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By Samantha Jones, Madison Commons Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway and local environmental advocates are calling for greater transparency nearly two months…

Air National Guard Environmental Justice EPA F-35 Fighter jets PFCs or PFAS Toxic Chemicals Truax

Draft F35 report highlights noise impacts to marginalized communities, but dismisses risks from toxic chemicals, jet crashes, and more

August 3, 2019 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Recent news in the Wisconsin State Journal, Cap Times, and on Channel 3000 highlighted a key finding of the Draft…

Air National Guard City of Madison Dane County Environmental Justice PCBs Public Health Madison Dane County Public Participation Racism Risk Assessment Soil contamination Starkweather Creek Starkweather EJ Project stormwater runoff Toxic Chemicals Truax Water Pollution Water quality Wisconsin DNR

Report: Watchdogs not looking hard enough for public health hazards in lakes, fish

April 30, 2019 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Touyeng Xiong, MEJO Vice President, at Starkweather Creek tributary in April 2019 (Photo by John Hart, WSJ) By Steve Verburg,…

Air National Guard Department of Defense Environmental Justice EPA F-35 Fighter jets PCBs Pentagon PFCs or PFAS Public Participation Racism Risk Assessment Starkweather Creek Starkweather EJ Project stormwater runoff Toxic Chemicals Truax Water Pollution

Truax ANG to weaponize base ahead of F-35 deployment

April 24, 2019 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Public engagement tokenized, environmental justice ignored According to an April 2019 Draft Environmental Assessment (EA), Truax Air National Guard is…

City of Madison Dane County Department of Defense Environmental Justice EPA Fish Fish Advisory Madison Water Utility PFCs or PFAS Public Health Madison Dane County Starkweather Creek stormwater runoff Toxic Chemicals Toxins Truax Water Pollution Water quality Wetlands Wisconsin DNR

MEJO Report: Starkweather Creek & Toxic Stormwater Runoff in Madison, Wis.

April 21, 2019 Jim Powell

On Earth Day, April 22, the Midwest Environmental Justice Organization released a report on its USEPA-funded Starkweather Creek Environmental Justice…

Starkweather EJ Projects

April 21, 2019 Maria C. Powell, PhD

See MEJO posts about Starkweather Creek at https://mejo.us/?s=starkweather 2021 EMCC Earth Day cleanup photos **** Earth Day 2020 Midwest Environmental…

Air National Guard City of Madison Community engagement Environmental Justice EPA Madison Water Utility NRDC PFCs or PFAS Public Health Madison Dane County Public Participation Racism Starkweather Creek Toxic Chemicals Truax Water Pollution Water quality Wisconsin DNR

Madison water utility hears demands on PFAS-tainted well

January 29, 2019 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Photo: Madison Well 15 at Reindahl Park By Steve Verburg, Wisconsin State Journal As citizen groups prepared to ask the…

Air National Guard City of Madison Dane County PFCs or PFAS Starkweather Creek stormwater runoff Toxic Chemicals Truax

Dane County airport burn pit contamination began in the 1950s

January 15, 2019 Maria C. Powell, PhD

PHOTO: Former Dane County airport fire pit being excavated to build a parking lot in May 2018. The County, City,…

DeJope Environmental Justice Fish Ho-Chunk Starkweather Creek

Ho-Chunk and Starkweather Event is Huge Success!

August 9, 2018 Maria C. Powell, PhD

The Ho-Chunk and Starkweather Creek history event on July 25, organized by MEJO’s Starkweather Environmental Justice project team, was a…

DeJope Environmental Justice Ho-Chunk Starkweather Creek

Learn about the Ho-Chunk People of DeJope & Starkweather Creek, Wed. July 25 at the East Madison Community Center

July 11, 2018 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Please join us on Wednesday, July 25 at 6:30pm at the East Madison Community Center to learn about Ho-Chunk history…

City of Madison Earth Day stormwater runoff

For Earth Day, MEJO and Gambian Youths of Wisconsin Clear City Storm Drain

April 22, 2018 Maria C. Powell, PhD

On April 21, the Midwest Environmental Justice Organization’s Starkweather team joined the Gambian Youths of Wisconsin and East Madison Community Center…

Air National Guard Environmental Justice Fighter jets Racism Toxic Chemicals Truax

F-35 Fighter Jets in Madison: What Would Martin Luther King, Jr. say?

January 15, 2018 Maria C. Powell, PhD

What would Martin Luther King, Jr. say about the proposal to locate F-35 supersonic fighter jets at Madison’s Truax Field…

Environmental Justice Racism

Our President is Ignorant and Racist

January 13, 2018 Maria C. Powell, PhD

“A time comes when silence is betrayal.” Martin Luther King Jr., April 4, 1967 Since MEJO formed in 2006, people…

City of Madison EPA Goodman Community Center Madison-Kipp Corp. Vapor intrusion Wisconsin DNR

EPA-funded report recommends pollutant testing for Madison community center

September 23, 2017 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Photo: View from inside the Goodman Center’s Ironworks Cafe, looking out to the Kipp factory loading docks. A report from…

City of Madison Public Participation

City’s Priorities Out of Order; Citizens Punished for Doing the Right Thing (a new series)

November 12, 2016 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Above: The city has prioritized replacing a paved segment of terrace with grass, over repairing a pothole where children slip…

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Questions Remain Unanswered Two Months After MGE Fires