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Resistance Radio to feature “Poisoning Paradise: An Environmental History of Madison”

September 9, 2024 Jim Powell

Maria Powell’s book, “Poisoning Paradise: An Environmental History of Madison,” is the topic of an upcoming Resistance Radio interview with Derrick Jensen on Sunday, September 15 at 5 pm CDT.…

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MARIA POWELL: A CELEBRATION OF HER LIFE – JULY 20, 2024

July 16, 2024 Jim Powell

Friends – please consider attending as I would love to see you there, and feel free to spread the word to others who knew Maria. MARIA POWELL: A CELEBRATION OF…

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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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MEJO founder Dr. Maria Powell wins Bill Iwen Environmental Justice Award

October 28, 2023 Jim Powell

On October 26, the Midwest Environmental Advocates held a ceremony naming MEJO founder Maria Powell as one of its 2023 Bill Iwen Environmental Justice Awardees. MEJO Vice President Touyeng Xiong…

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“Get out of my freakin’ way!” bikers scream at Monona Terrace anglers. Why?

July 27, 2022 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Last week I talked to Moe from Milwaukee, fishing at “the wall” at Monona Terrace with his nephews. I asked if he experienced conflicts between the mostly white bikers and…

City of Madison Environmental Justice Fish Racism

Angler at Monona Terrace: Bikers “think they own the space,” powers-that-be “don’t care”

July 21, 2022 Maria C. Powell, PhD

*** Many subsistence anglers fish at “the wall” above Lake Monona at downtown Madison’s Monona Terrace, known for its panfish bounty. A good number of them are from Milwaukee, Racine,…

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“One Voice” government team tells Madison alders how to engage public on PFAS

February 5, 2022 Maria C. Powell, PhD

“One Voice” government team tells Madison alders how to engage public on PFAS (The MLK Jr. Madison would prefer we forget, Part III) The mission of the Common Council President’s…

Clean Lakes Alliance Corporate greenwashing Fish Love?? PFAS Poisoned Yahara Lakes

Oops! Critical word missing from Clean Lakes Alliance “Love in the Lakes” flier

January 27, 2022 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Shouldn’t the title for the next Clean Lakes 101 Science Cafe be “Love PFAS in the Lakes” ?? Or perhaps “PFAS Love in the Lakes“? Given that the well-endowed, corporate…

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“It Ain’t Wright”! Madison’s toxic past buried under Monona Terrace (and now eaten by subsistence anglers)

November 21, 2021 Maria C. Powell, PhD

***** My dad grew up in downtown Madison during the 1930s, 40s and 50s in a home overlooking Lake Monona. He and his siblings fished and swam in the lake…

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PFAS “forever chemicals” impair our immune systems–National Academy of Sciences

April 16, 2021 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Above: Teens fishing at the mouth of Starkweather Creek in Madison, a popular shoreline fishing spot for people of color, including many who feed their families with the fish they…

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Dane County Airport’s WPDES permit is expired and doesn’t mention PFAS. Why?

February 24, 2021 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Over two and a half years ago, June 2018, we asked DNR to include PFAS monitoring in Dane County airport’s WPDES permit, which includes requirements for regular monitoring of Starkweather…

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Starkweather fish rests after hard work soaking up PFAS

February 17, 2021 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Free time after work! (Photo by Maria Powell, Summer 2018) This fish worked very hard cleaning up the PFAS in the west branch of Starkweather Ditch as it flows through…

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Monona Bay, Downtown Madison’s Toxic Cesspool

February 15, 2021 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Fish art on Monona Bay created by Eric Anang. Photo by Amber Arnold, Wisconsin State Journal. Graphic additions by a MEJO collaborator. PFAS was found at significant levels in Monona…

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Clean Lakes Alliance–Madison’s Darling Corporate Greenwashers

February 4, 2021 Maria C. Powell, PhD

While unfunded, exhausted, and beleaguered Madison citizens slog for years begging city, county, and state agencies, and the U.S. military, to do more about the forever PFAS chemicals and a…

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Oops! We poisoned the “Giants Among Us”–the Yahara lakes

January 22, 2021 Maria C. Powell, PhD

MEJO’s Jim Powell and Touyeng Xiong teach kids how to put bait on fish hooks at the Olbrich Park fishing pier on Lake Monona, summer 2018. Sadly, they couldn’t eat…

Resistance Radio to feature “Poisoning Paradise: An Environmental History of Madison”

MARIA POWELL: A CELEBRATION OF HER LIFE – JULY 20, 2024

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

MEJO founder Dr. Maria Powell wins Bill Iwen Environmental Justice Award

“Get out of my freakin’ way!” bikers scream at Monona Terrace anglers. Why?

Angler at Monona Terrace: Bikers “think they own the space,” powers-that-be “don’t care”

“One Voice” government team tells Madison alders how to engage public on PFAS

Oops! Critical word missing from Clean Lakes Alliance “Love in the Lakes” flier

“It Ain’t Wright”! Madison’s toxic past buried under Monona Terrace (and now eaten by subsistence anglers)

PFAS “forever chemicals” impair our immune systems–National Academy of Sciences

Dane County Airport’s WPDES permit is expired and doesn’t mention PFAS. Why?

Starkweather fish rests after hard work soaking up PFAS

Monona Bay, Downtown Madison’s Toxic Cesspool

Clean Lakes Alliance–Madison’s Darling Corporate Greenwashers

Oops! We poisoned the “Giants Among Us”–the Yahara lakes

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