by Enid Sisskin, PhD, Director of Gulf Coast Environmental Defense. It’s a shocking case of arrested development. In a nation that prides itself on high technology, our federal government is burning and detonating hazardous waste in the open air, using stone age...
During active production years (between 1942 and 1976), industrial wastewater was discharged from Badger Army Ammunition Plant through a series of ditches and settling ponds inside the plant and ultimately to Gruber’s Grove Bay on Lake Wisconsin – resulting in the...
A new report from the U.S. Army at Badger Army Ammunition Plant describes the extent and volume of mercury-contaminated sediments at Gruber’s Grove Bay on Lake Wisconsin, underscoring the necessity for the Army’s planned removal of polluted sediments in 2020....
By Daniel Ross /AlterNet By the year 2020, the U.S. is expected to have on its hands a growing stockpile of munitions nearing 1.1 million tons that are no longer considered useful to the military. As a means of disposal, these munitions, including small arms...
“The strength and continued success of CSWAB are found in its commitment to empower stakeholders and tribal members in decisions that affect their community, their quality of life, and their environmental health.”
Crystel Anders
Former Executive Director, Community Shares of Wisconsin
