Toxic PFAS is in Starkweather Creek; will anyone test the fish?

Fish caught by children at the mouth of Starkweather Creek in June 2018 (they did not eat the fish). A…

By Laura Olah, Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger The WI Department of Natural Resources has announced that it is…

2018. NJ. Investigation of Levels of Perfluorinated Compounds in New Jersey Fish, Surface Water, and Sediment 2018. Fernandes et al.…

Last week the Wisconsin DNR released documents pertaining to perfluorinated compounds (PFCs)—also commonly called poly- or per-fluoroalkyl substances or PFAS—at…

On October 26, the Midwest Environmental Advocates held a ceremony naming MEJO founder Maria Powell as one of its 2023…

MEJO Executive Director Dr. Maria Powell is receiving an environmental justice award from the Midwest Environmental Advocates   MARIA POWELL…

In January this year I was diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer by oncologists at UW Hospital.  I have outlived…

[Above: “Golf ditch” flowing through the Bridges Golf course into Starkweather Creek. Bridges Golf Course was built over the Superfund-qualified…

[Image from the Collaborative on Health & the Environment, CHE] ~~~ City of Madison planners are working with developers from…

First, a little background… Part I described how Kraft Heinz purchased the Hartmeyer property, and how our current “remediation and…

[Above: Wisconsin state seal and logo–FORWARD. This post describes how the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) is helping developers…

[Above: Vision for the future of the Lake Monona shoreline, from Agency Landscape & Planning] ~~~ Big news! Three finalists…

[Above: Site of the proposed affordable and senior housing next to the old Kraft Heinz-Oscar Mayer site] This story has…

“Maybe in another few thousand years, the archeologists will find an ancient paddle board buried somewhere in Madison with a…

A report compiled by Stacker was published in the Wisconsin State Journal today–Covert contamination: when organizations have failed to notify…