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Be the Difference
We introduce a lot in the environment that society then spends bucket loads of money to remove. The Cape has a $4 billion bill to pay to remove nitrogen from the wastewater to restore estuarine water quality. The U.S. taxpayers have spent $1.4 billion, with more to...
A Clean Water Win
Short and to the point with this one. The June 23, 2023 finalization of DEP’s regulations governing septic systems and watershed permits was a milestone in the effort to both stop the decline of our marine waters and lay out the path for their restoration. The details...
WCAI: Cape Cod is seeing more toxic algae blooms; here’s what you can do to stay safe
Experts are warning that many more ponds could be closed this summer compared to past years, that’s because toxic blue-green algae blooms seem to be getting worse: affecting more ponds, for longer periods. CAI’s climate and environment reporter Eve Zuckoff has been...
WBUR: New state rules mean thousands of Cape Cod homeowners may need to replace septic systems
New state regulations finalized today will require thousands of Cape Cod residents to replace or upgrade their septic systems, unless local water districts come up with plans to mitigate nitrogen pollution. Full Article
Motivated
Last week we were told to minimize time outside because the air was unhealthy. This week, at least for my neighbors and me on Mashpee Wakeby Pond, we are told to avoid the water because of a potentially toxic cyanobacteria bloom. This one-two punch has released a...
WCAI: Mashpee residents push town leaders to act on water quality
Susan Dangel with the citizens group Save Mashpee Wakeby Pond Alliance screened recent aerial footage of Mashpee River and Shoestring Bay at this week's Mashpee select board meeting. Full Article
The Boston Globe: Rethinking Joint Base Cape Cod, and Christie’s going after Trump
Should state officials rethink the National Guard base on Cape Cod? So the federal prosecution of Jack Teixeira, the Massachusetts Air National Guardsman accused of leaking military secrets online, continues; the latest development is that the judge allowed him to add...
Past as Prologue
This following quote came from a WCAI report on May 25, 2023, the evening of the EPA hearing on the draft determination that the proposed multipurpose machine gun range represented a significant threat to the Upper Cape Water Supply Reserve. Colonel Matthew Porter,...
Balls in the Air
Boston media pays scant attention to Cape Cod other than breathless summer coverage about traffic and sharks. Over the weekend I heard a Boston news commentator say, “There sure is a lot going on on the Cape." The comment was prompted by a discussion about the EPA...
Until the Final Whistle
"The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that’s the way to bet." - Damon Runyon It is generally true that when pitted against big and well financed interests that efforts to protect the environment tend to come out on the losing end....