Mayor responds to Sustainable Madison Committee’s PFAS Recommendations
Eken Park Resistance leaders and community members put jars of local waters in front of the City-County Building at the…
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Eken Park Resistance leaders and community members put jars of local waters in front of the City-County Building at the…
Heavily PFAS-contaminated Starkweather Creek water and sediments flood over a backyard garden in the Darbo-Worthington neighborhood in Madison, about a…
Part 1 of this article told the story of Oscar Mayer & Co. sloshing sludge into Starkweather Creek, the Yahara…
On May 10, F-16s from Madison’s Air National Guard Truax Field took off while MEJO’s Touyeng Xiong was teaching kids…
In 1970, just before Madison’s first Earth Day, Oscar Mayer installed a mile-long system that misted artificial chemical perfumes around…
Above: View of Madison-Kipp’s Fair Oaks factory from the low-income apartments across the street. Clean Air Madison, MEJO, and Kipp…
UPDATE 2: Following up (again) on my original post, looking at my old stormwater regulation notes today, I saw that…
Above: Fishing at the mouth of Starkweather Creek as it flows into Lake Monona at Olbrich Park (Photo-Maria Powell) April…
Above: Storm drains at Dane County Regional Airport, flowing through contaminated soils into Starkweather Creek. Are these city or county…
Earth Day 2018: East Madison Community Center kids, Gambian Youths, and MEJO removed trash from large city storm drain discharging…
Above: Teens fishing at the mouth of Starkweather Creek in Madison, a popular shoreline fishing spot for people of color,…
Above: Storm drains at Dane County Regional Airport, flowing through contaminated soils into Starkweather Creek. Are these city or county…
Oscar Mayer in 1947 (Wisconsin State Journal photo) In May 2020, a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) contracted by…
By Maria C. Powell, PhD Note: All citations have been removed for ease of reading. If you are interested in…
A couple weeks ago, we posted this article asking whether the Wisconsin Air National Guard (WIANG) will follow DNR laws…