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Two-thirds of coves, inlets and similar water bodies known as embayments, and one-third of ponds on the Cape, have unacceptably low water quality, according to a new report from the Association to Preserve Cape Cod (APCC). Full Article

It has been 18 years since Massachusetts took the first steps to evaluate and restore 70 coastal bays and estuaries in the southeastern portion of the state. By now, many on Cape Cod are familiar with the Massachusetts Estuaries Project, if only for the daily limits on nitrogen flowing into water bodies that scientists determined were needed to restore them to a healthy ecosystem for fishing, swimming and marine life. Full Article

The Association to Preserve Cape Cod was awarded a $60,000 TernSOLAR challenge grant from the Tern Foundation for installation of solar panels at the nonprofit environmental organization’s Dennis headquarters. Full Article

With the fate of Vineyard Wind project delayed last week by federal regulators, a coalition of Cape Cod business, religious, environmental and labor groups announced their support Thursday for the nation’s first commercial-size offshore wind energy project. Full Article

WEST BARNSTABLE — A dozen community leaders who support the promised benefits of offshore wind energy projects in the region called for action Thursday to help Vineyard Wind obtain a critical federal permit that is now expected to be delayed through the end of the year. Full Article

Increases in transparency, effectiveness and administrative modernization of the Endangered Species Act are at the heart of revisions to the 45-year-old law announced Monday, two key members of the Trump administration have asserted. Full Article

BREWSTER — Charles “Chuck” Madansky was busy setting up what appeared to be a plastic tote on top of a pole driven into the sandy bottom of a small cove on Cliff Pond. Full Article

NEW BEDFORD — Vineyard Wind shareholders have affirmed a commitment to deliver a wind farm south of the Islands despite a delay announced Friday by federal regulators. The wind farm will be revised, according to the company. Full Article

The green algae bloom found in Santuit Pond the last three years is not just a Mashpee problem, but an increasing one across the country, and even the world, as communities that use fresh ponds and lakes for drinking water and recreation have had to shut down public water supplies because of potential toxins from similar blooms. Full Article

Vineyard Wind has given the federal agency in charge of permits for its offshore wind farm up to six weeks to issue a key environmental review document, after the agency announced last week it would not meet a summer deadline. Full Article