Region’s major sand mining operator, EJ Pontiff proposes 33 acre mine to level one of the last remaining hills at 71 Hedges Pond Road Plymouth Foundation, a charity, involved in […]
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 […]
Photo history shows mining in the Sole Source Aquifer from 2021 to 2024 Spencer-G.Lopes Industrial Park Mining Exposes Groundwater to Contamination Photos taken from Drone Footage on You Tube. Use […]
The Plymouth Municipal Airport is located on South Meadow Road in West Plymouth and extends into Carver. The Airport is run by the Airport Commission. The Airport Commissioners propose an […]
The Plymouth Selectboard made a deal with Claremont Developers behind closed doors in late 2022. In exchange for a special permit from the Zoning Board of Appeals Claremont will gift up to $3 million to the town for a water booster pump. This is a short term, 5-year solution to the town's water crisis, according to the Town Manager. Selectman Bletzer lobbied the ZBA for the permit, publicly. Claremont is deep in a web of questionable dealings. In addition, a lawsuit has been filed challenging the ZBA permit issued as part of the deal.
Large ground-mounted industrial solar projects have already destroyed over 4,000 acres of Massachusetts forests and farmland according to a recent Mass Audubon and Clark University study. Under the state’s climate […]
Called for changing state subsidies to avoid loss of forests, wetlands, Indigenous sites Revised state SMART solar regulations did nothing to improve th solar siting – forests, wetlands still being […]
Four booked for illegal sand mining Jul 03, 2022 The Bhindi Saida police have booked four persons for allegedly indulging in illegal excavation of land near the Ravi river. It […]
Pierre Ibisch, Professor for Nature Conservation and Founding Director of the Centre for Econics and Ecosystem Management discusses the ecological effects of clearcutting forests. Here in Southeast, Massachusetts, hundreds of […]
Solar developer ConEdison proposes to clear-cut Pine Barrens forest, denude land for large ground mounted solar, batteries. Site located on Weweantic River, ancient Native American trails to be lost. Town’s […]
