April 2021 - Madison Environmental Justice

City of Madison Dane County Public Health Madison Dane County Starkweather Creek stormwater runoff Water Pollution Water quality Wisconsin DNR Yahara Lakes

UPDATE 2: Has Dane County actually been violating its DNR stormwater permit for 26 years?

April 29, 2021 Maria C. Powell, PhD

UPDATE 2: Following up (again) on my original post, looking at my old stormwater regulation notes today, I saw that the City of Madison and Dane County received their first…

Air National Guard City of Madison Environmental Justice F-35 PFCs or PFAS Public Participation Racial Justice Starkweather Creek Water Pollution

Sustainable Madison Committee to Mayor and Council on PFAS

April 29, 2021 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Above: Fishing at the mouth of Starkweather Creek as it flows into Lake Monona at Olbrich Park (Photo-Maria Powell) April 27, 2021 To: Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway, Members of the Madison…

Air Pollution City of Madison Environmental health Environmental Justice Madison Racial disparities WisDOT

In “green” Madison, air pollution ‘disproportionately and systematically’ harms people of color

April 29, 2021 Maria C. Powell, PhD

(Photo above: Construction during the Madison Verona Rd-W. Beltline highway expansion) The Washington Post reported yesterday: “Deadly air pollutant ‘disproportionately and systematically’ harms Americans of color, study finds.” This finding…

City of Madison Development Environmental destruction Environmental health Over-consumption

Bigger is not better

April 28, 2021 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Citizen wisdom from the beginning of the “environmental decade” In 1970, a Madison citizen activist publicly questioned the idea that “growth is good.” He asked why people played a secondary…

City of Madison Dane County Public Health Madison Dane County Starkweather Creek stormwater runoff Water Pollution Water quality Wisconsin DNR Yahara Lakes

UPDATE: Dane County has been violating its DNR stormwater permit for 17 years

April 27, 2021 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Above: Storm drains at Dane County Regional Airport, flowing through contaminated soils into Starkweather Creek. Are these city or county storm drains? Who is responsible to make sure toxic chemicals…

City of Madison Environmental Justice Racial disparities

Madison: Address racial and environmental injustices created by design and denial

April 23, 2021 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Earth Day 2018: East Madison Community Center kids, Gambian Youths, and MEJO removed trash from large city storm drain discharging to a Starkweather Creek tributary across from the Truax apartments–a…

Consumption EARTH Environmental destruction

We’ll need two Earths by 2030

April 22, 2021 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Estimated number of Earths that humanity would require to sustain its current level of resource consumption: 1.6 Year in which humanity is expected to require two Earths: 2030 Harper’s Index,…

pandemics

3.4 billion masks thrown away every day

April 21, 2021 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Comic by Joe Heller–HELLERTOON.COM “Globally, 65 billion gloves are used every month. The tally for face masks is nearly twice that—129 billion a month. That translates into 3 million face…

Air National Guard City of Madison Endocrine disruptors Environmental Justice Fish PFCs or PFAS Starkweather Creek Toxic Chemicals

PFAS “forever chemicals” impair our immune systems–National Academy of Sciences

April 16, 2021 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Above: Teens fishing at the mouth of Starkweather Creek in Madison, a popular shoreline fishing spot for people of color, including many who feed their families with the fish they…

City of Madison Dane County Public Health Madison Dane County Starkweather Creek stormwater runoff Water Pollution Water quality Wisconsin DNR Yahara Lakes

Dane County has been violating its DNR stormwater permit for 17 years

April 13, 2021 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Above: Storm drains at Dane County Regional Airport, flowing through contaminated soils into Starkweather Creek. Are these city or county storm drains? Who is responsible to make sure toxic chemicals…

City of Madison Environmental health Oscar Mayer Pesticides PFCs or PFAS Starkweather Creek

Pesticides and PFAS should be tested at Oscar Mayer, Burke & Starkweather Creek

April 3, 2021 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Oscar Mayer in 1947 (Wisconsin State Journal photo) In May 2020, a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) contracted by the City of Madison, while it was preparing to purchase…

UPDATE 2: Has Dane County actually been violating its DNR stormwater permit for 26 years?

Sustainable Madison Committee to Mayor and Council on PFAS

In “green” Madison, air pollution ‘disproportionately and systematically’ harms people of color

Bigger is not better

UPDATE: Dane County has been violating its DNR stormwater permit for 17 years

Madison: Address racial and environmental injustices created by design and denial

We’ll need two Earths by 2030

3.4 billion masks thrown away every day

PFAS “forever chemicals” impair our immune systems–National Academy of Sciences

Dane County has been violating its DNR stormwater permit for 17 years

Pesticides and PFAS should be tested at Oscar Mayer, Burke & Starkweather Creek

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