New state regs finalized: Cape Cod towns must reduce nitrogen pollution or homeowners will pay (6/21/23)
New state regs finalized: Cape Cod towns must reduce nitrogen pollution or homeowners will pay CAI Eve Zuckoff June 21, 2023 The state is pushing Cape Cod towns to seriously speed up plans to reduce nitrogen pollution, using the threat of sticking homeowners with major bills to spur action. Officials with the Massachusetts Department of […]
Mass. Releases New Rules to Clean Up Cape Cod Pollution (6/21/23)
Mass. Releases New Rules to Clean Up Cape Cod Pollution Wastewater causing toxic algae blooms Conservation Law Foundation Press Release June 21, 2023 June 23, 2023 (BOSTON, MA) – After a lawsuit was filed by Conservation Law Foundation (CLF), the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has announced new rules designed to clean up wastewater pollution […]
Cyanobacteria closes Mashpee-Wakeby Pond, raising concerns of ‘toxic summer’ (6/13/23)
Cyanobacteria closes Mashpee-Wakeby Pond, raising concerns of ‘toxic summer’ CAI Eve Zuckoff June 13, 2023 Local officials are warning people and their pets to stay out of one of the largest ponds on Cape Cod after a blue-green bloom was found to be producing toxins. Conservation experts are concerned that a high number of local […]
Mashpee residents push town leaders to act on water quality (6/7/23)
Mashpee residents push town leaders to act on water quality CAI | By Brian Engles Published June 7, 2023 at 5:05 AM EDT Susan Dangel with the citizens group Save Mashpee Wakeby Pond Alliance screened recent aerial footage of Mashpee River and Shoestring Bay at this week’s Mashpee select board meeting. The video shows large […]
State tests: At least 5 radioactive materials, plus PFAS, in water at Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station (5/23/23)
State tests: At least 5 radioactive materials, plus PFAS, in water at Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station CAI | By Jennette Barnes May 23, 2023 at 5:58 PM EDT State water testing shows at least five radioactive materials in the water at the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, plus PFAS chemicals and other non-radiological contaminants. The Department […]
‘This is in the next five to 10 years.’ Cape waters are heating up. Here’s why it matters. (5/18/23)
‘This is in the next five to 10 years.’ Cape waters are heating up. Here’s why it matters. Heather McCarron Cape Cod Times May 18, 2023 Ocean temperatures are rising — that’s no surprise. It’s also no secret that the Gulf of Maine is among the fastest warming water bodies on the planet. But that […]
Regulators Take Emergency Action in Attempt to Save Stripers (5/8/23)
Regulators Take Emergency Action in Attempt to Save Stripers Thomas Humphrey May 8, 2023 Vineyard Gazette After climbing back from the brink of extinction decades ago, the striped bass fishery is again in jeopardy, prompting interstate fishery regulators to take emergency action last week. In an effort to protect one of the last large classes […]
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How PFAS are Entering America’s Water Supply (4/21/23)
How PFAS are entering America’s water supply PFAS are chemicals used to make a variety of industrial and consumer products. By Amanda Hernandez and Mark Nichols April 21, 2023, 6:01 AM Fighting for water equity in Fayetteville, North Carolina Fayetteville, North Carolina, resident Carrol Olinger talks about the PFAS pollution in her tap water, saying: […]
New tech could one day scrub ‘forever chemicals’ from your tap water (4/16/23)
New tech could one day scrub ‘forever chemicals’ from your tap water Researchers at the University of British Columbia have launched real-world pilot tests of their water treatment method The Washington Post Allyson Chiu April 16, 2023 University of British Columbia researchers are working on an experimental material to remove toxic “forever chemicals” from water. […]