Riverkeeper Cheryl Nenn talks to WUWM about the need to invest in our sewage infrastructure to help reduce sewer overflows and trash washing up on our local beaches.
The topic is of new concern since a heap of debris landed on the Michigan side of Lake Michigan in 2008 and again in 2010.
The radio piece does not mention that the USCG is investigating other sources of trash from the 2008/2010 events, including medical waste and recyclables from Milwaukee that closed several Michigan beaches.
She is being honored by the Milwaukee Peace Corps Association for her outstanding work fighting to keep our rivers and water protected.
Cheryl served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Ecuador in the 1990's educating residents about sustainable practices through community gardens and environmental health and safety projects.
She will receive the Shriver Award on Fri., Nov. 18, at 7:45 p.m. at the annual Holiday Folk Fair International at the Wisconsin State Fair Park Exposition Center.
Milwaukee Riverkeeper was recently interviewed by CBS 58 in response to Illinois' new campaign to use the invasion of the Asian Carp as a way to feed the hungry.
“Everyone wants a power line underground and somewhere else,” spokesman Peter Holtz intoned as he began Monday night’s presentation by the American Transmission Company (ATC). He also quickly and readily acknowledged the oppositional mood of the crowd of about 100; most were there to “say NO to route B.”
Facing a deadline to stop dumping toxic coal ash into Lake Michigan, owners of the last coal-powered steamship on the Great Lakes are pushing for it to join Mount Vernon, Lincoln's Tomb and Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthplace as a protected national historic landmark.
Oak Creek - A large section of bluff collapsed Monday next to the We Energies Oak Creek Power Plant, sending dirt, coal ash and mud cascading into the shoreline next to Lake Michigan and dumping a pickup truck, dredging equipment, soil and other debris into the lake.
There were no injuries, and the incident did not affect power output from the plant.
Tuesday, December 6th & Thursday December 8th, 5:30pm-7:30pm @ our offices: 1845 N. Farwell, Suite 100 (right next to Pizza Shuttle)
Give honorary historic significance to a ship that continues to dump 4 tons of coal ash into Lake Michigan? We don't think so.
Milwaukee Riverkeeper, Cheryl Nenn was recently quoted regarding the recent bluff collapse, which sent coal ash into Lake Michigan.
