APCC has taken a stand against state permits for new development that will further degrade water quality. We have written to DEP to object to the draft groundwater discharge permit for a major development in Falmouth that will add nitrogen to an already overloaded...
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It is not hard, nor is it complicated. Some things are just wrong. Speak up. Contact your elected representatives in Congress. Find Your Members in the U.S. Congress
2025 was a tough year for the environment. Regulatory pullbacks were the norm. Some were explicit rollbacks that lowered clean air and water standards. Some were overt and obvious political statements, like the complete retreat from efforts to manage and mitigate...
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Welcome to 2026. We made it! So now what? For us at APCC, the plan is to work even harder at making a positive contribution to our community. What that looks like for us is: tireless environmental advocacy, especially around enhanced land conservation efforts;...
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Cape Cod gives an awful lot to each of us. The Cape provides us a place to live, a place to vacation, a place to yearn for when we are elsewhere and a place where family memories are forged through generations. What does it ask in return? If it could speak for itself,...