NATIONAL – EPA Headquarters issued a memorandum today allowing the Departments of Defense and Energy, NASA and private industry to continue routine open air burning and detonation of hazardous munitions wastes as long as certain documentation is provided. The...
Central Louisiana Coalition for a Clean and Healthy Environment (CLCCHE) Public Testimony before the USEPA Office of Resource Conservation & Recovery Calling for a National BAN on Open Burning and Detonation of Hazardous Waste March 22, 2022 My name is...
The first warning of trouble occurred when a routine prescribed burn of vegetation by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) ignited an underground fire that burned from August 26-28, 2020. Despite millions spent on cleanup, residual soil...
Today, more than 260 people – representing more than 100 environmental and social justice organizations from the U.S. and its territories – co-signed an open letter calling on U.S. EPA Administrator Michael Regan to end the dangerous practice of open air burning and...
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) has asked the U.S. Army at Badger Army Ammunition Plant to reinstate annual testing of certain monitoring wells at the northeastern edge of a groundwater contaminant plume in the Town of Merrimac. The Central Plume...
“The military is the nation’s number one polluter. The folks at CSWAB have taken on a formidable foe and shown how communities can play an important role in protecting human health and the environment from military waste problems.”
Al Gedicks
Executive Secretary, Wisconsin Resources Protection Council
