“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…

Heavily PFAS-contaminated Starkweather Creek water and sediments flood over a backyard garden in the Darbo-Worthington neighborhood in Madison, about a…

Photo: Foam at the Starkweather Creek/Olbrich Park boat launch on October 24 (Wisconsin State Journal) Recent news about alarming levels…

[Above: MEJO Vice President Touyeng Xiong, who grew up in the Truax neighborhood next to Starkweather Creek, speaks to the…

[Above, MEJO intern Ida Jammeh testifying before the Dane County Lakes & Watershed Commission, July 19, 2018] ***** (See Part…

Photo from Newsweek ************* The new General Manager of the Madison Water Utility, Krishna Kumar, was invited to the November…

[Above, storm drains discharging into Starkweather Creek from the PFAS-soaked Truax Field. Photo-Maria Powell] “Something has to be done immediately”…

[Above: Truax/East Madison Community Center teens at Starkweather Creek where they tested sediments for PFAS, after the Air National Guard,…

Above, Amy Tutwiler, attorney with Dane County Corporation Counsel Last week Abigail Becker of the Cap Times reported on the…

Eken Park Resistance leaders and community members put jars of local waters in front of the City-County Building at the…

Above: Teens fishing at the mouth of Starkweather Creek in Madison, a popular shoreline fishing spot for people of color,…

A couple weeks ago, we posted this article asking whether the Wisconsin Air National Guard (WIANG) will follow DNR laws…

In October, 2018–after months of asking the city, county, and DNR to test fish in Starkweather Creek–we posted this article…

Graphic from ISTHMUS By Kori Feener, Isthmus Maria Powell used to believe that science would prevail. She co-founded the Midwest…

As we’ve experienced for twenty years in Madison, local government prefers to keep the public out of actions it takes–or…