What you need to know about PFAS or ‘forever’ chemicals (11/26/19)
What you need to know about PFAS or ‘forever’ chemicals The EPA is set to announce new steps to regulate the chemicals. By Stephanie Ebbs November 26, 2019, 4:04 PM EPA chief Andrew Wheeler sits down with ABC News The EPA has launched its first national action plan to continue cleaning up toxic chemicals around […]
The State Wants To Turn Cranberry Bogs Into Wetlands. It’s Gritty Work
The State Wants To Turn Cranberry Bogs Into Wetlands. It’s Gritty WorkNovember 26, 2019Barbara MoranWBUR This article is more than 4 years old. Alex Hackman picks up a shovel and digs in to what used to be a cranberry bog. Down through an inch or two of tough green cranberry vines, down into the sandy soil beneath. Down, […]
What are PFAS chemicals, and should I be freaking out about them? (11/8/19)
What are PFAS chemicals, and should I be freaking out about them?November 08, 2019 Updated March 15, 2023Barbara MoranWBUR The chemicals called “PFAS” have been in the news a lot lately. So, what are these chemicals, anyway? And should we be worried about them? Here’s what you need to know: What are PFAS? There are thousands […]
Cape Cod must move faster to clean its ground water and coastal embayments (10/9/19)
Cape Cod Times By Chris Kilian Posted Oct 9, 2019 at 3:00 AM Updated Oct 9, 2019 at 11:14 AM Cape Cod must move faster to clean its ground water and coastal embayments For generations, Cape Cod’s bays, beaches and ponds have been an essential summer destination for thousands of residents and tourists alike. Days spent boating, kayaking, bird watching, […]
At the Edge of a warming world (9/26/19)
The Boston Globe Story by Nestor Ramos SEPTEMBER 26, 2019 These bridges span much more than a canal. To traverse the Sagamore, from the north, or the Bourne, from the west, is to cross the boundary between work and play. As the last girder shrinks in the rearview mirror, the road opens onto the pine-fringed […]
Sewer system could add value to a neighborhood (9/26/19)
Cape Cod Times By Jack Edmonston Posted Sep 26, 2019 at 3:00 AM Updated Sep 26, 2019 at 7:14 AM NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) may have graduated to BANANA (Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anybody) in Centerville. According to the Cape Cod Times, the town of Barnstable is trying to build a pumping station on a third of an acre on Main Street, […]
Federal grant to fund PFAS testing in Hyannis (9/25/19)
Cape Cod Times By Cynthia McCormick Posted Sep 25, 2019 at 6:33 PM Updated Sep 26, 2019 at 6:29 AM Federal grant to fund PFAS testing in Hyannis HYANNIS — The Silent Spring Institute has received a $1 million federal grant to test the impact of PFAS contamination in drinking water on adults and children in Hyannis and Ayer. About 1,000 adults and 300 children are […]
BARNSTABLE AT WORK (8/26/19)
Barnstable Patriot Posted Aug 26, 2019 at 11:43 AM BARNSTABLE AT WORK Individually we are one drop but together, we are an ocean. ~Ryunosuke Satoro As he does every month, photographer William F. Pomeroy turNS his lens to the working men and women of Barnstable. Follow the Patriot on Twitter — @BarnPat — and post a photo of yourself working with the […]
Mashpee weighs wastewater management options (8/14/19)
Cape Cod Times By Tanner Stening Posted Aug 14, 2019 at 9:11 PM Updated Aug 15, 2019 at 6:27 AM Mashpee weighs wastewater management options Town could pay millions for its own plan or join regional effort at base. MASHPEE — The Board of Selectmen is considering handing responsibility of the multimillion-dollar wastewater infrastructure project over to the Mashpee Water District and a yet-to-be-created sewer district. […]
Researchers seek to head off blooming problem in Cape ponds (8/12/19)
Cape Cod Times By Doug Fraser Posted Aug 12, 2019 at 9:29 PM Updated Aug 13, 2019 at 7:44 AM Researchers seek to head off blooming problem in Cape ponds BREWSTER — Charles “Chuck” Madansky was busy setting up what appeared to be a plastic tote on top of a pole driven into the sandy bottom of a small cove on Cliff Pond. “It’s a bit […]