Air National Guard
Burn pits
Dane County
Dane County Regional Airport
Environmental health
Environmental Justice
F-35
PFCs or PFAS
Starkweather Creek
Toxic Chemicals
Toxins
We’re all full of carcinogens…
A new report by the Environmental Working Group found as many as 420 “known or suspected” carcinogens in human populations. Read more and access the full report here.
Wisconsin DNR not following its own rules
This really isn’t a surprise but it’s still very disturbing. WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL JUNE 3, 2016 WATER ENFORCEMENT | DNR DISREGARDING OWN RULES State audit finds DNR ignoring own rules…
Insanity
“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Albert Einstein
Madison Kipp Pollution News Report Collage
From Clean Air Madison: Kipp News Collage These news stories present some of the environmental problems caused by the Madison-Kipp aluminum foundry in Madison, Wisconsin. Learn more about neighborhood efforts…
Madison advocacy group files complaint over DNR’s handling of open records requests
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-Kipp’s pollution cleanup is nowhere near complete: Part I–Groundwater
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…
“Sound-blocking fence” at Kipp still does not block sound!
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!…
The City of Madison asks residents to have more environmentally-friendly yards. Many do. A few get prosecuted for it.
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,…
PCB Excavation Along Bike Path next to Madison Kipp–Enjoy Photos!
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…
More PCBs on city bike path to be excavated October 6-9; City of Madison says no warning signs needed
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…
This is what “Conservation” looks like in Dane County Parks…
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…
MEJO supports efforts to stop Menards sales of toxic vinyl flooring
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
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…
EPA fines Madison-Kipp for air violations; Goodman Center gets A/C in the deal!
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…
City of Madison
Environmental health
Environmental Justice
Fish
Fish Advisory
PCBs
PFCs or PFAS
Public Participation
Racial disparities
Racism
Toxic Chemicals
Toxins
Water Pollution
Water quality
From the Archives: “The Mean Machine” on Lake Monona, Madison, Wis., 2006
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…