‘A Perfect Storm Of Circumstances’: Mashpee Scientist Researches Seaweed, Jellyfish Surges (8/31/23)
‘A Perfect Storm Of Circumstances’: Mashpee Scientist Researches Seaweed, Jellyfish Surges Mashpee Enterprise Alex Megerle August 31, 2023 It was a picture-perfect August day on Cape Cod when the boat anchor came up caked with black sludge. From the depths of Popponesset Creek came the alien-looking goo, an unpleasant-smelling substance that Nicole Corbett said was […]
Recycling urine to solve our wastewater problem (8/23/23)
Recycling urine to solve our wastewater problem Cape and Islands Mindy Todd August 23, 2023 LISTEN • 49:09 The state and EPA have mandated that the Cape manage wastewater to prevent nutrient overload in our ponds, estuaries and embayments. Alternative septic systems and sewering are both expensive options. On The Point, we discuss another choice: urine diversion, […]
No PFAS: What environmentally friendly fire training looks like on Cape Cod (8/22/23)
No PFAS: What environmentally friendly fire training looks like on Cape Cod Cape Cod Times Barbara Clark August 22, 2023 WEST YARMOUTH — A grid of metal rebar sticks up from the concrete foundations of a new structure emerging on Buck Island Road. A new regional fire training building — a unique option in Cape Cod’s evolving […]
Is Beekeeping Wrong? (8/21/23)
The Control of Nature Is Beekeeping Wrong? Parasites and pesticides have brought chaos to bee colonies throughout the world. Natural beekeepers want to transform our relationship to the hive. The New Yorker By Sam Knight August 21, 2023 On a hot, pollen-dazed morning this summer, I stopped by the house of Gareth John, a retired […]
Pollution is threatening Cape Cod’s famous waters. Its towns are spending hundreds of millions to head off an environmental disaster. (8/18/23)
Pollution is threatening Cape Cod’s famous waters. Its towns are spending hundreds of millions to head off an environmental disaster. Boston Globe Beth Treffeisen August 18, 2023 BARNSTABLE — The beauty of its placid bays, estuaries, and ponds draws millions of visitors to Cape Cod each year. But deteriorating water quality is threatening the environmental […]
Falmouth Is Losing Eelgrass. An Expert Explains Why That Matters (8/17/23)
Falmouth Is Losing Eelgrass. An Expert Explains Why That Matters Falmouth Enterprise Gilda Geist August 17, 2023 Eelgrass has many ecological virtues. Its tall, slender blades and strong roots sequester carbon, shelter young fish, make oxygen and clean the water column. But nitrogen pollution has been killing eelgrass in Falmouth’s estuaries for decades, so long […]
EPA Awards State $275,000 To Support Water Quality Monitoring (8/14/23)
EPA Awards State $275,000 To Support Water Quality Monitoring CapeCod.com NewsCenter By: Matthew Tomlinson August 14, 2023 ORLEANS – The Environmental Protection Agency recently awarded a $275,000 grant to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to support water quality monitoring at public beaches as part of a nationwide program to protect public health. $10.6 million […]
‘A big PFAS issue in this area.’ How Hyannis airport walls PFAS from Cape drinking water (8/9/23)
‘A big PFAS issue in this area.’ How Hyannis airport walls PFAS from Cape drinking water Cape Cod Times Walker Armstrong August 9, 2023 Representatives of Cape Cod Gateway Airport told local residents that they are doing all they can to halt the spread of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, coming from its property and threatening a source […]
PFAS mitigation at Cape Cod Gateway Airport to be discussed Monday at public meeting (8/6/23)
PFAS mitigation at Cape Cod Gateway Airport to be discussed Monday at public meeting Cape Cod Times Walker Armstrong August 6, 2023 Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known generally as PFAS, have recently made their way into popular discussion. Nicknamed “forever chemicals,” due to their resilient nature and adverse impact on human and animal health, PFAS have […]
Mass DEP Title 5 and Watershed Permit
MassDEP issued new regulations at 314 CMR 21.00, titled Watershed Permit Regulations, effective July 7, 2023 in order to reduce nitrogen loads in the Commonwealth’s coastal estuaries and embayments. The purpose of these regulations is to establish a watershed permitting strategy and process to restore and protect water quality in nutrient impacted watersheds. The development […]