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Beware the Secret Meetings
The Massachusetts National Guard plans to pay the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) to conduct a discussion of the impacts of the proposed multipurpose machine gun range. Maybe that is a good idea, maybe it isn’t. What is not a good idea,...
What’s Behind the Curtain?
APCC will be in court on Friday to compel the Massachusetts Guard to immediately produce public records on a pressing matter of great public importance, which APCC properly requested and the Massachusetts Guard is unlawfully withholding, in violation of the state...
WGBH: Adam Reilly Previews The DNC & Andrew Gottlieb On Protecting Cape Cod
GBH reporter and host Adam Reilly is on the ground in Chicago; he previews the National Democratic Convention ahead of opening night. Andrew Gottlieb is executive director of the Association to Protect Cape Cod, an advocacy group vehemently opposed to a proposed...
The Enterprise: APCC Receives Huge Federal Grant To Restore Rivers, Marshes
The Association to Preserve Cape Cod, which has been a guardian of the Cape’s fragile ecosystem for decades, has been awarded a record $15 million federal grant for projects that will restore rivers, bogs and salt marshes. Full Article
This is Huge
September is starting with a bang. APCC has been awarded $15 million from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Transformational Habitat Restoration and Coastal Resilience Grant to support planning, design, and implementation of five wetland...
My Way or the Highway
Holtec ignored Governor Healey’s admonition last week and filed an appeal of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection’s denial of its permit application to discharge contaminated wastewater into Cape Cod Bay. Here is the simple truth about this appeal;...
Join the Party
My sister told me she loves our newsletter but that my column, the one you are reading right now, can be a bit depressing. She got my attention with that one. I’ll admit I tend to look at a situation and focus more on what remains to be done than celebrating what has...
Under the Radar
The state budget is obviously about money, but it is also a vehicle where some important policy changes can be enshrined into law. The FY ‘25 budget just signed by Governor Healey contains two provisions especially important to water quality on Cape Cod. The first is...
That’s Complicated
The messaging around a proper response to climate change often, and necessarily, focuses on high level measures. Slogans promoting the conversion of power generation to low carbon sources, transitioning over to electric vehicles, and increasing coastal resilience are...
Asked and answered, move on…
The decision by the Commonwealth to deny Holtec permission to use Cape Cod Bay as a dumping ground validated the legal case APCC presented to the Healey administration in 2023. Not only is this an important victory for APCC and Cape Cod Bay, it also validates that the...