Plymouth

Suing in federal court, rather than in Massachusetts Superior Court as some observers had expected, would change the nature of the argument, because state and federal regulators have authority over different aspects of the nuclear plant.

A cranberry bog restoration project in Plymouth and Wareham is the final piece of the puzzle for protecting some native species in and around Red Brook, including a brook trout that visits the ocean.

The owner of the closed Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth has lost an appeal seeking to release radioactive wastewater into Cape Cod Bay as part of the plant decommissioning.

A safety rule that has minimized radiation exposure in the United States for half a century has been marked for elimination by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and South Shore residents are speaking out to oppose the plan.

When we first met Aaron Maloy 20 years ago, he was fresh out of college, and still emerging from a life spent in foster care from the age of 12. Today, he’s a nurse practitioner, with his own practice in Plymouth. But his master’s-level credential makes him an outlier. People who have been in foster care are some of the most educationally disadvantaged in the United States, even on Cape Cod.

The 70-mile walk will conclude at the Plymouth County Correctional Facility—the only place in the state that detains immigrants for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection is reviewing the adjudicator's nearly 60-page recommended decision, which only she has the authority to finalize. Once she acts, the matter could go to court.

For the health study, researchers will place air monitors in several locations around the community. Then, they'll compare people who live in the most highly affected areas with a control group.

The Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station plans to drain radioactive water from two areas of the plant in April, leading to reduced evaporation of the water.

The process seems to be moving much slower than at Vermont Yankee, according to a Department of Public Health representative on the state's nuclear panel. At Pilgrim, a dispute over the disposition of radioactive water has led to delays.