Voice for Creative Nonviolence | 27 June 2020 | Kathy Kelly Original article at Voices website Code Pink: Contact Congress to cut military spending Whitehouse propaganda Trump Marinette Fincantieri S.p.A.: The Italians that collect the profits Iron Mountain Daily News: AP Trump touts manufacturing in visit to Marinette Marine “The time for manufacturing […]
Author: Brad Geyer
Overheard: Short film on the opposition to Madison F-35’s
Overheard | May 2020 | by videographer Lucy McNeil Overheard tells the story of one community’s fight to protect their homes against the placement of F35 fighter jets within their neighborhood. Overheard Video Explore some of the issues
Uncle Sam: clean up your mess
Wisconsin State Journal | 27 May 2020 | Brad Geyer I live next to the Truax Field military base in Madison. The U.S. government has poisoned the water and should clean it up. The federal government plans to spend more than $50 million to expand the base. It plans to bring in a squadron of […]
More PFAS contamination found in airport runoff
The Wisconsin State Journal | 6 May, 2020 | Chris Hubbuch original article “Dane County says it has found additional sources of harmful chemicals in water that drains from the Madison airport and plans to test a new technology for treating the water. The county said in a news release issued Wednesday afternoon that […]
PFAS, COVID and potential environmental racism
The draft environmental impact study acknowledged that there will be “significant disproportionate impacts to low-income and minority populations as well as children.” Although much of the US government is phasing out fluorine based firefighting foam use, due to having jets with composite bodies like the Lockheed Martin F-35, the fluorine based foams will continue to be […]
Decision to base F-35s in Madison ignores public health concerns
The Cap Times | 29 April 2020 | Bruce Barrett and Paula Rogge original letter “Today we are dealing with the COVID-19 crisis. Our federal, state and local government officials have been working hard to contain the pandemic, and the public has followed social distancing instructions to “flatten the curve” until effective testing, […]
Fort Ord, Closed for Years, High Levels of Toxic Chemicals Remain for Local Residents
Military Poisons | 27 April 2020 Original Article “The Army has revealed that two highly toxic chemicals, PFOS and PFOA were recently found in the groundwater at the old Fort Ord, near Salinas, California at 560 parts per trillion, (ppt), which is 8 times higher than the EPA’s advisory level of 70 ppt. The […]
High PFAS toxin levels found in Starkweather Creek sediment [by Truax Field ANG base]
The Cap Times | 24 April 2020 | Steven Elbow Original Article Starkweather Creek Watershed Map “Test results of PFAS in troubled Starkweather Creek sediment show high levels for one of the more toxic varieties of the chemical group. [per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances] The results add to concerns about PFAS pollution in the creek, […]
Rolling protest of F-35s coming to Madison ‘amplifies voices’ around State Capitol
Wisconsin State Journal | 18 April 2020 | Howard Hardee Original Article A cacophony of cars horns filled the air around the state Capitol on Saturday afternoon as a caravan of protesters registered their dissatisfaction last week’s decision to base a squadron of F-35 fighter jets in Madison. It was the latest protest […]
Air Force picks Truax for F-35 base; Madison opponents consider legal response
The Cap Times | 15 April 2020 | Steven Elbow original article While the U.S. Air Force cleared the final bureaucratic hurdle Wednesday to bring a squadron of F-35 fighter jets to Truax Field, opponents say they might take to the courts to stop the move. “We have retained some attorneys a while ago […]