Plymouth: South Ponds Preserve
People & Nature in Harmony Network of conservation lands in Plymouth with globally rare ecosystem offers unique, world class educational and recreational opportunities for all Join the effort to steward […]
Plymouth: Claremont Plymouth LLC: Are they Zoning Bylaws or Why-Laws?
August 2022: Residents ask ZBA: Why have Zoning Bylaws if the ZBA just ignores them? Claremont Development wants a laundry list of waivers from our zoning laws. Those laws are […]
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 […]
EdgeEffects Podcast from Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison on sand mining
What Happens in the Wake of Frac Sand’s Boom and Bust? May 26, 2022: This podcast focuses on sand mining for fracking in Wisconsin but it is just like what […]
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 […]
April 2022: Massachusetts solar and battery subsidies galvanize opposition to protect forests, water and heritage
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 […]
Global Sand Crisis
United Nations Report calls for urgent action to regulate sand mining April 26, 2022: United Nations Environment Program releases report and calls for urgent action to avert a “sand crisis” […]
Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS)
Read testimony to the Energy Facility Siting Board on battery storage risks. Promoted as “green energy” and part of the “transition to a clean energy economy” Battery Energy Storage Systems […]
Plymouth Carver Sole Source Aquifer: the only drinking water source for public and private wells for about 200,000 people and growing!
In 1990, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) designated the Plymouth Carver Sole Source Aquifer as “sole source” giving it special protection under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act. […]
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 […]