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
Will ANYONE ever clean up the PFAS-soaked burn pits at the Dane County Airport?
Above: Dane County Regional Airport development sign in front of the unremediated Darwin burn pit site. ***** This post may be changed/updated… About one year ago, I posted this: Again,…
We all are witness to the rape of the world–Tracy Chapman
“The Rape Of The World” By Tracy Chapman Mother of us all Place of our birth How can we stand aside And watch the rape of the world This the…
Bridges Golf Course built over Madison’s Secret Superfund Site
Above: The “golf ditch” flowing through Bridges Golf Course into Starkweather Creek ******* The last post, Madison’s Secret Superfund Site, described the long history of the Truax Landfill on Madison’s…
City of Madison
Dane County
Department of Defens
Oscar Mayer
Starkweather Creek
Superfund
Truax landfill
Madison’s Secret Superfund Site
**** Madison’s Secret Superfund Site: Truax Landfill Sources for this article-see footnote below** From the early 1900s through
Madison fouled its own nest (Part 1)
This article is part of a much longer piece and has many significant gaps. Most information is from local Madison newspapers (via newspaperarchive.com); very early city history is from David…
Broken News!! Alarming PFAS hotspot at Truax base not included in Breaking News…
My last post, Breaking News! Starkweather Creek is as stagnant and PFAS-poisoned as ever!, neglected to mention the most alarming no longer breaking news–the highest PFAS levels in shallow groundwater…
Breaking News! Starkweather Creek is as stagnant and PFAS-poisoned as ever!
*** Last week a fellow Starkweather Creek activist discovered the “Dane County Regional Airport, December 2021 Progress Report” on the DNR BRRTS website, and shared it with a small group…
City of Madison
Environmental Justice
Fish
Madison Water Utility
PFCs or PFAS
Public Health Madison Dane County
“One Voice” government team tells Madison alders how to engage public on PFAS
“One Voice” government team tells Madison alders how to engage public on PFAS (The MLK Jr. Madison would prefer we forget, Part III) The mission of the Common Council President’s…
Madison’s upside-down environmental justice approach = environmental injustice (The MLK Jr. Madison would prefer we forget, Part II).
“Our only hope today lies in our ability to recapture the revolutionary spirit and go out into a sometimes hostile world declaring eternal hostility
Oops! Critical word missing from Clean Lakes Alliance “Love in the Lakes” flier
Shouldn’t the title for the next Clean Lakes 101 Science Cafe be “Love PFAS in the Lakes” ?? Or perhaps “PFAS Love in the Lakes“? Given that the well-endowed, corporate…
The MLK Jr. Madison would prefer we forget? (Part 1)
“A time comes when silence is betrayal” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., 1967 “Beyond Vietnam-A Time
Madison Water Utility corrects misinformation, assures alders Well 15 won’t be turned on without filtration & engaging the community
*** On December 13, I posted this piece about the Madison Water Utility’s November 29 presentation to the President’s Work Group on Environmental Justice. It outlined several incorrect and/or
Winter Solstice…
My first glimpse of the sun over Madison’s north side today, December 21, 2021 The shortest day, the longest night. But as we head into the cold dark winter, paradoxically,…
Dear DNR…
Dear DNR… I have known for some time about the deadline today on proposed standards WY-23-19, Surface Water Standards for PFOS and PFOA. But weeks ago, feeling demoralized
Water Utility General Manager misinforms Madison alders on PFAS in our drinking water
Photo from Newsweek ************* The new General Manager of the Madison Water Utility, Krishna Kumar, was invited to the November 29, 2021 Common Council President’s Work Group on Environmental Justice…