Lessons not learned by the Madison Water Utility?
A report compiled by Stacker was published in the Wisconsin State Journal today–Covert contamination: when organizations have failed to notify…
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Madison fouled its own nest, Part IV: “Madison Underground, Contamination Central”
[Above: Madison north/eastside landfill map, compiled by TRC for the Eastside Water Supply Project in 2012 when the Water Utility…
Madison fouled its own nest, Part III: “The wicked witch is dead”
This part of the “Madison fouled its own nest” series is based entirely on articles by Wisconsin State Journal reporter…
Madison fouled its own nest, Part II: “A Loss of Public Trust” in the Madison Water Utility
[Above: A plan by John Nolen from 1910 shows a vision for Madison as a model city. The plan shows…
Madison fouled its own nest (Part 1)
[Photo from Wisconsin State Journal “The Yahara Lakes | Giants Among Us” series by Steve Verburg] This article is part…
Breaking News! Starkweather Creek is as stagnant and PFAS-poisoned as ever!
[Above, Starkweather Creek draining from Dane County Regional Airport and Truax Air National Guard base. Photo-Maria Powell] *** Last week…
City of Madison
Environmental Justice
Fish
Madison Water Utility
PFCs or PFAS
Public Health Madison Dane County
“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…
Are eastside Madison residents breathing poisonous vapors? Does anyone care?
[Above–how chlorinated compounds in soils and shallow groundwater can rise up (vaporize) into homes and businesses above them — a…
“After 50 years of neglect, Starkweather to get its due.”
(Above: Sign about 1992-93 Starkweather Creek remediation near O.B. Sherry Park; photo by Maria Powell in 2018) “After 50 years…
Illicit discharges of lies? The ongoing saga of Dane County’s long overdue stormwater ordinance
Above, drainage into Starkweather Creek from the highly PFAS contaminated Dane County-owned Darwin Rd. burn pit. Back in April of…
Air National Guard
Department of Defense
Environmental Justice
F-35
PFCs or PFAS
Racial disparities
Starkweather Creek
Truax
Wisconsin DNR
Addendum: Will Wisconsin Air National Guard follow DNR laws on PFAS investigations & cleanup?
A couple weeks ago, we posted this article asking whether the Wisconsin Air National Guard (WIANG) will follow DNR laws…
People’s Environmental History of Madison
I am still working on the People’s Environmental History of Madison, but rarely post excerpts here. If you are interested…
Toxic substances are everywhere, two UW profs say
Image from mindovermetal.co.uk Toxic substances are everywhere, two UW profs say From United Press International (in the Wisconsin State Journal)…
Air National Guard
City of Madison
Environmental Justice
F-35
Fighter jets
Fish
Inequality
Military
Poverty
Privilege
Racial disparities
Racism
Starkweather Creek
Toxic Chemicals
Truax
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s forgotten “giant triplets” alive & well in Madison, Wisconsin
From Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1967 speech, “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence”: “I am convinced that if…
City of Madison
Community engagement
Environmental health
Environmental Justice
Fish
Madison Gas & Electric
Oscar Mayer
PFCs or PFAS
Racial disparities
Risk Assessment
Starkweather Creek
Starkweather EJ Project
stormwater runoff
Toxic Chemicals
Truax
Wastewater Treatment
Water quality
Utility to build over toxic sludge at former sewage plant on Madison’s Northside
Above: Burke sewage plant “trickling filters” built around 1916. Photo from Wisconsin Historical Society ******* One of Madison’s long-standing corporate…