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 […]
Plymouth: Spencer-G.Lopes Construction Industrial Park Mining
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 […]
Plymouth: Stop the Airport Expansion!
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 […]
Plymouth: ZBA, Conservation Commission challenged for approving 348-unit apartment complex on 16 acres in Colony Place
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.
Solar Gone Wrong in Massachusetts: Case Studies
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 […]
2017 Study Revealed Impacts of Solar Development in Massachusetts
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 […]
Global Sand Mining Wars
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 […]
Ecological effects of deforestation
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 […]
Wareham: Residents, Town fight back: Don’t Kill Fearing Hill!
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 […]
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 […]