 2023
Plymouth & Carver: Plymouth Municipal Airport Operations Concern Residents
November 4, 2023
Press Release: Pine Barrens Forest Walk
November 3, 2023
Stop Logging Our Public Lands: Myles Standish State Forest
August 28, 2023
Plymouth: Attorney General Slams Selectboard and ZBA for Open Meeting Law Violations; CLWC continues to demand compliance, transparency at Town Hall
August 22, 2023
Plymouth: ZBA, Conservation Commission challenged for approving 348-unit apartment complex on 16 acres in Colony Place
August 11, 2023
Plymouth: Water Supply Issues
August 11, 2023
Community Land and Water Coalition July Newsletter
August 1, 2023
Carver: SLT’s massive sand mine on Route 44 level’s regions highest hill in 6 years for sand and gravel, harms people and environment
July 25, 2023
Press Release: Rally to Stop Sand Mining in Southeastern Massachusetts
July 25, 2023
Middleborough: 223 acres wetlands, forests, residential neighborhood threatened by Lincoln Logistics Warehouse Project
June 29, 2023
Take Action!
June 22, 2023
Kingston: Sand & Gravel Mining company sued for negligence, nuisance, trespass
June 5, 2023
Rochester, MA: Cranberry company sues Ryco Excavating for digging too deep into the aquifer, not paying for all sand and gravel extracted
June 2, 2023
Carver: Jan. 25, 2023: Carver Earth Removal Committee extends Johnson Brothers Cranberry, Ryco sand and gravel mining operation to continue indefinitely despite violations, expired permits
June 1, 2023
Community Land & Water Coalition May Newsletter
May 18, 2023
Press Release: Siting Board Rules Unanimously It Lacks Jurisdiction Over Two BESS Facilities in MA
May 12, 2023
Carver: May 10, 2023: State EFSB votes unanimously to reject petitions of two proposed battery storage facilities
May 10, 2023
Carver: May 2023: Town Earth Removal Bylaw mysteriously altered to benefit AD Makepeace and sand and gravel mining operators
May 5, 2023
Government investigation of fraud, corruption in Southeastern Massachusetts sand and gravel industry
May 4, 2023
Private: Take action with us! Grassroots activists in Southeastern MA have ongoing standouts to raise awareness about protecting our water & communities from illegal mining & industrial solar on forests
May 4, 2023
Carver: North Weston Cranberry: commercial sand and gravel mining, $104,500 in state taxpayer subsidies for cranberry bog renovation, and industrial solar with battery on wetland bogs
May 2, 2023
Wareham: WIN! Town Meeting votes hold AD Makepeace Co. responsible for Parker Mills Dam
April 29, 2023
Wareham: A.D. Makepeace strip mining and solar project at 140 Tihonet Road
April 16, 2023
Carver: Carver Concerned Citizens make strong showing at Annual Town Meeting 2023
April 15, 2023
Community Land & Water Coalition hosts Indigenous Resources Collaborative at Plymouth’s Herring Festival!
March 25, 2023
Industrial Solar Siting: Mass. Association of Conservation Commissions
March 4, 2023
Plymouth: Cherry Street: Another Gas Station in Aquifer Zone
February 24, 2023
Support State Legislation to Empower Municipalities to Regulate Large Industrial Solar
February 13, 2023
Kingston: PROJECT CANCELLED! Thorndike Development withdraws concept plans for Sacred Heart school revealed in January 2023
February 13, 2023
Carver: Edaville Railroad Site Proposed for 40B Housing
February 10, 2023
Cranberry Agriculture? Residential Subdivision? Business Park? Or sand and gravel mine?
February 4, 2023
Carver: Jan. 25, 2023: Carver Earth Removal Committee extends Johnson Brothers Cranberry, Ryco sand and gravel mining operation to continue indefinitely despite violations, expired permits
January 31, 2023
Plymouth: What about that “Giant excavation site on Route 3?”
January 31, 2023
Carver: Support Battery Safety Bylaw at Town Meeting June 4, 2024
January 30, 2023
Carver-Plymouth: Weston Franklin Marsh – Ryco Excavating mining operation continues under the ruse of cranberry agriculture
January 30, 2023
Wareham: 0 Route 25 Proposed Solar Site Threatens Pine Barrens Forest, Drinking Water and Way of Life
January 30, 2023
Plymouth: EJ Pontiff – PA Landers mining operation continues under the ruse of agriculture off Firehouse Road
January 30, 2023
Press Release: Jan. 18, 2023:
January 18, 2023
Are cranberry growers falsely claiming “agricultural” use to evade taxes while conducting sand mining?
December 10, 2022
Don’t Pillage Plymouth!
December 10, 2022
Plymouth: AD Makepeace mining operation under the ruse of cranberry agriculture exposed
December 6, 2022
Carver Whistleblowers: Alex Johnson Cranberry, Maki – G. Lopes conduct mining under ruse of cranberry agriculture
December 5, 2022
Plymouth: AD Makepeace Cranberry Co. 214-acre Sand Mine
December 4, 2022
Plymouth: AD Makepeace mining operation under the ruse of cranberry agriculture challenged for wetlands violations
December 3, 2022
Wareham: Two AD Makepeace Solar Proposals Denied Planning Board Special Permit Extension
November 18, 2022
Solar Gone Wrong in Massachusetts: 2026 Update!
November 6, 2022
Carver: VICTORY in Citizen Suit to Prevent Damage to the Environment from Makepeace Sand Mining
October 30, 2022
Carver: Judge grants motion to dismiss lawsuit against local zoning board over AD Makepeace illegal mining on Federal Road; says go to the Earth Removal Committee instead
October 29, 2022
2017 Study Revealed Impacts of Solar Development in Massachusetts
October 22, 2022
Grassroots network delivers petition for solar moratorium to Governor Baker on Oct. 27, 2022
October 21, 2022
Walpole: Solar threatens iconic farmland
October 21, 2022
Plymouth: ZBA complicit in Spencer’s mining operation under the ruse of subdivision road on Long Pond Road
October 20, 2022
Forests for life, forests for climate!
October 19, 2022
Carver: Still asking for answers on PineGate’s toxic arsenic poles for “dual use” solar on cranberry bogs
October 18, 2022
Wareham: AD Makepeace CEO Jim Kane claims mining operation at 140 Tihonet Road is “agriculture” and exempt from permitting
October 17, 2022
Plymouth: Conservation Commission: Enforce the Wetlands Laws!
October 12, 2022
Carver: SLT Construction seeks state permit for “RCC” facility in Plympton
October 4, 2022
Carver: Cranberry Point Battery Storage Facility
September 30, 2022
Carver: Cranberry Point Battery Storage: MEPA state environmental review
September 30, 2022
Carver: Experts say proposed 150 MW battery facility poses fire, explosion, toxic gas risk; Carver not prepared
September 30, 2022
Cranberry Country Corruption? In 2021 grassroots investigation starts to shine the light on mining in Southeastern Massachusetts
September 28, 2022
Take action with us! Grassroots activists in Southeastern MA have ongoing standouts to raise awareness about protecting our water & communities from illegal mining & industrial solar on forests
September 12, 2022
Carver: Former Town Administrator Michael Milanoski deceived Carver voters on battery bylaw, profiled in Boston Globe
September 7, 2022
Plymouth: County Woodlot Lease with Boston South, proposing racetrack and maybe gambling
August 21, 2022
Carver: SLT Construction conducts massive mining operation as “site preparation” for “Rickets Pond Business Park”
August 21, 2022
Plymouth: Conservation Commission vote to throw out wetlands protection rules & regulations appears to violate Constitutional rights
August 16, 2022
Is Plymouth MA the “sand and gravel removal capital of the South Shore” — or the world?
August 16, 2022
Plymouth: Pyramid/Independence Mall, Aquifer Protection District threatened by 200-lot car dealership, automotive service center, car wash
August 15, 2022
Plymouth: South Ponds Preserve: Legal challenge dropped when Town withdraws parking plan
August 15, 2022
Whistleblower Reports
August 1, 2022
Plymouth: The Walk Development, Colony Place
July 31, 2022
Forum on Wetlands Laws in Plymouth, Aug. 2022
July 27, 2022
Carver: Whistleblowers: AD Makepeace mining operations under ruse of cranberry agriculture
July 26, 2022
Plymouth Conservation Commission: Whistleblowers
July 26, 2022
Plymouth: South Ponds Preserve
July 26, 2022
Carver: Edgewood Cranberry Bogs: Sand Mining, Industrial Solar at 73 Tremont Street
July 23, 2022
Carver: Whistleblowers: SLT Construction mining site, Spring Street
July 22, 2022
Carver: Cranberry Point seeks exemption from Carver’s zoning laws
July 5, 2022
Kingston: Oct. 19, 2022: Zoning board issues cease and desist against O’Donnnell sand and gravel operation importing “fill”
July 4, 2022
Global Sand Mining Wars
July 4, 2022
Plymouth: Claremont Plymouth LLC: Are they Zoning Bylaws or Why-Laws?
July 2, 2022
PFAS & Solar Installations
June 25, 2022
New Hampshire: 245 acres of forest threatened by NextEra’s Chariot Solar project
June 14, 2022
Racial justice & sand mining: a Mashpee Wampanoag perspective
June 7, 2022
Ecological effects of deforestation
June 3, 2022
Wareham Residents Fight Back: Don’t Kill Fearing Hill!
June 2, 2022
EdgeEffects Podcast from Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison on sand mining
May 31, 2022
AD Makepeace: State MEPA office rubber-stamps AD Makepeace environmental impact report – again
May 23, 2022
AD Makepeace’s bait and switch on the “TMUD” of 6,500 acres in Plymouth, Carver and Wareham
May 9, 2022
Carver: Cranberry Point: Siting Board Proceedings
May 7, 2022
Protest against AD Makepeace greenwashing
May 4, 2022
April 2022: Massachusetts solar and battery subsidies galvanize opposition to protect forests, water and heritage
May 2, 2022
Wareham: AD Makepeace, Beals+Thomas unpermitted sand mining under the ruse of agriculture & solar destroys 42-acres of Priority Habitat designated by Natural Heritage at Charlotte Furnace Road
May 1, 2022
Global Sand Crisis
April 28, 2022
Barnstable: Planning Board Declines to Pause Large-Scale Solar Arrays
April 19, 2022
Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS)
April 11, 2022
Carver by-laws: Chapter 9: Environment, Earth Removal
April 8, 2022
Carver: Cranberry Point’s Failed Attempt to Block Carver Citizen Petition for Battery Moratorium
April 5, 2022
Wareham: AD Makepeace 140 Tihonet Road strip mining and solar project: legal challenges
April 4, 2022
Solar Siting & Wetlands
March 7, 2022
Land Stewardship Award from Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions for Pine Barrens activist
March 2, 2022
Carver: Lawsuit to challenge ZBA and SLT Construction’s Spring Street mining site violations
March 2, 2022
Cranberry giant AD Makepeace continues its massive destruction of forests, wildlife, biodiversity for sand mining operations
March 1, 2022
Supreme Judicial Court rules for solar developer highlighting need for urgent legislative action on solar siting & a moratorium on clear-cutting forests for large ground mounted solar
February 22, 2022

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