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Eastsiders be warned! City hydrogeologist says Isthmus is more contaminated than Hartmeyer/Oscar Mayer site!
In today’s Wisconsin State Journal article by Chris Hubbuch, city hydrogeologist Brynn Bemis was quoted saying that the Hartmeyer land, where coal was stored and fuel oil spilled–and just feet…
Will “capping” arsenic at Hartmeyer housing protect vulnerable people?
~~~ City of Madison planners are working with developers from California (Lincoln Avenue Capital) to build 550+ units of affordable and senior housing on contaminated land next to the abandoned…
Corporate Behemoth Kraft-Heinz wants to cover up its poisons, Part II: Community resists
First, a little background… Part I described how Kraft Heinz purchased the Hartmeyer property, and how our current “remediation and redevelopment” regulatory approach is intended to protect polluters like Kraft…
Tell Madison Plan Commission to follow Environmental Justice policy on December 12
On Monday, December 12, the Madison Plan Commission will decide whether to approve conditional use zoning so developers from Santa Monica, CA can build 550+ units of dense “affordable” and…
Miracle! Or magic? Design teams can fix Lake Monona!
~~~ 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…
Corporate Behemoth Kraft-Heinz wants to cover up its poisons with affordable housing (Part I)
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.…
WSJ thanks Madisonians for their privilege
“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…
How environmental injustices are created in privileged, “progressive” Madison
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…
Lessons not learned by the Madison Water Utility?
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…
Postscript to Part IV: What about DNR’s municipal stormwater laws?
~~~ Part IV of “What Else Could Hurt Lake Monona?” told the story of how Monona Terrace failed to
“What Else Can Hurt Lake Monona?” Part IV: Oops! Monona Terrace is not a model stormwater control facility after all
{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…
Trees are to blame for the sorry state of our lakes!
***** 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…
Citizen calls out Madison’s denialism: “Waterfront design won’t clean lake”
***** 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…