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From the Archives: “The Mean Machine” on Lake Monona, Madison, Wis., 2006

June 13, 2015 Jim Powell

In September 2006, MEJO held a fish advisory sign making party and fish fry at Brittingham Park on Monona Bay in Madison. Wis., to raise awareness of shoreline anglers about…

Madison-Kipp Corp. stormwater runoff Toxins

Does this sound like a sound blocking fence?

December 12, 2014 Jim Powell

Click here to hear the “sound blocking” fence. The City of Madison wants to pay Madison-Kipp Corp. $79,000 for this “sound blocking” fence as part of a lease agreement. Does…

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City to Lease Rain Garden to Polluter

November 22, 2014 Jim Powell

(High resolution version of above graphic here) SUMMARY: The City of Madison wishes to extend a lease with Madison-Kipp Corp. through 2023 that will allow Kipp to control the rain…

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“Mother Nature, though wounded, begins to take care of it,” says polluter

March 22, 2014 Jim Powell

At a March 19 public presentation, the president of Madison-Kipp Corporation described various pollution remediation actions that the aluminum parts manufacturer is belatedly being forced to do by the Wisconsin…

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Kipp Offers Water Utility Some Advice: Run Olbrich Well 24/7!

March 8, 2014 Jim Powell

In a February 26, 2014 email Madison-Kipp Corporation advised the Madison Water Utility to pump the Olbrich Well (Well 8) full-time, after the Water Utility Board asked for assurance from…

Fish Advisory Public Participation Toxins Water Pollution

Environmental Injustices “Beneath the Surface” in Madison

February 12, 2014 Jim Powell

DOCUMENTARY HERE In “progressive” Madison, denial of any serious environmental pollution problems, growing race and income inequalities, and white privilege among government decisionmakers work together to create—and yet render invisible—racial…

Madison-Kipp Corp. Public Participation Toxins Wisconsin DNR

DNR Too Busy to Answer Questions About Madison-Kipp. Can Anyone Out There Help?

February 8, 2014 Jim Powell

For several years, MEJO has been asking the Wisconsin DNR questions related to Madison-Kipp Corporation’s toxic pollution. Last December, Remediation and Redevelopment staff threatened us with a $700 fee to…

Fish Advisory Toxins Water Pollution

A recent Madison Commons article about eating locally caught fish and EJ

December 21, 2013 Jim Powell

From Madison Commons: Advisories on eating fish from local lakes may not be reaching all By Yilang Peng | Thu, 10/17/2013 – 10:19am Fish from Madison’s lakes contain contaminants that…

Fish Advisory Public Participation Toxins Water Pollution

Still Invisible: The Risks of Eating Locally Caught Fish from Polluted Waters

December 7, 2013 Jim Powell

MEJO’s first project involved toxins in locally caught fish in Madison, Wis. What we had expected to be a two month project–installing fish consumption advisory signs along lake shorelines–turned into…

Madison-Kipp Corp. Public Participation Toxins Wisconsin DNR

DNR Now Charging $700 to Answer Questions?

December 7, 2013 Jim Powell

The DNR just doesn’t like to answer questions about Madison-Kipp Corp. MEJO has experienced the art of the “non-answer” answer from DNR for years, but now it has gotten to…

Madison-Kipp Corp. Soil contamination Toxins Wisconsin DNR

Kipp’s Contaminant Plume Under Goodman Center–Are Children Exposed? Nobody Knows…

August 10, 2013 Jim Powell

Documents from Madison Kipp’s consultants, released by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) June 21, 2013, show that Kipp’s plume of toxic volatile organic chemicals (VOCs) is beneath the…

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Neighbors Settle for $7.2 Million But Many Kipp Environmental Injustices Still Not Addressed

July 16, 2013 Jim Powell

The immediate neighbors around the Madison-Kipp Corp. factory settled their two class action lawsuits on Monday, July 15. The immediate neighbors and their attorneys will receive a total of $7.2…

Madison Water Utility Public Participation Smart Meters

Madison Water Utility Tells Customers “You Wingnuts Just Can’t Take a Joke!”…

July 9, 2013 Jim Powell

Madison Water Utility Tells Customers “You Wingnuts Just Can’t Take a Joke!”… While Itron Corporation Laughs All the Way to the Bank With his contract renewal going before the Madison…

Madison-Kipp Corp.

Kipp’s PCE contamination under–and past–Lowell School?

June 8, 2013 Jim Powell

Kipp’s PCE plume on its way to drinking water well and Lake Monona At the May 28 Madison Water Utility Board meeting, staff reported the following (from the minutes): Madison…

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Ignorance is Bliss (Series Supplement)

May 8, 2013 Jim Powell

Remember the Kipp Dioxin Debacle? Lo and Behold, Kipp Has Been Producing Dioxins All This Time! (shhhh…..) Dioxin from Kipp’s Stacks? An “Urban Myth” of “Misinformed Activists”! The issue of…