Plymouth Beach Sand Project: A Folly?
Plymouth’s $2.9 million beach nourishment project uses sand mined through the destruction of Carver’s forests and leveling of hills Above: Site of the 120-acre A.D. Makepeace sand mine in […]
Carver: SLT Construction Operating Illegally in Plympton Says CLWC
SLT Construction Co. is illegally mining in the Town of Plympton MA says CLWC Town asked to enforce the Earth Removal Bylaw to stop the illegal operation […]
Community Land & Water Coalition hosts Indigenous Resources Collaborative at Plymouth’s Herring Festival!
We had a great time on April 22, 2023 at the annual Herring Festival in Plymouth! We collaborated with Indigenous Resources Collaborative and others to present interactive and family friendly […]
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: Still asking for answers on PineGate’s toxic arsenic poles for “dual use” solar on cranberry bogs
On Jan. 11, 2023, Superior Court Judge O’Shea ruled against a citizen case brought to enforce the wetlands bylaw and protect our water PineGate’s $32 million project, lawyers and experts […]
Carver: Cranberry Point Battery Storage Facility
Texas based PowerPlus is proposing a 150 MW lithium ion storage battery system in a residential neighborhood in Carver MA. Governor Baker calls this clean energy-it will store electricity from fossil fuel plants until maybe some day in the future there is renewable electricity in SE MA that needs storage. Carver already has 19 large ground mounted solar projects with battery storage. We've done our part. Put it elsewhere.
Carver: Cranberry Point Battery Storage: MEPA state environmental review
MEPA RUBBER STAMPS Cranberry Point environmental report. See the Certificate here. CLWC MEPA comments here and exhibits here Carver Concerned Citizens MEPA comments here Cranberry Point requires Massachusetts Environmental Policy […]
Carver: Experts say proposed 150 MW battery facility poses fire, explosion, toxic gas risk; Carver not prepared
Cranberry Point – Power Plus facility requires state Energy Facility Siting Board (EFSB) approval. Read more here. Save the Pine Barrens intervenes at EFSB, submits testimony on fire safety, air […]
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 […]