People Speak Out – No F35s at Truax Monday, September 23, 2019
People Speak Out – No F35s at Truax Monday, September 23, 2019 Community Speak Out 6:30-8:00pm (doors open at 6)…
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Draft F35 report highlights noise impacts to marginalized communities, but dismisses risks from toxic chemicals, jet crashes, and more
Recent news in the Wisconsin State Journal, Cap Times, and on Channel 3000 highlighted a key finding of the Draft…
Madison Alders Submit Comments on Draft Environmental Impact Statement for F35s at Truax Field
At the invitation of the National Guard Bureau, a group of Madison alders submitted requested comments on May 21 for…
City Council Approves Resolution to Submit Comments for F35 EIS Process
From Brenda Konkel’s April 18 Forward Lookout blog: “The Chamber of Commerce was just one vote away from from preventing…
Madison Alders Will Host Listening Session on Environmental Impacts of F35s, February 28
Madison Alder Marsha Rummel announced a listening session about the proposal to locate F35s at Madison’s Truax Air National Guard…
City of Madison is creating glaring environmental injustices right before our eyes!
[Northsider Dave Bierman standing where the City of Madison plans to locate affordable housing near the old Kraft-Heinz/Oscar Mayer factory.…
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Fighter jets, environmental education, and social justice do not mix
On May 10, F-16s from Madison’s Air National Guard Truax Field took off while MEJO’s Touyeng Xiong was teaching kids…
Government won’t test air pollution in the Madison-Kipp neighborhood, so citizens are doing it themselves
Above: View of Madison-Kipp’s Fair Oaks factory from the low-income apartments across the street. Clean Air Madison, MEJO, and Kipp…
Madison: Address racial and environmental injustices created by design and denial
Earth Day 2018: East Madison Community Center kids, Gambian Youths, and MEJO removed trash from large city storm drain discharging…
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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…
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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…
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Development disparities: Madison’s classist, racist beginnings are alive and well in 2020
Photo: Oscar Mayer in 1947 (Wisconsin State Journal archives) ********** Flying in the face of its stated commitment to racial…
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Police brutality and environmental injustices are connected
(Image from The Nation) MEJO condemns the brutal killing of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer–and…
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Earth Day 1970 in Madison, Wisconsin
Fifty years ago, on April 22, 1970, the first Earth Day events were held across the United States, spearheaded by…
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Superfund will not protect our waterways — or us — from the military’s toxic pollution
Maria Powell, Cap Times op-ed Photo above: Starkweather Creek going through Truax Field The final environmental impact statement (EIS) on…