by Andrew Gottlieb | What I'm Thinking
Falmouth Town Meeting approved two transfers of town-owned land in the watershed of its drinking water reservoir to the care and custody of conservation commission. The two articles were the first supported by APCC under The Cape We Shape campaign and serve as an...
by Andrew Gottlieb | What I'm Thinking
This was written on a flight to see friends, family, and a concert (frequent readers can probably guess the show). High above the ground I find myself grateful for all the people who made systems, ones I don’t think about much and probably wouldn’t understand if I...
by Andrew Gottlieb | What I'm Thinking
Ninety percent of the Cape’s estuaries exhibit poor water quality resulting directly from excess nitrogen, mostly from septic wastewater disposal. Towns across the Cape are spending hundreds of millions of dollars on wastewater infrastructure with the goal of reducing...
by Andrew Gottlieb | What I'm Thinking
What you do, or don’t do, has political ramifications. The odds are that if you are reading this column you are invested in the quality of our environment and support good environmental practices. Now as much as ever, actions speak louder than words. Feeling strongly...
by Andrew Gottlieb | What I'm Thinking
The Blizzard of 2026, with all the disruption and personal pain it imposed, was a stress test of the Cape’s infrastructure and overall readiness for a major storm response. Despite tireless work by plow drivers, line crews, volunteers and first responders, the Cape’s...
