Truax Contaminants May Be Affecting Madison Drinking Water–CSWAB ACTION ALERT
By Laura Olah, Executive Director of Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger. The Madison Water Utility has reported that Truax Field’s Wisconsin Air National Guard base is a possible source…
Ho-Chunk and Starkweather Event is Huge Success!
The Ho-Chunk and Starkweather Creek history event on July 25, organized by MEJO’s Starkweather Environmental Justice project team, was a huge success—a really unique multi-cultural gathering. Event co-sponsors were Ho-Chunk…
Learn about the Ho-Chunk People of DeJope & Starkweather Creek, Wed. July 25 at the East Madison Community Center
Please join us on Wednesday, July 25 at 6:30pm at the East Madison Community Center to learn about Ho-Chunk history in the DeJope (Four Lakes) region and about the history…
MEJO, East Madison Community Center Kids, and Gambian Youths of Wisconsin Go Fishing!
On Saturday, July 7, the MEJO Starkweather project team, kids in the East Madison Community Center summer programs, and Gambian Youths of Wisconsin went to the mouth of Starkweather Creek…
The Kipp raingarden PCB saga is not over
Photo: Kipp PCB raingarden, June 5, 2018 Are the Kipp raingarden PCB investigations and excavations finally over, six years after PCBs were first found there? Is the adjacent bikepath area…
Madison Alders Submit Comments on Draft Environmental Impact Statement for F35s at Truax Field
At the invitation of the National Guard Bureau, a group of Madison alders submitted requested comments on May 21 for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) about the proposal to…
Truax Field PFC (PFAS) Contamination 569 Times Over EPA Health Advisory Level; Madison Drinking Water Contaminated?
Last week the Wisconsin DNR released documents pertaining to perfluorinated compounds (PFCs)—also commonly called poly- or per-fluoroalkyl substances or PFAS—at Truax Field’s Wisconsin Air National Guard (WANG) base. One of…
For Earth Day, MEJO and Gambian Youths of Wisconsin Clear City Storm Drain
On April 21, the Midwest Environmental Justice Organization’s Starkweather team joined the Gambian Youths of Wisconsin and East Madison Community Center youth to clean up trash trapped in a large…
City Council Approves Resolution to Submit Comments for F35 EIS Process
From Brenda Konkel’s April 18 Forward Lookout blog: “The Chamber of Commerce was just one vote away from from preventing the City of Madison from giving input on about the…
Sharon Helmus, your courageous Kipp resistance will be remembered!
One month ago, on March 10, 2018 Sharon Helmus died from complications after colon cancer surgery. She was 78. My husband and I visited Sharon three times in the hospital—our…
Send Comments on Environmental Justice Impacts of F-35s to Air National Guard by this Friday, April 6!
Martin Luther King Jr. on balcony of Lorraine Motel in Memphis TN just before he was assassinated on April 4, 1968 (AP photo). Today is the 50th anniversary of Martin…
Kipp’s Carcinogenic Chemicals Still Vaporizing into Surrounding Neighborhood
The class action lawsuit against Madison Kipp Corporation, settled in 2013, seems like eons ago. Have Kipp’s pollution problems been resolved? Far from it. PCBs remain in soils under the…
Military Doublespeak at F-35 Public Meetings
How loud will supersonic F-35 fighter jets be? What munitions will they carry? Throughout the National Guard Bureau’s (NGB) Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) scoping session on March 8, a video…
Has the National Guard Already Dismissed Environmental Justice in F-35 EIS Scoping Process?
Last night the National Guard and U.S. Air Force held a “scoping” meeting for the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) that must be developed before “beddown” of F35s at Madison Truax…
Madison Alders Will Host Listening Session on Environmental Impacts of F35s, February 28
Madison Alder Marsha Rummel announced a listening session about the proposal to locate F35s at Madison’s Truax Air National Guard Base on her website. Information below is directly from Alder…