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MEJO founder Dr. Maria Powell wins Bill Iwen Environmental Justice Award

October 28, 2023 Jim Powell

On October 26, the Midwest Environmental Advocates held a ceremony naming MEJO founder Maria Powell as one of its 2023…

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MEJO Executive Director Dr. Maria Powell is receiving an environmental justice award

October 17, 2023 Jim Powell

MEJO Executive Director Dr. Maria Powell is receiving an environmental justice award from the Midwest Environmental Advocates MARIA POWELL…

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Plan Commissioners have no clue what environmental justice means–or don’t care?

December 15, 2022 Maria C. Powell, PhD

This is a postscript to “Tell Madison Plan Commission to follow Environmental Justice policy on December 12″ (also pasted below).…

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Tell Madison Plan Commission to follow Environmental Justice policy on December 12

December 10, 2022 Maria C. Powell, PhD

On Monday, December 12, the Madison Plan Commission will decide whether to approve conditional use zoning so developers from Santa…

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Madison’s upside-down environmental justice approach = environmental injustice (The MLK Jr. Madison would prefer we forget, Part II).

February 1, 2022 Maria C. Powell, PhD

[Above: Truax/East Madison Community Center teens with MEJO leaders in early 2020 near Starkweather Creek where we tested PFAS in…

City of Madison Environmental Justice Oscar Mayer Racial disparities Racism Toxic Chemicals Wisconsin DNR

Madison alders approved city’s first environmental justice policy this summer–without knowing it

September 4, 2020 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Dane County and Madison have some of the worst racial disparities in the nation. Elected officials vow time and again…

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Send Comments on Environmental Justice Impacts of F-35s to Air National Guard by this Friday, April 6!

April 4, 2018 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Martin Luther King Jr. on balcony of Lorraine Motel in Memphis TN just before he was assassinated on April 4,…

Air National Guard F-35 Fighter jets Truax

Has the National Guard Already Dismissed Environmental Justice in F-35 EIS Scoping Process?

March 9, 2018 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Last night the National Guard and U.S. Air Force held a “scoping” meeting for the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) that…

Environmental Justice Toxic Chemicals

Environmental Justice and Our Electronic Devices

January 9, 2018 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Photo by Kai Loffelbein. Women melt circuit boards in Guiyu, China The beloved electronic devices that many think they cannot…

Environmental Justice EPA

Environmental justice at the end of 2017

December 19, 2017 Maria C. Powell, PhD

By Brian Bienkowski, Environmental Health News Read Environmental Health News’ overview of the state of environmental justice as we head…

Environmental Justice EPA Fish Public Participation stormwater runoff

Community dinner kicks off new EPA-funded environmental justice project

October 7, 2017 Jim Powell

MEJO and the East Madison Community Center held a community fish dinner on September 30 to close out the Center’s…

Environmental Justice EPA Madison-Kipp Corp. PCBs Toxic Chemicals

Midwest Environmental Justice Organization Joins National People’s Task Force on Superfund’s Future

July 25, 2017 Maria C. Powell, PhD

The Midwest Environmental Justice Organization (MEJO) joins more than 20 Superfund sites and 70 environmental organizations on the “People’s Task…

Environmental Justice Toxic Chemicals

The Center for Health, Environment & Justice (CHEJ) funds Midwest Environmental Justice Organization project

February 24, 2017 Maria C. Powell, PhD

The Midwest Environmental Justice Organization (MEJO) has received a grant from the Center for Health, Environment & Justice, the grassroots…

Public Participation Toxins

Community-Based Environmental Justice Research

May 19, 2015 Maria C. Powell, PhD

In collaboration with community members, MEJO leaders are immersed in field work, interviews, and research about environmental justice issues in our community, and are currently…

Fish Advisory Public Participation Toxins Water Pollution

Fish advisory signs installed to highlight need for official action Environmental justice activists and anglers place signs around Monona Bay

September 20, 2008 Jim Powell

(MADISON, Wis.)—Sixty people gathered at Brittingham Park on Thurs., Sept. 20 to make and install fish consumption advisory signs to…

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MEJO founder Dr. Maria Powell wins Bill Iwen Environmental Justice Award

MEJO Executive Director Dr. Maria Powell is receiving an environmental justice award

Plan Commissioners have no clue what environmental justice means–or don’t care?

Tell Madison Plan Commission to follow Environmental Justice policy on December 12

Madison’s upside-down environmental justice approach = environmental injustice (The MLK Jr. Madison would prefer we forget, Part II).

Madison alders approved city’s first environmental justice policy this summer–without knowing it

Send Comments on Environmental Justice Impacts of F-35s to Air National Guard by this Friday, April 6!

Has the National Guard Already Dismissed Environmental Justice in F-35 EIS Scoping Process?

Environmental Justice and Our Electronic Devices

Environmental justice at the end of 2017

Community dinner kicks off new EPA-funded environmental justice project

Midwest Environmental Justice Organization Joins National People’s Task Force on Superfund’s Future

The Center for Health, Environment & Justice (CHEJ) funds Midwest Environmental Justice Organization project

Community-Based Environmental Justice Research

Fish advisory signs installed to highlight need for official action Environmental justice activists and anglers place signs around Monona Bay

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