Move the people or move the jets: stop building housing for poor and people of color where it is noisiest and the most polluted. Stop handing the costs to the powerless and the profits to the powerful. These are flaws in the market. #corruption #externalized costs Environmental Racism Causes...
We’ve been busy. Cat Typing GIF from Cat GIFs More to come – but here’s something you can do right now: President Biden wants your input and has set up a website for comments. Please let him know we do not want the proposed squadron of $1.5 billion F-35...
One approach to prevent the F-35 fighter jets from coming to Truax Field is changing the mission of the 115th Fighter Wing to one of the other 44 missions available to Air National Guard units. Safe Skies has asked Governor Evers and Adjutant General Knapp of the Wisconsin National...
Thank you to the 1,228 readers whose letters to the editor were published during 2020 Wisconsin State Journal editorial board Jan 3, 2021 Read online Even in the digital age with countless social media sites available to the public, your daily newspaper is still the best and most impactful...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 4, 2021 Contact: Steven Klafka, steven.klafka@gmail.com, 608-213-4473 News Release PDF Fighter Jet Noise Disrupts Lives, Children, and Working from Home Results of the 2020 Fighter Jet Noise Survey have been released by Safe Skies Clean Water Wisconsin. Thus far,...
It matters to whom the weapons are flowing and how they will be used William D. Hartung December 19, 2020 Director, Arms and Security Project at the Center for International Policy original article https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2020/12/pushing-billions-arms-sales-not-accomplishment/170900/ “Earlier this month, the Pentagon and the State Department did their annual briefing...
Bill Limiting DNR Authority To Be Introduced In State Assembly, Senate By Danielle Kaeding WPR Published: Thursday, December 17, 2020, 4:00pmOpen article to listen to audio Link to original article Link to Safe Skies PFAS page “Republican lawmakers want to rein in environmental regulators and restrict their ability to...
Steve Klafkla appeared on Tony Castaneda’s Thursday 12/10 – 8:00 Buzz radio show on WORT 89.9fm to discuss the Safe Skies Clean Water Wisconsin lawsuit. Safe Skies believes that the environmental review of construction to prepare Truax Field to host the new planes was done improperly. Safe Skies “…claims...
This Air National Guard base is incompatible for residential use. It’s time we tell them to leave. All are welcome to sign on to our Eken letter here. Dear Editor: In April, our neighborhood learned that we face a bleak future — one that will disproportionately impact those of...
By Maria Powell | executive director, Midwest Environmental Justice Organization Oct 8, 2020 Read online to view all the hyperlinks in this article Flying in the face of its stated commitment to racial equity and social justice, Madison is as racist and classist as less “progressive” cities — and...