Lawsuit could disrupt real estate market in 2 Cape Cod towns (9/17/20)
Lawsuit could disrupt real estate market in 2 Cape Cod towns Cape Cod Times Geoff Spillane gspillane@capecodonline.com BOSTON — An impending lawsuit by an environmental advocacy organization could wreak havoc on the real estate market in the towns of Barnstable and Mashpee. The Conservation Law Foundation has notified the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection and […]
Pilot project uses bioreactor to filter nitrogen from Barnstable waters (9/4/20)
Pilot project uses bioreactor to filter nitrogen from Barnstable waters Cape Cod Times Geoff Spillane gspillane@capecodonline.com MARSTONS MILLS — On a quiet cranberry bog off Whistleberry Drive, an experiment is underway that eventually could have a profound effect on cleaning the Cape’s nitrogen-choked waterways. In late July, a woodchip-based Bioreactor Nitrogen Reduction Pilot Project — the first […]
Exploring Solutions to Excess Nutrients: Restoring Cape Cod’s Waters
Exploring Solutions to Excess Nutrients: Restoring Cape Cod’s Waters Bulletin 1: Summer 2020 Welcome to the bulletin on the Environmental Protection Agency’s research to address excess nutrient loading in Cape Cod’s waters! This will be a biannual update for interested community members on what EPA scientists based in the Office of Research and Development and […]
Hard times afflict Massachusetts’ iconic cranberry bogs, as economic and environmental changes reshape the industry
Hard times afflict Massachusetts’ iconic cranberry bogs, as economic and environmental changes reshape the industry By David Abel Globe Staff, Updated August 30, 2020, 5:28 p.m. PLYMOUTH — For centuries, the ruby-colored fruit was like gold: tart gems that brought hard-earned wealth to generations of families in Southeastern Massachusetts. In recent years, however, the state’s billion-dollar […]
H2O:The Molecule That Made Us (April 2020)
H2O: The Molecule that Made Us PREMIERED APRIL/MAY, 2020 (Check Local Listings). H2O:The Molecule That Made Us is a 3-hour series from WGBH Boston, airing three consecutive Wednesdays. The film dramatically reveals how water underpins every aspect of our existence. In the emptiness of outer space, Earth is alive because of water. Humanity’s relationship with this […]
Eastham, Orleans Shellfishing Areas Closed due to Red Tide Toxin (3/20/20)
CapeCod.com 3/20/2020 Eastham, Orleans Shellfishing Areas Closed due to Red Tide Toxin EASTHAM – The Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries has announced that they have closed the Nauset Marsh System in Eastham and Orleans to shellfishing due to the Paralytic Shellfish Poison toxic, commonly known as “Red Tide.” The system includes Nauset Harbor, Mill Pond, […]
Relocate Cape Cod Hospital, halt risky expansion (3/9/20)
Cape Cod Times By Zenas Crocker Posted Mar 9, 2020 at 2:01 AM Relocate Cape Cod Hospital, halt risky expansion Cape Cod Healthcare (CCHC) is in the final stages of planning a hospital campus expansion that brings important community assets closer to Hyannis Harbor and our rising seas. The sensible and vital, longer-term vision should […]
Striking a balance (2/7/20)
The Barnstable Patriot By Marina Davalos Feb 7, 2020 Striking a balance This is the second of a two-part series. Part 1 covered the problem: excess nitrogen and phosphorus from the Cape’s existing septic systems are creating toxic environments in our bodies of water. Period. Now for the solutions. We talked with Linda Cronin, professional […]
Troubled waters: Scientists test for links between lower herring counts & cyanobacteria (1/31/20)
The Barnstable Patriot By Marina Davalos Jan 31, 2020 Troubled waters: Scientists test for links between lower herring counts & cyanobacteria This is the first in a two-part series. Low herring counts and increasing cyanobacteria blooms mean that more needs to be done to curb human activity when it comes to the Cape’s most precious […]
Cape seen as protected from weakening of Clean Water Act (1/24/20)
Cape Cod Times By Doug Fraser Posted Jan 24, 2020 at 9:14 PM Cape seen as protected from weakening of Clean Water Act The Trump administration and the Environmental Protection Agency unveiled a new Clean Water Act rule this week that removed many Obama administration protections of streams, wetlands and other water bodies that don’t […]