What I’m Thinking

I had a dream recently that reflects my view of the choice Cape Cod has before it. In my dream I was driving a car that was headed toward a bend in the road. My passenger reached over and held my arms to prevent me from changing direction. We missed the turn and went...

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...

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...

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;...

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,...

Today's release of the seventh annual State of the Waters report is an opportunity to focus on one of the highest priority issues for most Cape Codders. What is happening with our water reflects the land use and waste disposal choices made over the decades. As has...

"I have hope, because I believe in the truth of what the great American writer James Baldwin said. He said, ‘In this world, there isn’t as much humanity as one would like, but there’s enough.’" - Bruce Springsteen In this week of Thanksgiving, despite the challenges...

Every so often events conspire to give people a chance to put their actions behind their words. The recently announced findings of the hearing officer recommending that the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection’s denial of the application by Holtec to...

Mashpee voters overwhelmingly approved a town meeting article (80 percent yes) and the associated debt exclusion (75 percent yes) that gave the green light to a community treatment system to reduce nutrient loading to Mashpee Wakeby Pond. While great for Mashpee...