From POGO – The Project on Government Oversight May 19, 2021
Resources
New Yard Signs are here!
Donations of $5 or more per sign will help cover our costs. Please contact yardsigns@safeskiescleanwaterwi.org to get details on how to get one. Thanks to Clare Norelle for the striking artwork!
Lawsuits filed by Safe Skies Clean Water WI
Complaint filed against the Environmental Assessment on December 7, 2020 in the federal Western District Court of Wisconsin. Safe Skies Clean Water Wisconsin (“Safe Skies”) challenges a decision of the National Guard Bureau (“NGB”) to issue an Environmental Assessment (“EA”) and Finding of No Significant Impact (“FONSI”) for Construction...
Military Poisons website
A project of WILPF US Earth Democracy Committee and Military Poisons: Exposing the Military as the Hidden Polluter of Water and Food with PFAS, a family of “forever chemicals.” militarypoisons.org
State Candidates Respond to Safe Skies Clean Water Questions
We don’t suggest you vote based on a single issue, but we sent a list of questions relating to F-35 fighter jets and PFAS to candidates for State Assembly and State Senate in the North and East side Madison districts. Here are the responses we received: Senate District 26...
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...
Superfund will not protect us from the military’s toxic pollution – Maria Powell
Cap Times | Mar 11, 2020 | Maria Powell, executive director, Midwest Environmental Justice Organization “The final environmental impact statement (EIS) on basing F-35 fighter jets at Madison’s Truax Field states that the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation & Liability Act (CERCLA, or Superfund), will guide PFAS investigations and...
Noise Abatement Failure – The People Sacrifice Again – Steve Klafka
Noise Abatement Failure – The People Sacrifice Again Dane County has failed to create an effective noise abatement programSteve Klafka | Feb 21, 2020 | The Cap Times Links Boycott Dane County Airport No Madison Airport Dear Editor: With the pending decision to bring F-35 fighter jets to Truax...
The Final F-35 EIS is a total sham – MEJO
February 23, 2020 – Midwest Environmental Justice Organization The public comment process for the draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for basing F-35s at Madison’s Truax Air National Guard base was not only token—it was a total sham. According to the Final F-35 EIS (released on February 19), 5,706 comments...
Final Environmental Impact Statement for Truax and other sites
2/22/2020 Safe Skies Clean Water Wisconsin Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Final_F-35A_EIS_Executive_Summary_Feb_2020 Final_F-35A_EIS_Vol_I_Feb_2020_Part_1_Contents_Intro_Methodology Final_F-35A_EIS_Vol_I_Feb_2020_Part_2_MadisonWI_BoiseID Final_F-35A_EIS_Vol_I_Feb_2020_Part_3_JacksonvilleFL_SelfridgeMI Final_F-35A_EIS_Vol_I_Feb_2020_Part_4_MontgomeryAL_References Final_F-35A_EIS_Vol_II_Feb_2020_Correspondence_Studies The Air Force has removed the EIS information that was available. For more details about the Environmental Impact Statement: Brenda Konkel has analyzed some of them in 4 blog posts – but...