Cape Cod & Islands Group

As part of the Massachusetts Chapter, the Sierra Club's Cape Cod & Islands Group represents members and supporters in Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket counties. We meet on the first Tuesday of each month to discuss local issues and ongoing campaigns and host “Third Tuesday Talks" featuring experts, officials, and advocates. These meetings, held via Zoom, are open to all. 

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Sierra Cape Cod "Tuesday Talks"

March 19, 2024: "Building Climate Resilience: Proposed State Regulations on Coastal Development & Nature-Based Solutions” with Deanna Moran and Ali Hiple of Conservation Law Foundation and Heidi Ricci of Mass Audubon  (Presentation Slides

February 20, 2024: "Creating Housing AND Protecting Resources on Cape Cod," with Erin Perry and Heather McElroy, Cape Cod Commission; Michael Lach, Harwich Conservation Trust; and Amanda Bebrin, Community Development Partnership  

January 16, 2024: Barnstable County Commissioner Mark Forest on the history of Joint Base Cape Cod, proposed redevelopment activities, and the need for a new master plan 

December 19, 2023: Laura Kelley of Protect Our Cape Cod Aquifer on “Cape-Wide Action for Local Fertilizer & Pesticide Control”  

October 17, 2023: Betty Ludtke, a Barnstable Town Councilor and commercial pilot, and Alex Hatfield, representing Stop Private Jet Expansion, discussing "Hyannis Municipal Airport Expansion: Community/Climate Impacts & Regional Planning Needs"  

September 19, 2023: State Representative Dylan Fernandes on "Community Benefits from Offshore Wind Power: Stabilizing Electric Rates & Decarbonizing the Cape”  

July 18, 2023: State Senator Julian Cyr on PFAS sources, contaminated sites on Cape Cod, and proposed legislation, “An Act to Protect Massachusetts Public Health from PFAS”   

June 20, 2023: Bob Ryley of Habitat for Humanity of Cape Cod presents “Net-Zero Homes & Building Codes: Habitat Cape Cod’s Decarbonization Experience"

May 16, 2023: Tom Cambareri, Sole Source Consulting, and Laurel Schaider, Silent Spring Institute, discussing the science, sources, and solutions for PFAS contamination in Hyannis

April 18, 2023: Andrew Gottlieb, Association to Preserve Cape Cod (APCC), on Holtec’s proposal to discharge radioactive contaminants to Cape Cod Bay 

March 21, 2023: Mark Faherty, science coordinator for Wellfleet Bay Audubon Sanctuary, on threats facing horseshoe crabs and proposed state regulations for protecting local populations

February 21, 2023: Madhavi Venkatesan, executive director of Sustainable Practices, on the ongoing campaign to ban single-use plastic water bottles and foodware

January 17, 2023: Zee Crocker, executive director of Barnstable Clean Water Coalition, on proposed state regulations to accelerate water quality improvement on Cape Cod

December 7, 2022: Mariel Marchand, power supply planner for Cape Light Compact municipal aggregation, on opportunities for greening and cleanup up the local electricity supply mix

News from the Group

Presentation: Pleasant Bay and Wellfleet Watershed Management Plans: Analysis and Comparison by 2022 Sierra Cape Cod Intern Kate Connolly

Fox 25, Undated, "Machine Gun Rally

WCAI NPR, October 13, 2020 "Environmentalists Rally Against Proposed Machine Gun Range"

Cape Cod Times, October 12, 2020 "Residents gather in Sandwich to protest proposed machine gun range"

Cape Cod Times, October 12, 2020 "Photo Gallery: Residents rally against proposed machine gun range"

The Enterprise, October 12, 2020 "Demonstrators In Sandwich Protest Proposed Machine Gun Range"

Cape Cod Times, October 12, 2020 "Sandwich rally planned to protest machine gun range"

The Sandwich Enterprise, October 11, 2020 "Sierra Club Of Cape Cod To Rally Against Machine Gun Firing Range"

Cape Cod Times, April 23, 2017 "Climate forum gave students real inspiration"

The Sandwich Enterprise, March 21, 2018 "Environmental Groups Decry NRG’s New Unit 3"

Executive Committee and Officers

Please contact sierraclubcapecod@gmail.com with questions or to volunteer with the Cape Cod & Islands Group.

David Dow
David Dow
Treasurer

Diane LeDuc
Diane LeDuc
Secretary

Keith Lewison
Keith Lewison
Vice Chair

Morgan Peck headshot
Morgan Peck

Chapter ExCom Representative

Chris Powicki
Chris Powicki
Chair

Ella Sampou
Ella Sampou
Member

Mary Waygan
Mary Waygan
Member

Allyson Schmidt
Allyson Schmidt
In Memoriam
1994-2023

 


Cape Cod Drilling Protesters Dress to Express (Cape Cod Times 2/27/18)

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Brewster’s Christopher Powicki’s bearded face poked out of a plush full-length lobster costume. Kevin O’Brien of Boston was head-to-toe great white shark, and Don Mallinson of East Falmouth wore a cardboard tricorn hat — think homemade “Cheesehead” — with each side bearing an anti-oil and gas drilling message like “Exxon Valdez, Deepwater Horizon, New England.”

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Falmouth 2016