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Denialism Department of Health Services Department of Natural Resources Doublespeak Kraft Heinz Oscar Mayer

WTF? DHS assesses health risks at proposed affordable housing site with “industrial” standards

December 6, 2022 Maria C. Powell, PhD

~~~ This piece is a followup from

City of Madison Denialism Doublespeak Law Park landfill Monona Terrace

Miracle! Or magic? Design teams can fix Lake Monona!

December 1, 2022 Maria C. Powell, PhD

~~~ Big news! Three finalists in the Lake Monona Waterfront Design Challenge have figured out how the city can fix Lake Monona’s water quality problems–while also redeveloping the shoreline and…

City of Madison Doublespeak Kraft Heinz Oscar Mayer

Corporate Behemoth Kraft-Heinz wants to cover up its poisons with affordable housing (Part I)

November 30, 2022 Maria C. Powell, PhD

This story has many gaps and likely some inadvertent errors. It will be edited in coming days. Please let me know if you have corrections or anything to add: mariapowell@mejo.us.…

Arrogance City of Madison Denialism Doublespeak

WSJ thanks Madisonians for their privilege

November 25, 2022 Maria C. Powell, PhD

“Maybe in another few thousand years, the archeologists will find an ancient paddle board buried somewhere in Madison with a Clean Lakes Alliance sticker on it and an iPhone nearby–all…

Environmental Justice Hartmeyer natural area Oscar Mayer

How environmental injustices are created in privileged, “progressive” Madison

November 20, 2022 Maria C. Powell, PhD

The photo above depicts the “gas house” and “bridge” (red) Kraft-Heinz built on the Hartmeyer property west of the factory site, to pump natural gas to its power plant after…

Madison Water Utility

Lessons not learned by the Madison Water Utility?

November 16, 2022 Maria C. Powell, PhD

A report compiled by Stacker was published in the Wisconsin State Journal today–Covert contamination: when organizations have failed to notify the public of drinking water issues in Wisconsin. The article…

City of Madison Department of Natural Resources Monona Terrace

Postscript to Part IV: What about DNR’s municipal stormwater laws?

November 15, 2022 Maria C. Powell, PhD

~~~ Part IV of “What Else Could Hurt Lake Monona?” told the story of how Monona Terrace failed to

City of Madison Department of Natural Resources Law Park landfill Monona Terrace

“What Else Can Hurt Lake Monona?” Part IV: Oops! Monona Terrace is not a model stormwater control facility after all

November 14, 2022 Maria C. Powell, PhD

{Above-Monona Terrace, September 2022. Photo-Maria Powell ~~~ See the postscript to this piece As described in Part III, Monona Terrace proponents argued that the center would not only not cause…

Clean Lakes Alliance Corporate greenwashing Doublespeak Parody

Trees are to blame for the sorry state of our lakes!

November 14, 2022 Maria C. Powell, PhD

***** According to our favorite local corporate greenwashers, Clean Lakes Alliance, leaves are to blame for the sorry state or our lakes. Yup. Leaves. It follows that trees–the sources of…

City of Madison Denialism Hypocrisy

Citizen calls out Madison’s denialism: “Waterfront design won’t clean lake”

November 13, 2022 Maria C. Powell, PhD

***** In a letter to the editor in Sunday’s Wisconsin State Journal, Madison resident Rich Carney points out the denialism and hypocrisy of the city’s Monona lakeshore redesign plans. “Waterfront…

City of Madison Denialism Doublespeak Law Park landfill Monona Terrace

“What Else Can Hurt Lake Monona?” Part III: “Unimaginable toxic horrors” remain unmeasured

November 2, 2022 Maria C. Powell, PhD

~~~ hen government shifts from merely presenting the facts on a public project to an orchestrated campaign that avoids any negatives, Joe Taxpayer never knows if he’s getting the truth…

Law Park landfill Monona Terrace

What else is buried under Monona Terrace? “Illegal Gambling Devices”

October 31, 2022 Maria C. Powell, PhD

City of Madison Clean Lakes Alliance Law Park landfill Parody Racial disparities Toxic Chemicals

Mad City Ski Team loves the Law Park landfill! Perhaps we should expand it?

October 25, 2022 Maria C. Powell, PhD

***** When it dumped refuse along the Lake Monona shoreline from the 1930s to the 1950s to create Law Park, the City of Madison also made a perfect shoreline–well, almost…

City of Madison Doublespeak Monona Terrace Public Relations

Lessons from the past: Beware the Chamber of Commerce Juggernaut!

October 19, 2022 Maria C. Powell, PhD

In the 1990s, a powerful Chamber of Commerce Juggernaut finally made Frank Lloyd Wright’s Monona Terrace happen after decades of failed attempts. Who was part of this Juggernaut? Greater Madison…

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WTF? DHS assesses health risks at proposed affordable housing site with “industrial” standards

Miracle! Or magic? Design teams can fix Lake Monona!

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WSJ thanks Madisonians for their privilege

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Trees are to blame for the sorry state of our lakes!

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