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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…
Felling a Full-Fledged Forest is Pure Folly
By Debra Desmoulin. Please alert everyone to an environmentally-destructive project that Herb Kohler is trying to push through the Department of Natural Resources in the City of Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Please…
F-35 Environmental Impact Study Begins; Public Meeting March 8 in Madison
By Steve Verburg, Wisconsin State Journal The Air National Guard has begun accepting public comments on the scope of a study it will conduct on the expected environmental impact of…
MEJO Joins 90 Scientists and Community Leaders on NRDC Letter Supporting EPA IRIS Program
MEJO joined 90 scientists, environmental health experts, medical professionals, and community leaders on a letter by Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) Senior Scientist Dr. Jen Sass supporting the EPA Integrated…
F-35 Fighter Jets in Madison: What Would Martin Luther King, Jr. say?
What would Martin Luther King, Jr. say about the proposal to locate F-35 supersonic fighter jets at Madison’s Truax Field Air National Guard base? In his 1967 “Beyond Vietnam” speech,…
Our President is Ignorant and Racist
“A time comes when silence is betrayal.” Martin Luther King Jr., April 4, 1967 Since MEJO formed in 2006, people from many other countries, including some President Trump called “shitholes”…
Why Aren’t Liberals Speaking Out Against F-35s?
By S. Michael Shivers, Cap Times letter to the editor, Jan. 12, 2018 Dear Editor: Having known for months that the supersonic F-35 jet was proposed to be based at…
Environmental Justice and Our Electronic Devices
Photo by Kai Loffelbein. Women melt circuit boards in Guiyu, China The beloved electronic devices that many think they cannot live without are produced and discarded at great environmental and…
Environmental justice at the end of 2017
By Brian Bienkowski, Environmental Health News Read Environmental Health News’ overview of the state of environmental justice as we head into 2018 here.
Polluter Pleased with Paltry Penalty
Photo: Past excavations of PCBs along bike path next to Madison-Kipp Corporation The Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) finally settled the civil action against Madison-Kipp Corporation it initiated in September,…