Air National Guard
Burn pits
Dane County
Dane County Regional Airport
Environmental health
Environmental Justice
F-35
PFCs or PFAS
Starkweather Creek
Toxic Chemicals
Toxins
Air Pollution
Arrogance
Cancer
City of Madison
Community engagement
Dane County
Denialism
Development
Doublespeak
Ecology
Environmental destruction
Environmental health
Environmental Justice
F-35
Fighter jets
Fish Advisory
Futility
Hypocrisy
Madison
Martin Luther King Jr.
Obfuscation
Peace??
Privilege
Public Participation
Public Relations
Racial disparities
Racial Justice
Racism
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…
WSJ wins doublespeak prize: Toxic leaching landfill = Hot fishing spot for Black people!
*** “Celebrity, swag, people and cash” are poisoning Black anglers; WSJ promotes it as diversity! On Sunday the Wisconsin State Journal reached new heights as a PR arm of the…
Air National Guard
Burn pits
Dane County
Dane County Regional Airport
Environmental health
Environmental Justice
F-35
PFCs or PFAS
Starkweather Creek
Toxic Chemicals
Toxins
New York Times report on the Pentagon’s delayed “Forever Chemicals” cleanups
Bipartisan Anger Grows at Pentagon’s Delayed ‘Forever Chemicals’ Cleanups Hundreds of bases are contaminated with PFAS, which are linked to low birth weight and other risks. Politicians from both parties…
PFAS cleanup at military sites see long delays nationwide, including in Wisconsin
Wisconsin Public Radio on PFAS remediation delays at Truax Field in Dance County and elsewhere. PFAS cleanup at military sites see long delays nationwide, including in Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin…
New website shows Dane County Airport PFAS levels still exceed enforcement standards
A new website, Glass Government which states that it is is an independent media monitor and public resource, had a list of recent PFAS testing documented for the Dane County…
Cancer
Endocrine disruptors
Environmental health
Environmental Justice
Plastics
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Wisconsin Environmental Health Network Conference 2025
Some of you know that Maria was very artistic and one of her passions was using her childhood Barbie in various ways to communicate her (Maria’s) concern about plastic and…
Arrogance
Burn pits
Cancer
City of Madison
Dane County
Denialism
Doublespeak
Environmental Justice
Fish
Fish Advisory
Hypocrisy
Inequality
Madison
Madison-Kipp Corp.
Mercury
Oscar Mayer
Privilege
Public Participation
Racial disparities
Racial Justice
Risk Assessment
Starkweather Creek
Toxic Chemicals
Truax
Wastewater Treatment
Water Pollution
Resistance Radio to feature “Poisoning Paradise: An Environmental History of Madison”
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.…
Cancer
Denialism
Environmental Justice
EPA
F-35
Fighter jets
Fire fighting
Fish
Fish Advisory
Hypocrisy
Illicit discharge
Madison
Pesticides
Plastics
Privilege
Public Participation
Racial disparities
Racial Justice
Starkweather Creek
Starkweather EJ Project
Truax landfill
University of Wisconsin-Madison
MARIA POWELL: A CELEBRATION OF HER LIFE – JULY 20, 2024
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…
Air National Guard
Air Pollution
Arrogance
Cancer
Dane County Parks
Deception
Denialism
Doublespeak
Ecology
Environmental health
Environmental Justice
F-35
Fish
Hypocrisy
Illicit discharge
Inequality
Landfills
Madison
Madison-Kipp Corp.
Mercury
PCBs
PCE
Pesticides
PFAS Poisoned Yahara Lakes
PFCs or PFAS
Privilege
Racial disparities
Racial Justice
Racism
Starkweather Creek
Stupidity
Toxic Chemicals
Toxins
Trash
Trees
Truax
Water Pollution
Water quality
“Maria Powell wasn’t just an activist. In Madison, she was the premier environmental activist.”
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…
City of Madison
Environmental Justice
Madison-Kipp Corp.
PFCs or PFAS
Starkweather Creek
Toxic Chemicals
Toxins
Truax
Water Pollution
MEJO founder Dr. Maria C. Powell has passed away
It is with great sadness that we announce that our founder, Maria Powell, has passed away. She will be missed greatly. OBITUARY | MARIA POWELL, 59 Maria Powell, longtime activist…
Environmental health
Environmental Justice
Fish
Fish Advisory
Illicit discharge
Madison-Kipp Corp.
Mercury
PCBs
Pesticides
PFAS Poisoned Yahara Lakes
PFCs or PFAS
Public Participation
Racial disparities
Soil contamination
Starkweather Creek
Starkweather EJ Project
TCE
Toxic Chemicals
Toxins
Vapor intrusion
Water Pollution
MEJO founder Dr. Maria Powell wins Bill Iwen Environmental Justice Award
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…
Environmental Justice
Madison-Kipp Corp.
PFCs or PFAS
Starkweather Creek
Toxic Chemicals
Toxins
Truax
Water Pollution
MEJO Executive Director Dr. Maria Powell is receiving an environmental justice award
MEJO Executive Director Dr. Maria Powell is receiving an environmental justice award from the Midwest Environmental Advocates MARIA POWELL Maria Powell is a co-founder of Madison Environmental Justice Organization (MEJO),…
What chemical exposures caused my cancer? Maybe all of them
In January this year I was diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer by oncologists at UW Hospital. I have outlived their original prognosis by a couple months, but will likely…
Why does the Dane County Lakes & Watershed Commission ignore toxic chemicals?
**** When was the Dane County Lakes and Watershed Commission created? Why? What was its purpose? In the
City of Madison
Deception
Denialism
Environmental Justice
PFCs or PFAS
Public Health Madison Dane County
Starkweather Creek
Toxic Chemicals
Toxins
Truax
Water Pollution
Wisconsin DNR
PFAS “at levels of concern” in Starkweather Creek? What does this mean?
MEJO’s Touyeng Xiong stands next to PFAS “advisory” sign next to heavily PFAS-contaminated Starkweather Creek just downstream of the Dane County Regional Airport and Truax Air National Guard base, near…
Plan Commissioners have no clue what environmental justice means–or don’t care?
This is a postscript to “Tell Madison Plan Commission to follow Environmental Justice policy on December 12″ (also pasted below). Did Plan Commissioners address (or even discuss) environmental justice on…