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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Carver by-laws: Chapter 9: Environment, Earth Removal
The Town of Carver, General Bylaw, Chapter 9 governs “earth removal” in the Town. It establishes the Earth Removal Committee which has the responsibility to implement the law for the […]
Citizen Suit Law invoked to stop AD Makepeace
Enough is enough. For over a year, Save the Pine Barrens and local residents have demanded that Carver enforce the laws to stop strip mining – including the egregious AD […]
Carver: AD Makepeace mining operation under the ruse of cranberry agriculture and site preparation for Borrego Solar “Golden Field” project on Federal Road
Five years is all it took for AD Makepeace to obliterate 50 acres of pristine uplands Pine Barrens forest by strip mining under the ruse of agriculture and site preparation […]