Reflections on Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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…
Everyone deserves a healthy environment
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…
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…
In today’s Wisconsin State Journal article by Chris Hubbuch, city hydrogeologist Brynn Bemis was quoted saying that the Hartmeyer land, where coal was stored and fuel oil spilled–and just feet…
First, a little background… Part I described how Kraft Heinz purchased the Hartmeyer property, and how our current “remediation and redevelopment” regulatory approach is intended to protect polluters like Kraft…
~~~ Big news! Three finalists in the Lake Monona Waterfront Design Challenge have figured out how the city can fix Lake Monona’s water quality problems–while also redeveloping the shoreline and…
This story has many gaps and likely some inadvertent errors. It will be edited in coming days. Please let me know if you have corrections or anything to add: mariapowell@mejo.us.…
“Maybe in another few thousand years, the archeologists will find an ancient paddle board buried somewhere in Madison with a Clean Lakes Alliance sticker on it and an iPhone nearby–all…
***** 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…
~~~ 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…
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…
***** A small consulting firm out of Verona, Orin Technologies , claims that it has done what no other scientists or engineers anywhere else in
****** As described in detail in the last post, from the 1930s to the 1950s the City of Madison pushed a plethora of wastes—residential garbage, old newspapers, construction debris, and…