by Andrew Gottlieb | Feb 21, 2024 | What I'm Thinking
With the modest and fairly typical nor’easter last week, many of us spent part of the day without utility power. Power outages were widely distributed across the region. Unless you were elderly, ill or reliant on home medical equipment, the outages were brief enough...
by Andrew Gottlieb | Feb 7, 2024 | What I'm Thinking
Holtec International, the company entrusted by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to safely decommission the old Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, advertises itself as the go-to company to build a next gen nuclear plant near you: read here. Maybe, but before running out...
by Andrew Gottlieb | Jan 31, 2024 | What I'm Thinking
Every other month, on the fourth Monday of the month, I trudge up to Plymouth to take my seat as a gubernatorial appointee on the Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel (NDCAP). The idea behind NDCAP, providing the public some insight into the decommissioning...
by Andrew Gottlieb | Jan 25, 2024 | What I'm Thinking
The Cape Cod Commission has released a draft regional housing strategy and has invited the public to submit written comments on the plan by Monday, January 29th. The draft plan can be viewed at https://www.capecodcommission.org/our-work/regional-housing-strategy/....
by Andrew Gottlieb | Jan 17, 2024 | What I'm Thinking
Our fifth annual State of the Waters: Cape Cod report went live this morning. Check it out at CapeCodWaters.org and see what the latest data tells us about water quality. Cape Cod continues to experience a significant number of coastal embayments and freshwater ponds...
by Andrew Gottlieb | Jan 10, 2024 | What I'm Thinking
It is inarguable that the funding made available to towns from the Cape and Islands Water Protection Fund (the Fund) has sparked long overdue investment in water quality restoration projects. The evidence is clear. Over $120 million has been awarded to eight Cape...
