What I’m Thinking

Living on Cape Cod we are accustomed to life on shifting sands. It is hard to live on a sandbar amidst both rising tides and the relentless pounding of the surf and to not at least be aware of the transience of everything. Reconciling our minds with this reality...

Despair is a word I hear a lot these days. There is a daily flood of bad environmental news about federal resource protection rules that once protected our land, waters and atmosphere being ignored, hollowed out, or repealed. The initial response of outrage has been...

A sure sign of the coming end of summer is the departure back to school of our summer interns. APCC has had a long tradition of summer interns making major contributions to the field work that so dominates our summers. The summer of 2025 was no exception as our...

The response I see most often to the relentless rollback of federal environmental regulations and the dismantling of essential agency functions is an impulse to restore or block the cutbacks. I have that response myself; it’s only natural. But I have come to conclude...

As much as I hate to admit it, we have turned the corner on summer. While there will be plenty of summer weather in the days to come, sundown is noticeably earlier now than in June, return to school thoughts are more prevalent and some of you are beginning to plan...

Sometimes these regular musings write themselves. This is one of those. What follows is mostly excerpts from something I bet most of you have never read: the text of a Senate Committee on Appropriations bill. The language included in the report reflects a stunning...

APCC’s newest roof top solar array, funded by the generosity of the Tern Foundation, is fully operational and powering our use as well as exporting to the grid. Despite the methodical attack on the solar industry at the federal level with the withdrawal of incentives...

Rollbacks of environmental protections are all the rage these days. While a lot of us are focused on changes at the federal level, trouble is brewing closer to home as well. It has become increasingly popular to blame environmental reviews and the underlying laws that...

These words apply to a lot. Retaining our physical and mental strength can rely on how much we exercise our body and mind. Mechanical items can wear out, but they are just as vulnerable to lack of use. Things in motion tend to stay in motion, but lack of use of...

No one is going to do it for you. Decide for yourself what the “it” is here, but the simple truth is taking care of what is important to you requires your direct action. This has always been true, perhaps never more so than now, no matter your interest. The need for...