Category: Air National Guard

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Rep. Chris Taylor, 9 local officials: Strong community opposition needed to avoid harms of F-35s

September 18, 2019 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Photo: Protest at Air National Guard F-35 meeting, Sept. 12 2019 (Michelle Stocker). ***** The Cap Times By State Representative Chris Taylor and nine local elected officials We are honored…

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Support the Madison City Council Resolution to oppose the F-35s at Truax

September 16, 2019 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Tuesday, Sept. 17 the City Council will be considering Madison City Council resolution opposing F-35s Truax File # 57364v2. Write the Mayor and allalders@cityofmadison.com in support of this resolution! More…

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MEJO’s Touyeng Xiong, Truax Apartment resident, testifies against proposed F-35s

September 13, 2019 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Touyeng Xiong, MEJO’s Vice President, testifying before the Sept. 12, 2019 U.S. Air Force meeting about the proposed F-35 fighter jets at Truax Field. Here is his testimony: I have…

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Draft F35 report highlights noise impacts to marginalized communities, but dismisses risks from toxic chemicals, jet crashes, and more

August 3, 2019 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Recent news in the Wisconsin State Journal, Cap Times, and on Channel 3000 highlighted a key finding of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) just released on the proposed F35…

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PFAS regulations proposed by Wisconsin state elected officials

May 25, 2019 Jim Powell

Photo: Truax Air National Guard base in Madison, heavily contaminated with PFAS. This is an interesting story about belated-action by Wisconsin officials to address PFAS, though given the political climate,…

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PFAS found in groundwater under former sewage treatment plant

May 13, 2019 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Large ditch drains from former sewage plant through Bridges Golf Course and then directly into Starkweather Creek (see above photo) MEJO’s Earth Day Starkweather Creek report highlights gaps in tracking…

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Report: Watchdogs not looking hard enough for public health hazards in lakes, fish

April 30, 2019 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Touyeng Xiong, MEJO Vice President, at Starkweather Creek tributary in April 2019 (Photo by John Hart, WSJ) By Steve Verburg, Wisconsin State Journal Madison and Dane County are neglecting to…

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Truax ANG to weaponize base ahead of F-35 deployment

April 24, 2019 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Public engagement tokenized, environmental justice ignored According to an April 2019 Draft Environmental Assessment (EA), Truax Air National Guard is planning major demolition, construction, and renovation projects from 2020-2027 at…

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Madison officials lead PR public meeting about PFAS in drinking water: Nothing to worry about!

March 17, 2019 Maria C. Powell, PhD

On Saturday, March 16, at the East Madison Community Center, Madison Water Utility (WU) and Public Health Madison Dane County (PHMDC) staff gave presentations about the per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances…

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Madison shutting down PFAS-contaminated well while insisting water is safe

March 5, 2019 Maria C. Powell, PhD

By Steve Verburg, Wisconsin State Journal Madison is shutting down a North Side drinking water well that has been contaminated with toxic chemicals from a nearby military base. In announcing…

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Discarded deadlines let polluted plume from military base spread unchecked

February 23, 2019 Maria C. Powell, PhD

By Steve Verburg, Wisconsin State Journal Last spring, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources warned Truax Air National Guard base in Madison it could face enforcement action if it didn’t…

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Madison water utility hears demands on PFAS-tainted well

January 29, 2019 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Photo: Madison Well 15 at Reindahl Park By Steve Verburg, Wisconsin State Journal As citizen groups prepared to ask the Madison Water Utility Board on Tuesday for a more aggressive…

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Are we spiritually dead? What would Martin Luther King Jr. say?

January 21, 2019 Maria C. Powell, PhD

“Giant triplets of racism, materialism, and militarism” dominate even in liberal Madison “I am convinced that if we are to get on the right side of the world revolution, we…

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Dane County airport burn pit contamination began in the 1950s

January 15, 2019 Maria C. Powell, PhD

PHOTO: Former Dane County airport fire pit being excavated to build a parking lot in May 2018. The County, City, DNR and DoD were aware of the contamination for at…

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Public Health PFAS doublespeak: Exposures expected, but no risks! Huh?

January 6, 2019 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Photo: Child catches panfish at the mouth of Starkweather Creek where it flows into Lake Monona, July 2018 Our October 2018 article raised questions about exposures to toxic PFAS (per-…