F-35 Environmental Impact Study Begins; Public Meeting March 8 in Madison
By Steve Verburg, Wisconsin State Journal The Air National Guard has begun accepting public comments on the scope of a…
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MEJO founder Dr. Maria C. Powell has passed away
It is with great sadness that we announce that our founder, Maria Powell, has passed away. She will be missed…
The only place low income people can afford to live in Madison? Whose fault is that?
[Above: the abandoned Oscar Mayer factory, from the south. On the left side of the photo, you can see the…
Denialism
Department of Health Services
Department of Natural Resources
Doublespeak
Kraft Heinz
Oscar Mayer
WTF? DHS assesses health risks at proposed affordable housing site with “industrial” standards
[Above: Wisconsin state seal and logo–FORWARD. This post describes how the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) is helping developers…
Corporate Behemoth Kraft-Heinz wants to cover up its poisons with affordable housing (Part I)
[Above: Site of the proposed affordable and senior housing next to the old Kraft Heinz-Oscar Mayer site] This story has…
DNR powerless as burn pit RPs are “snarled in negotiations” for 33 (and counting) years?
[Above, Dane County Regional Airport constructing a cell phone lot in 2018 where the heavily contaminated Darwin burn pit was…
Dane Co Lakes & Watershed Commission
Dane County
PFAS Poisoned Yahara Lakes
Public Participation
Racial disparities
Lakes & Watershed Commissioners clueless about public engagement…or just don’t care?
[Above: MEJO Vice President Touyeng Xiong, who grew up in the Truax neighborhood next to Starkweather Creek, speaks to the…
Lakes & Watershed Commission: Who is most burdened by PFAS? Who doesn’t have a voice? How can county policies mitigate unintended consequences?
[Above, MEJO intern Ida Jammeh testifying before the Dane County Lakes & Watershed Commission, July 19, 2018] ***** (See Part…
Postscript: Will Madison ever say “Enough is Enough”? Probably not…
[Above, Dane County suburbs, from Channel3000, Mary Erpenbach] This is a postscript to a previous post– “Will Madison ever say…
Will Madison ever say “Enough is Enough”? Probably not…
See Postcript to this article here. ********** Madison cannot “have its cake and eat it too,” as the saying goes.…
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“One Voice” government team tells Madison alders how to engage public on PFAS
“One Voice” government team tells Madison alders how to engage public on PFAS (The MLK Jr. Madison would prefer we…
The MLK Jr. Madison would prefer we forget? (Part 1)
[Above: Martin Luther King Jr. delivering a speech on the Vietnam War and his anti-war beliefs to a crowd of…
Madison Water Utility corrects misinformation, assures alders Well 15 won’t be turned on without filtration & engaging the community
[Above: Krishna Kumar, Madison Water Utility General Manager, presenting “additional information” about PFAS & Well 15 at the Dec. 20…
Dear DNR…
[Above, Eric Xiong from the Truax neighborhood fishing in 2018 at the mouth of Madison’s heavily PFAS-contaminated Starkweather Creek with…
Water Utility General Manager misinforms Madison alders on PFAS in our drinking water
Photo from Newsweek ************* The new General Manager of the Madison Water Utility, Krishna Kumar, was invited to the November…