ORLEANS When photographs were taken last September during groundbreaking for a wastewater treatment plant in Orleans, Gussie McKusick was in the mix.
She stood alongside a slate of officials that included state Sen. Julian Cyr, D-Truro; Kathleen Theoharides, secretary of the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs; and Cape Cod Commission Executive Director Kristy Senatori.
There were town and state officials and representatives from environmental organizations. While McKusick, 82, didn’t have her hand on one of the golden shovels but she certainly had a hand in getting the project across the finish line.
McKusick s steadfast work to preserve and protect the water quality of Orleans and the Cape as a whole have earned her accolades. She spent years pushing for a project that will cost taxpayers millions of dollars by the time it s completed.
EPA to hold community meeting on Holbrook s Baird McGuire
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency To Host Informational Meeting By Zoom About Baird McGuire Superfund Site in Holbrook
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), along with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MADEP), will host a virtual public informational meeting via Zoom from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 10 for the Baird and McGuire Superfund site.
Although this meeting is not specifically focused on the proposed TLA Transfer Station project, a portion of the Baird and McGuire Superfund site is contained within the proposed TLA project site and this meeting may be of interest to community members who have been interested in that project.
The dredging of Waquoit Bay is at least two years away.
âIf everything happens correctly and everything falls into place, we actually get to do some dredging in December of 2022,â Sanders Davies of the Waquoit Bay Yacht Club told the Falmouth Waterways Committee on Wednesday, February 3.
Due to the lengthy permitting, funding and RFP process, as well as time-of-year restrictions, Mr. Davies said fall 2023 is a more realistic start date. However, he acknowledged the schedule âmakes all sorts of assumptions about what weâre going to be able to do.â
Before the town can dredge bay and entrance channels, Harbormaster Gregg Fraser said, the town needs to find a location to place the dredge spoils.
Harvard University recently announced that it is purchasing four battery-based electric buses as part of an effort to advance solutions for climate change, improve public health and support the university’s climate goals of becoming fossil fuel-free by 2050 and fossil fuel-neutral by 2026.
Harvard purchased four fully electric shuttle buses to curb its use of fossil fuels on campus, according to a Tuesday press release from Campus Services.
Proterra â an electric vehicle technology manufacturing company â will provide the buses, which are expected to be operational this fall. They will replace four bio-diesel powered buses currently in use, which represent more than thirty percent of Harvardâs bus fleet. The University will also invest in the necessary electric charging infrastructure to support the new buses, per the statement.
The purchase is part of an âaggressive effortâ to advance climate change solutions, improve public health, and make progress toward Harvardâs goal of becoming fossil fuel-neutral by 2026 and fossil fuel-free by 2050, according to the press release.