Instead of smart growth and conservation as promised in 2008, Makepeace is doing industrial sand mining and large solar Where’s the land? And where’s the sand? Our state “Massachusetts Environmental […]
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 […]
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 […]
The state Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program (NHESP) gave Makepeace a “take permit” for 10 rare and endangered species at the site Did engineers Beals+Thomas misrepresent the sand and […]
On March 28, 2022, the Barnstable, MA Planning Board rejected a citizens’ request with grassroots support to place an 11-month temporary moratorium on large-scale, ground-mounted solar arrays. This request was […]
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 […]
On June 2, 2022, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued its decision in the case of Tracer Lane Realty v. City of Waltham siding with the solar developer and allowing […]
Mining companies claim they are exempt from wetlands laws as “agriculture” These “cranberry bog” and “farm projects” are a ruse to evade wetland and water pollution laws Groups go to […]
Rochester Road: 44 acres, thousands of arsenic treated poles for 6,291 solar panels, lithium ion batteries in cranberry bog; earth removal nearby Tremont Street: 57 acres, thousands of arsenic treated poles for […]
As of October 2022, its been a year since local residents exposed Makepeace’s plan to use cancer-causing copper chromated arsenic poles to mount “dual use” solar panels on a Swan […]
