Madison Environmental Justice, Dec 15, 2021 | By Maria C. Powell, PhD Read online 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 and beleaguered as I often do these days, I...
Wisconsin State Journal | Dec 1, 2021 Read online It was encouraging to read about the energy new Latino residents are bringing to the North Side of Madison in Sunday’s State Journal article “Blossoming community feels ‘like its own town.’” It was surprising there was no mention of the...
Wisconsin State Journal – November 23 Read online “Man is a part of nature,” the environmentalist Rachel Carlson once said, “and his war against nature is inevitably a war against himself.” The Earth, when seen from outer space, is a most beautiful and moving sight, our only home. Closer up, however, it shows tremendous...
Wisconsin State Journal | Nov 22, 2021 Read online The cost of the recently enacted Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, listed at $1 trillion, is being discussed a lot. It’s worth noting that most of that discussion fails to mention that that cost will be spread over a period...
October 22, 2021 | Wisconsin State Journal The “elephant in the room” is a phrase that refers to an issue so large that it is destroying the functioning of a group. But it also implies that the issue is neither acknowledged nor addressed. The upcoming United Nations’ Climate Change...
Wisconsin State Journal – Letter to the Editor – October 6, 2021 Read online As highlighted by the State Journal story on Sunday “Future noise concerns could scuttle housing,” Madison City Council members should be thanked for questioning new residential development along East Washington Avenue — ground zero for...
Opinion: Steve Books Wisconsin State Journal | Aug 27, 2021 Military jet flyovers are a negative way to acknowledge America. How about a moment of silence instead? There have been flyovers recently that didn’t make any sense. To have a military jet flyover to “honor” Arizona hospital workers in May of...
On August 4th, the Madison Common Council voted to stop development of the Raemisch Farm Property on Madison’s north site adjacent to the Dane County Airport. We applaud the Council for protecting another generation of city residents from the ugly and unhealthy noise created by air traffic, especially that...
John E. Peck, executive director, Family Farm Defenders writes on 8/13/21: As I write this article, the “sound of freedom” (to paraphrase our former Republican WI Governor, Scott Walker) is roaring over my home as F-16 fighter jets practice their take-off maneuvers from the nearby Truax Air Base. None have...
BY SEAN MCFATE, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — The Hill, 03/11/21 Read online (with more links) It’s official: The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is a “rathole” of taxpayer money, something defense experts already knew — at least those without dubious ties to the military industrial blob. Now the House Armed Services...