Forum on Wetlands Laws in Plymouth, Aug. 2022
Tips on how the general public can use wetlands laws in Massachusetts Helpful to to all MA municipalities, residents wanting to enforce the law Click here for PowerPoint presentation Click […]
Carver: MassDEP, Conservation Commission complicit in destruction of wetlands by cranberry industry: Edgewood Bogs strip mine operation exempted from Wetlands Protection Act
Background: 2022: Once again, MassDEP sides with the cranberry growers destroying our wetlands and waterways. On July 20, 2022, MassDEP issued a “negative” superseding determination of applicability under the state […]
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 […]
Carver: Cranberry Point: Siting Board Proceedings
In Massachusetts, siting board hearings concluded on 10/31/22 on PowerPlus Cranberry Point BESS storage system. The 150 MW project will be located in a residential neighborhood abutting cranberry bogs and over a sole source drinking water aquifer. Experts testified that CP's application was incomplete and did not have adequate protections for safety and prevention of air toxics in the event of a thermal runaway that will release toxic hydrofloruide gasses.
Wetlands aren’t mines!
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 […]
Carver: PineGate’s “dual use” arsenic solar panel poles
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 […]
Carver: AD Makepeace/REDP “dual use” solar project using toxic CCA poles
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 […]