On Monday, September 19, 2022, the Plymouth County Superior Court granted a hearing on the preliminary injunction filed by Save the Pine Barrens on behalf
Land and water defenders from communities impacted by sand mining and improperly sited ground mounted across Southeastern Massachusetts showed up on September 8th to protest
In 2015, Emily Clark, writing for the Old Colony Memorial, warned that America’s hometown, Plymouth, was leveled by sand and gravel removal. Today, the crisis
Are you concerned about the destruction of Plymouth by massive development projects? Are Town officials protecting our drinking water? Are your concerns ignored by the
Throughout 2022, there were noise, truck limit, earth removal and other violations at various sand mining sites in Southeastern Massachusetts. Photos and records from whistleblowers
Our grassroots network is monitoring and reporting violations. We are exposing the strip mine operators and others damaging our environment, water and communities and the
Commission’s records show permit for AD Makepeace 217-acre strip mine never granted Town Wetlands Bylaw and state Wetlands Protection Act require permit, Makepeace said it
Sept. 7, 2022: Plymouth Zoning Board of Appeals refuses to issue a cease and desist to stop the illegal mining Town Counsel agrees Makepeace earth
Save the Pine Barrens June 6, 2022 Hartman Deetz Racial Justice and Decolonization by Hartman Deetz Editor’s note: The Save the Pine Barrens campaign is working to protect the Atlantic
Continuing 15 years of complicity and turning a blind eye to AD Makepeace’s environmental destruction being done under the ruse of “smart growth” and “cranberry
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