Category: Air Pollution

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Reflections on Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.

January 15, 2024 Jim Powell

MEJO founder Dr. Maria C. Powell wrote three essays on Dr. King and his views on the “giant triplets of racism, materialism, and militarism,” each posted on previous MLK Jr…

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“Maria Powell wasn’t just an activist. In Madison, she was the premier environmental activist.”

November 18, 2023 Jim Powell

From the Cap Times: Madison just lost one of its best environmental assets By Steve Elbow, Opinion Editor Maria Powell wasn’t just an activist. In Madison, she was the premier…

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May Day! May Day! Madison-Kipp workers

May 1, 2021 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Above: Workers in Kipp factory Is anyone assessing risks to Madison Kipp workers? There’s a plume of highly toxic PCE and TCE under the plant vaporizing into the air workers…

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Government won’t test air pollution in the Madison-Kipp neighborhood, so citizens are doing it themselves

May 1, 2021 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Above: View of Madison-Kipp’s Fair Oaks factory from the low-income apartments across the street. Clean Air Madison, MEJO, and Kipp neighborhood activists tried for many, many years–to no avail–to convince…

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In “green” Madison, air pollution ‘disproportionately and systematically’ harms people of color

April 29, 2021 Maria C. Powell, PhD

(Photo above: Construction during the Madison Verona Rd-W. Beltline highway expansion) The Washington Post reported yesterday: “Deadly air pollutant ‘disproportionately and systematically’ harms Americans of color, study finds.” This finding…

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Police brutality and environmental injustices are connected

June 11, 2020 Maria C. Powell, PhD

(Image from The Nation) MEJO condemns the brutal killing of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer–and commends Black Lives Matter, other racial justice activists, and all…

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PFAS, COVID and potential environmental racism

May 4, 2020 Maria C. Powell, PhD

By Brad Geyer, Safe Skies, Clean Water The draft environmental impact study acknowledged that there will be “significant disproportionate impacts to low-income and minority populations as well as children.” Although…

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Decision to base F-35s in Madison ignores public health concerns

May 1, 2020 Maria C. Powell, PhD

By Bruce Barrett and Paula Rogge, Cap Times Today we are dealing with the COVID-19 crisis. Our federal, state and local government officials have been working hard to contain the…

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Starkweather Creek PFAS sediment testing in the news

April 24, 2020 Jim Powell

Photo (Maria Powell): Bridges Golf Course ditch flowing into Starkweather Creek, where the highest levels of PFOS were found Nice coverage by a Madison newspaper of our Starkweather Creek sediment…

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Earth Day 1970 in Madison, Wisconsin

April 22, 2020 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Fifty years ago, on April 22, 1970, the first Earth Day events were held across the United States, spearheaded by Senator Gaylord Nelson (D-Madison) and Dennis Hayes, a Harvard Kennedy…

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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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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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Kipp neighbors plan to set up their own air pollution monitors

November 27, 2017 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Photo: Madison-Kipp Corporation’s die casting and aluminum melting stacks behind homes on Waubesa St. Today Steve Verburg reported in the Wisconsin State Journal that Madison-Kipp Corporation neighbors plan to set…

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We’re all full of carcinogens…

June 14, 2016 Maria C. Powell, PhD

A new report by the Environmental Working Group found as many as 420 “known or suspected” carcinogens in human populations. Read more and access the full report here.

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Madison Kipp Pollution News Report Collage

March 2, 2016 Maria C. Powell, PhD

From Clean Air Madison: Kipp News Collage These news stories present some of the environmental problems caused by the Madison-Kipp aluminum foundry in Madison, Wisconsin. Learn more about neighborhood efforts…