Kim A. Kastens and Peter J. Berry
The March 25, 2021, article in The Beacon concerning the Supreme Judicial Court’s decision on water rights at Nagog Pond was seriously misleading. The headline read, “Acton, Littleton lose Nagog Pond Litigation: Court sides with Concord,” followed by, “An ongoing legal dispute over the water rights to Nagog Pond ended in victory for the town of Concord.”
In fact, neither party obtained the full results they were seeking through the litigation, so in that sense neither party won or lost. Concord wanted the SJC to affirm that the Law of 1884 had been “impliedly repealed by the more recent Water Management Act and that Concord now has exclusive rights to Nagog Pond water under their WMA registration. Littleton, on the other hand, wanted the SJC to say that the Law of 1884 is still in effect, giving priority water rights to Littleton. The town of Acton intervened in the case to protect Acton’s rights to draw Nagog water if needed in t
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The mouth of the Ipswich River. (Courtesy Ipswich River Watershed Association)
The Ipswich River winds along 45 miles of northeastern Massachusetts, through hardwood forests and marshy floodplains, from the town of Burlington to Plum Island Sound. It s known as one of the best rivers in New England for trout fishing, and it also supplies drinking water to more than 350,000 people.
But stretches of the river have run bone dry in recent years, killing fish, damaging ecosystems and threatening the drinking water supply of more than a dozen communities.
A new report from the national advocacy group American Rivers lists the Ipswich as the eighth most endangered river in the country, listing excessive water withdrawals as the leading threat.
Biomass facility to appeal state revocation of permit April 13, 2021 |
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SPRINGFIELD – Sen. Edward Markey joined with local elected officials on March 7 to celebrate the decision by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to revoke the permitting for Palmer Renewable Energy (PRE) and its planned biomass facility.
The issue is not yet settled. PRE had 10 days in which to file an appeal and Climate Action Now Massachusetts has reported that “PRE is appealing DEP’s decision to revoke the permit and has filed an emergency motion to stay the implementation.”
The Springfield Climate Justice Coalition released a statement anticipating the appeal. The group noted its new agenda: