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From the Archives: “The Mean Machine” on Lake Monona, Madison, Wis., 2006

June 13, 2015 Jim Powell

In September 2006, MEJO held a fish advisory sign making party and fish fry at Brittingham Park on Monona Bay in Madison. Wis., to raise awareness of shoreline anglers about…

Public Participation Toxins

Community-Based Environmental Justice Research

May 19, 2015 Maria C. Powell, PhD

In collaboration with community members, MEJO leaders are immersed in field work, interviews, and research about environmental justice issues in our community, and are currently not posting new articles on…

Madison-Kipp Corp. Public Participation Toxins Water Pollution Wisconsin DNR

How Far North is the Kipp Plume? Kipp Doesn’t Want The Public to Know…

May 4, 2014 Maria C. Powell, PhD

At a March 19, 2014 community presentation, Madison-Kipp Corporation’s CEO Tony Koblinski presented Kipp pollution maps and invited citizens to view them after his talk, noting that “when you get…

Madison-Kipp Corp. Public Participation Soil contamination stormwater runoff Toxins Water Pollution

Kipp’s Former Raingarden–Now SludgeGarden–Even More Toxic Than We Knew…

May 2, 2014 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Yesterday we obtained a Figure from the City of Madison with more PCB data from soils excavated from the Kipp raingarden, on City of Madison property just north of Kipp,…

Dane County Parks ecological restoration Pesticides Public Participation Toxins

Dane County Parks Celebrates Earth Week by Cutting Down Many Large Trees

April 24, 2014 Maria C. Powell, PhD

(Cut tree stumps treated with pesticides, Lake View Hill Park, April 23rd) On Earth Day and the day after, April 22rd and April 23th 2014, contractors hired by Dane County…

Madison-Kipp Corp. Public Participation Wisconsin DNR

So Sorry, DNR! Here’s the full transcript of the Jan. 29 2014 MEJO-DNR meeting

March 26, 2014 Maria C. Powell, PhD

(MEJO President, Dr. Maria Powell) In a meeting on March 21st, two DNR managers and two DNR lawyers scolded MEJO President, Dr. Maria Powell, for audiotaping the January 29 meeting…

Air Pollution Madison Water Utility Madison-Kipp Corp. Public Participation Soil contamination Toxins Water Pollution Wisconsin DNR

“Mother Nature, though wounded, begins to take care of it,” says polluter

March 22, 2014 Jim Powell

At a March 19 public presentation, the president of Madison-Kipp Corporation described various pollution remediation actions that the aluminum parts manufacturer is belatedly being forced to do by the Wisconsin…

Fish Advisory Public Participation Toxins Water Pollution

Environmental Injustices “Beneath the Surface” in Madison

February 12, 2014 Jim Powell

DOCUMENTARY HERE In “progressive” Madison, denial of any serious environmental pollution problems, growing race and income inequalities, and white privilege among government decisionmakers work together to create—and yet render invisible—racial…

Madison-Kipp Corp. Public Participation Toxins Wisconsin DNR

DNR Too Busy to Answer Questions About Madison-Kipp. Can Anyone Out There Help?

February 8, 2014 Jim Powell

For several years, MEJO has been asking the Wisconsin DNR questions related to Madison-Kipp Corporation’s toxic pollution. Last December, Remediation and Redevelopment staff threatened us with a $700 fee to…

Air Pollution Public Participation Toxins Water Pollution

Environmental Injustices At Verona Road Continue…

December 12, 2013 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Steve Glass posted an excellent blog, with photos by David Thompson, about the social and environmental injustices related to the ongoing Verona Road Interchange reconstruction project. Several years ago, MEJO…

Fish Advisory Public Participation Toxins Water Pollution

Still Invisible: The Risks of Eating Locally Caught Fish from Polluted Waters

December 7, 2013 Jim Powell

MEJO’s first project involved toxins in locally caught fish in Madison, Wis. What we had expected to be a two month project–installing fish consumption advisory signs along lake shorelines–turned into…

Madison-Kipp Corp. Public Participation Toxins Wisconsin DNR

DNR Now Charging $700 to Answer Questions?

December 7, 2013 Jim Powell

The DNR just doesn’t like to answer questions about Madison-Kipp Corp. MEJO has experienced the art of the “non-answer” answer from DNR for years, but now it has gotten to…

Air Pollution Madison-Kipp Corp. Public Participation Soil contamination Toxins Water Pollution Wisconsin DNR

Kipp Settles Lawsuit, Silences Neighbors with Money, and Denies Responsibility

October 30, 2013 Maria C. Powell, PhD

The class action lawsuit against Madison-Kipp Corporation (MKC) was approved in U.S. District Court on Oct. 28 in a hearing that lasted a few minutes. The judge, lawyers, and two…

Madison Water Utility Public Participation Smart Meters

Madison Water Utility Tells Customers “You Wingnuts Just Can’t Take a Joke!”…

July 9, 2013 Jim Powell

Madison Water Utility Tells Customers “You Wingnuts Just Can’t Take a Joke!”… While Itron Corporation Laughs All the Way to the Bank With his contract renewal going before the Madison…

Air Pollution Dioxins Madison-Kipp Corp. Public Participation Toxins Water Pollution Wisconsin DNR

Ignorance is Bliss (Series Supplement)

May 8, 2013 Jim Powell

Remember the Kipp Dioxin Debacle? Lo and Behold, Kipp Has Been Producing Dioxins All This Time! (shhhh…..) Dioxin from Kipp’s Stacks? An “Urban Myth” of “Misinformed Activists”! The issue of…