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Today – on this national Imagine a Day Without Water – 28 environmental and social justice organizations from around Wisconsin sent a joint statement to dozens of state legislators with…
By Chris Chubbuch, Wisconsin State Journal New data show the Dane County Regional Airport is contributing significant amounts of hazardous chemicals known as PFAS into Starkweather Creek, which empties into…
By Samantha Jones, Madison Commons Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway and local environmental advocates are calling for greater transparency nearly two months after fires at two Madison Gas & Electric substations in…
Photo: Excavations for new sewer line on county land north of Reindahl Park on October 10, 2019 The Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD)–with permits from City of Madison and DNR–will…
Photo: Children catching panfish at the mouth of Starkweather Creek, summer 2018 By Chris Hubbuch, Wisconsin State Journal See full article here. State environmental regulators have found high levels of…
Following from our September 25 post, Steve Elbow at the Cap Times wrote this article after talking with Steve Martin at the DNR about the PFAS that traveled from MGE…
Photo of smoke plumes over Lake Monona from MGE and UW campus transformer fires, July 19, 2019. How much PFAS was in this smoke–and how far did it travel? ********…
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…
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…
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…
By Alex Formuzis, Environmental Working Group Findings Refute Chemical Industry Spin That Next-Generation Fluorinated Compounds Are Safer Than Carcinogens Pulled From the Market WASHINGTON – A new peer-reviewed study refutes…
By Brienna Reilly, Cap Times Gov. Tony Evers has formed a new council aimed at identifying potential sources of PFAS contamination and addressing the chemicals across the state. The panel,…
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…
By Chris Hubbuch, Wisconsin State Journal The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is asking local wastewater treatment plants to begin testing for hazardous industrial chemicals. The agency sent a letter…
By Steve Verburg, Wisconsin State Journal Wisconsin wastewater plants were built to keep pollutants out of the environment, but state regulators have come to realize the facilities may be spreading…