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BREAKING NEWS
April 30, 2023
State says it plans to reject Cranberry Point application!
ANNOUNCEMENT ON CRANBERRY POINT BATTERY STORAGE
In a major win for opponents of the 150 megawatt Battery Energy Storage Facility (“BESS”) proposed for Carver, the state Energy Facility Siting Board (“EFSB”) plans to vote on May 10, 2023 to reject the petition of Power Plus of Texas to build the project.
March 29, 2023: Carver Earth Removal Committee approves permit extension for one year on massive earth removal operation on Meadow Street. Residents continue to ask:
On August 16, 2022, the Plymouth Conservation Commission held a public “discussion” via Zoom and voted 5-2 to throw out the “Rules and Regulations for
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
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
Developers target Colony Place for dense development in Aquifer Protection Overlay District The “water crisis” — November 18, 2022 update here. Issues: August 16, 2022:
Industrial scale sand mining is devastating Southeastern Massachusetts. Vast deposits of globally rare “silica” sand laid down by the glacier are being stripped off for
July 2022: Toxic poles contaminated with Copper Chromated Arsenate are being pulled, future mounting poles for solar unknown Rochester Road: 44 acres, thousands of arsenic treated
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”