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Firing on All Cylinders

Most of the work we do daily is profoundly local. APCC works with members, local officials and partnering organizations to bring about change and to improve our environment, essentially making our communities better places to live. It is not unusual that our efforts...

New name, same great work.

The APCC program formerly known as the Restoration Coordination Center (RCC) will now be known as the Ecosystem Restoration Program. This rebrand, unlike that of Twitter to X, conveys what we are all about. The land and water of Cape Cod are really a series of small,...

Community Engagement is a Must

While APCC is not a housing advocacy organization, we recognize that the utilization of the already disturbed, underdeveloped, and underutilized portions of Joint Base Cape Cod (JBCC) provide an opportunity for redevelopment that would go a long way toward infusing...

This Takes My Breath Away

The relative calm and enjoyment of the beginning of the holiday season ended abruptly for me Monday night. The cause was not all the Cyber Monday emails, it was the jaw dropping revelations by Holtec about the ongoing decommissioning of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power...

An Appeal

It is the time of year when you can expect to receive a letter from me asking you for the money needed to sustain our operations for the year ahead. The collective generosity of our membership represents roughly 40 percent of our operating budget and provides the...

Keep Trying

An interesting piece in the New York Times (sorry, paywall) explored the feelings of scientists who have dedicated their careers to researching certain species (think polar bears and coral as examples) being decimated by the impact of climate change. Their reactions,...

Keep Going

Last week was a good one for the Cape’s environment. Town meetings in Mashpee and Orleans decisively approved important articles that support improved environmental quality. In Mashpee the town voted to fund the next round of wastewater management and Orleans acted to...

Clear as Day

Some things, say world peace, curing cancer, or affordable healthcare are really complicated, while many others are thought to be, but really aren’t. The questions about the wisdom of local initiatives to empower towns to control the application of pesticides and...

Let it be

It's dark later in the morning and earlier in the afternoon. Fall flowers are starting to fade while late season pollinators load up on the remaining food they provide. I have not seen a hummingbird in about a week and the winds now blow more northerly than not. Fall...

Societal Distraction

The Healey administration recently issued a sweeping and forward looking executive order (EO) promoting and protecting biodiversity in Massachusetts. This order recognizes that in preserving biodiversity we are really protecting ourselves. The EO succinctly states the...

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