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The Biden administration this week published the location of eight areas to be leased for offshore wind development in the Gulf of Maine, a body of water that runs from Cape Cod to Nova Scotia.
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The Massachusetts Army National Guard submitted a new plan to the Environmental Protection Agency after officials from the federal agency found the range’s initial design could contaminate the aquifer that runs beneath the base. That aquifer provides drinking water to hundreds of thousands of Cape residents and visitors.
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The entire delegation from Cape Cod, the Islands, and Plymouth have called for an end to evaporation of water from Pilgrim until the state can evaluate it. Meanwhile, the state says Holtec provided inadequate information about potential air pollution from the nuclear power station.
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The feds could eventually release rules limiting the use of treated sludge as fertilizer, meaning more towns will be trying to dispose of theirs. The team at the Massachusetts Alternative Septic System Test Center call this scenario, "Sludgement Day."
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New research from WHOI suggests coral larvae respond to sound when deciding where they’ll make their home.
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The 100% battery-powered Alia and its crew landed at the base’s 102nd Intelligence Wing for a demonstration on March 8.
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O’Brien theorized that the whale may have traveled from the West Coast through waters north of Canada and down the Maine coast.
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Fishermen have 90 days to show they’ve historically used the lease area and a third party administrator — with the help of fishing representatives — will decide how to divide up a $19.1 million pot through the Fisheries Compensatory Mitigation Program to Massachusetts fishermen.
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WHOI scientists have deployed new water-level sensors in Woods Hole and Chatham that will give towns better data on coastal flooding.
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The New England Aquarium (NEAQ) recently spotted 31 right whales across two groups in the Great South Channel, which is east of Nantucket and Cape Cod.
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In a first for Massachusetts, the offshore wind farm is now generating 68 megawatts, enough to power 30,000 homes. On Thursday the Sierra Club hosted a celebration in Hyannis and encouraged supporters to keep advocating for offshore wind.
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Attorneys estimate that more than 100 who’ve already joined the case were exposed to the so-called “forever chemicals” linked to cancer, thyroid diseases, fertility issues and more while working with firefighting foam on or around Joint Base Cape Cod.