Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, June 7 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
Environment
PILGRIM’S PROGRESS
Meaning of Holtec Chief’s Testing ‘Promise’ Is Unclear
Questions remain over the timing and methods of sampling
PLYMOUTH — Kris Singh, president of the company decommissioning the Pilgrim nuclear plant, has committed to allowing independent testing of the 1.1 million gallons of radioactive water from the plant’s […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, May 31 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, May 24 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
HOLTEC’S TREASURE
Holtec Expects to Make Huge Profit off Pilgrim Plant
Finance report predicts that $500 million or more would go to company
PLYMOUTH — When Holtec International took ownership of the shuttered Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in 2019, it came with a decommissioning trust fund with more than $1 billion in it. […]
PEAK FLOW
Provincetown Weighs $75 Million Sewer Project
Federal and county funds could help connect every property by 2030
PROVINCETOWN — The town’s Sewer Team is ready with a plan for an expansion of the sewer system that would hook up almost every property in town by 2030. The […]
TICK TALK
Larry Dapsis: Full-Time Entomologist, Part-Time ‘Evangelist’
How to ward off tick bites, from Barnstable’s tick program coordinator
TRURO — Early in his career as an entomologist with the Cape Cod Cooperative Extension, Larry Dapsis received a “dad talk” from Bill Clark, his director. Clark peered over his […]
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This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, May 17 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
TOWN MEETING
Resolution to Protect Trees Is on June 11 Warrant
Recent clear cuts raise awareness on an ‘easy climate action’
WELLFLEET — Are Wellfleet voters ready to join the handful of Massachusetts towns that regulate the removal of well-established trees on public and private property? They will have the opportunity […]
RADIOACTIVITY
Holtec Chief Offers ‘Access to Data’ at Congressional Hearing
Singh and NRC safety boss are grilled by Markey and Keating
PLYMOUTH — The president of Holtec International, the company decommissioning the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, has pledged not to release radioactive water from the reactor into Cape Cod Bay without […]
ONE FISH, TWO FISH
Tracking a Small Fish That Makes a Big Difference
Wellfleet’s herring count aims to protect a ‘species of concern’
WELLFLEET — Barbara Brennessel, a biologist from Wellfleet, was once approached by law enforcement near the wooded junction of Old Kings Highway and Black Pond Road just south of the […]
ENVIRONMENT
Herring River Restoration Project Wins $29M Grant
Permitting steps remain, but construction could begin as soon as November
WELLFLEET — The Herring River Restoration Project is $29 million closer to beginning phase one. On April 27, the Cape Cod Conservation District announced that the project would receive $29 […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, May 10 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, May 3 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
PILGRIM REACTOR
Congressional Hearing to Look at Decommissioning
The public is not invited to speak, but advocates plan rallies in Plymouth
PLYMOUTH — A handful of state and federal officials, an attorney from a national advocacy group, and the president of Holtec International, the company that owns the shuttered Pilgrim nuclear […]
