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 Wetlands Protection […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
