Postscript to Part IV: What about DNR’s municipal stormwater laws?
~~~ Part IV of “What Else Could Hurt Lake Monona?” told the story of how Monona Terrace failed to
“What Else Can Hurt Lake Monona?” Part IV: Oops! Monona Terrace is not a model stormwater control facility after all
{Above-Monona Terrace, September 2022. Photo-Maria Powell ~~~ See the postscript to this piece As described in Part III, Monona Terrace proponents argued that the center would not only not cause…
Trees are to blame for the sorry state of our lakes!
***** According to our favorite local corporate greenwashers, Clean Lakes Alliance, leaves are to blame for the sorry state or our lakes. Yup. Leaves. It follows that trees–the sources of…
Citizen calls out Madison’s denialism: “Waterfront design won’t clean lake”
***** In a letter to the editor in Sunday’s Wisconsin State Journal, Madison resident Rich Carney points out the denialism and hypocrisy of the city’s Monona lakeshore redesign plans. “Waterfront…
“What Else Can Hurt Lake Monona?” Part III: “Unimaginable toxic horrors” remain unmeasured
~~~ hen government shifts from merely presenting the facts on a public project to an orchestrated campaign that avoids any negatives, Joe Taxpayer never knows if he’s getting the truth…
Mad City Ski Team loves the Law Park landfill! Perhaps we should expand it?
***** When it dumped refuse along the Lake Monona shoreline from the 1930s to the 1950s to create Law Park, the City of Madison also made a perfect shoreline–well, almost…
Lessons from the past: Beware the Chamber of Commerce Juggernaut!
In the 1990s, a powerful Chamber of Commerce Juggernaut finally made Frank Lloyd Wright’s Monona Terrace happen after decades of failed attempts. Who was part of this Juggernaut? Greater Madison…
What are they hiding? Darwin burn pit reports missing from U.S. Department of Defense, Dane Co, DNR files
In a previous post, I wrote: “On February 14, 1996, Gordon D. Hussey, Chief of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Branch Engineering Division wrote to Michael Schmoller at…
Indigenous Peoples’ Day in Madison Wisconsin
***** In recent years, City of Madison leaders have made much ballyhoo about recognizing that the city stands on the Ho-Chunk Nation’s
Dane County Airport’s “EcoMentality” = Doublespeak + Magical Thinking
***** A small consulting firm out of Verona, Orin Technologies , claims that it has done what no other scientists or engineers anywhere else in
DNR powerless as burn pit RPs are “snarled in negotiations” for 33 (and counting) years?
***** On July 25, 1989, Laurie Egre at the Wisconsin DNR wrote to her colleague Joe Brusca about the “Truax Air National Guard Fire Training Site.” She referred to the…
Monona Terrace, model stormwater pollution control facility?
*** Previous posts described how, from the 1930s to the 1950s, the City of Madison filled the Lake Monona shoreline with refuse to make Law Park, and how the Frank…
WHO: An estimated two million lives were lost due to chemical exposures in 2019
Our regulatory system is a failure. If two million lives were lost due to chemical exposures in 2019, about the same number of people (or more) likely die from chemical…
“What Else Can Hurt Lake Monona?” Part II: Let’s build Monona Terrace on top of a carcinogen-leaching landfill in the lake!
This piece will be edited in coming days. If you see mistakes or problems, or have something to add, please let me know: mariapowell@mejo.us “EIS committee members received a report…