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WCAI: In long-awaited decision, state denies permit for discharge of Pilgrim Nuclear’s radioactive water
The state Department of Environmental Protection has finalized its decision to deny permission for Holtec International, owner of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, to discharge radioactive water from the closed plant into Cape Cod Bay. Full Article
WBUR: Company can’t dump nuclear plant wastewater into Cape Cod Bay, Mass. rules
Massachusetts will not allow the company decommissioning the former Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station to discharge treated nuclear wastewater into Cape Cod Bay. Full Article
Wait, what?
It is well documented that the Massachusetts National Guard has taken issue with the EPA’s ability to conduct a sole source aquifer review of the proposed multipurpose machine gun range (MPMGR). The Guard complained when EPA announced its intention to undertake the...
Healing Powers
Time in nature is said to be good for your mental and physical well-being. While I generally accepted that notion, I have never quite experienced it as viscerally as I did last week. Off for the week with many visitors, I was excited to see I could not shut down the...
Supremely Bad
The Supreme Court made last week a bad one for Cape Cod and the environment. Beyond the anti-environmental predicate behind the overturning of the clean air and fisheries rules, these decisions have far-reaching implications beyond their immediate impact of making the...
APCC Comments on Proposed Gulf of Maine Offshore Wind Lease Sale Area
The Association to Preserve Cape Cod (APCC) has reviewed the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for the Cape Cod Gateway Airport project (EEA # 16640) and submits the following comments. Full Statement
End of an Era
Dr. Jo Ann Muramoto begins her much deserved retirement on July 1. Jo Ann has guided and overseen science at APCC since 2006. Throughout that period, APCC expanded on our reputation for basing advocacy on sound science. Dr. Muramoto has been an essential contributor...
Twelve and counting…
If you listen to the news at all, the message has been impossible to ignore: The summer heat has arrived on the eastern seaboard. But as is often the case with the “if it bleeds, it leads” approach to news these days, the headline misses the point. Sure, it’s going to...
APCC Supports State Conservation Land Tax Credit Funding
"Dear Honorable Members of the FY25 Budget Conference Committee, Thank you for your leadership and hard work on the Fiscal Year 2025 state operating budget. We are writing in support of raising the annual cap on the Conservation Land Tax Credit (CLTC) incentive...
A Turn in the Right Direction
Ever so slowly, but inexorably, the momentum is turning towards a smarter handling of the proposed multipurpose machine gun range at Joint Base Cape Cod. Policy makers at the state and federal levels are beginning to coalesce around a policy outcome that demonstrates...