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Madison advocacy group files complaint over DNR’s handling of open records requests

January 27, 2016 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Photo: DNR Secretary Cathy Stepp. Article below by Molly Beck, Wisconsin State Journal. A lawsuit filed this week over the length of time it takes one state agency to respond…

Madison Water Utility Madison-Kipp Corp. Public Participation Toxins Water Pollution Wisconsin DNR

Madison-Kipp’s pollution cleanup is nowhere near complete: Part I–Groundwater

January 6, 2016 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Photo: Toxic permanganate discharge from Kipp groundwater extraction and treatment system (GETS) on Aug. 9, 2015 ***** On December 20 2015 the Wisconsin State Journal published a front page article…

Madison-Kipp Corp. Public Participation Toxins

“Sound-blocking fence” at Kipp still does not block sound!

January 2, 2016 Jim Powell

A year later, it remains a puzzle how this piddly wooden fence is considered a “sound-blocking” fence by the City of Madison when it obviously just does not block sound!…

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The City of Madison asks residents to have more environmentally-friendly yards. Many do. A few get prosecuted for it.

October 19, 2015 Maria C. Powell, PhD

By Janette Rosenbaum, Madison freelance journalist. *** In the 1970’s, Madison became the first city to legalize natural yards – that is, yards that feature native plants in natural-style assemblages,…

Air Pollution Dioxins Environmental Justice Goodman Community Center Madison-Kipp Corp. Toxins

PCB Excavation Along Bike Path next to Madison Kipp–Enjoy Photos!

October 8, 2015 Maria C. Powell, PhD

A previous post shared details about the excavation of soils contaminated with high levels of PCBs, from October 6-9, 2015, along the bike path between Madison Kipp Corporation and the…

Environmental Justice Goodman Community Center Madison-Kipp Corp. Soil contamination Toxins

More PCBs on city bike path to be excavated October 6-9; City of Madison says no warning signs needed

September 23, 2015 Maria C. Powell, PhD

In June 2015, PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) of up to 680 ppm—orders of magnitude above the residential (0.2 ppm) and industrial (0.7 ppm) direct contact standards—were found in soils next to…

Dane County Parks ecological restoration Public Participation

This is what “Conservation” looks like in Dane County Parks…

September 4, 2015 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Seventeen 80-year-old trees were cut down in Lake View Hill Conservancy County Park in ten hours of one day, Sept 3, 2015….VIDEO 1 …and ground up on the spot…. VIDEO…

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MEJO supports efforts to stop Menards sales of toxic vinyl flooring

July 9, 2015 Maria C. Powell, PhD

Menards to end sales of flooring with toxic chemical, thanks to pressure from enviro groups including MEJO As the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports, Menards joins other retailers in dropping products…

Air Pollution Dioxins Environmental Justice Goodman Community Center Madison-Kipp Corp. Toxins Wisconsin DNR Worker health and safety

Madison-Kipp Clean Air Act violations: MEJO response to Kipp CEO

June 19, 2015 Jim Powell

Madison-Kipp Corp President/CEO Tony Koblinski responded to our post regarding the EPA consent decree for his company’s Clean Air Act violations. Here is our response: Dear Mr. Koblinski: We offer…

Air Pollution Goodman Community Center Madison-Kipp Corp. Toxins

EPA fines Madison-Kipp for air violations; Goodman Center gets A/C in the deal!

June 13, 2015 Jim Powell

The view of Madison-Kipp Corp. from the Goodman Community Center; PCBs are being removed from the rain garden in the foreground The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has fined Madison-Kipp Corporation…

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From the Archives: “The Mean Machine” on Lake Monona, Madison, Wis., 2006

June 13, 2015 Jim Powell

In September 2006, MEJO held a fish advisory sign making party and fish fry at Brittingham Park on Monona Bay in Madison. Wis., to raise awareness of shoreline anglers about…

Public Participation Toxins

Community-Based Environmental Justice Research

May 19, 2015 Maria C. Powell, PhD

In collaboration with community members, MEJO leaders are immersed in field work, interviews, and research about environmental justice issues in our community, and are currently not posting new articles on…

Madison-Kipp Corp. stormwater runoff Toxins

Does this sound like a sound blocking fence?

December 12, 2014 Jim Powell

Click here to hear the “sound blocking” fence. The City of Madison wants to pay Madison-Kipp Corp. $79,000 for this “sound blocking” fence as part of a lease agreement. Does…

Goodman Community Center Madison-Kipp Corp. Soil contamination stormwater runoff Toxins Water Pollution

City to Lease Rain Garden to Polluter

November 22, 2014 Jim Powell

(High resolution version of above graphic here) SUMMARY: The City of Madison wishes to extend a lease with Madison-Kipp Corp. through 2023 that will allow Kipp to control the rain…

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Is the City of Madison Following Its Pesticide Policies?

September 18, 2014 Maria C. Powell, PhD

While in Warner Park on September 8 2014, I saw a Madison Parks employee spraying Roundup near the Warner Park Community Recreation Center (WPCRC), including along sidewalks just a few…

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Madison advocacy group files complaint over DNR’s handling of open records requests

Madison-Kipp’s pollution cleanup is nowhere near complete: Part I–Groundwater

“Sound-blocking fence” at Kipp still does not block sound!

The City of Madison asks residents to have more environmentally-friendly yards. Many do. A few get prosecuted for it.

PCB Excavation Along Bike Path next to Madison Kipp–Enjoy Photos!

More PCBs on city bike path to be excavated October 6-9; City of Madison says no warning signs needed

This is what “Conservation” looks like in Dane County Parks…

MEJO supports efforts to stop Menards sales of toxic vinyl flooring

Madison-Kipp Clean Air Act violations: MEJO response to Kipp CEO

EPA fines Madison-Kipp for air violations; Goodman Center gets A/C in the deal!

From the Archives: “The Mean Machine” on Lake Monona, Madison, Wis., 2006

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Does this sound like a sound blocking fence?

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