The following articles all relate to water use and
quality, and the paper industry. PCB- and sediment-related articles
are marked with bold. Over time, some articles are taken off-line by the
host newspaper. ProQuest articles may be inaccessible through certain
Internet Service Providers, for more information see the Appleton
Public Library website.)
April 1 - 15, 2003
Study
finds some wells with viruses - April 15, 2003 WSJ
Citizens
sound off on wildlife regulations - April 15, 2003 PG
C.
Reiss Coal Co. officials to attend meetings - April 15, 2003 PG
Preservation
of canal property proposed - April 15, 2003 PG
Port
wants to buy riverfront land - April 15, 2003 PG
Health
First: Health Q&A [why not avoid fish eating?] - April 15, 2003 PG
Fox
River runoff pollution targeted - April 15, 2003 PG
Program
to monitor Fox River runoff - April 15, 2003 PC
Outdoor
lovers silent in spring - April 15, 2003 PC
Group
to study Fox River watershed - April 15, 2003 NC
Some
issues of concern were in the bag for local fishermen and hunters - April
15, 2003 NC
Walleye
run a lure for fishermen - April 15, 2003 ON
Work progressing
on island stage - April 15, 2003 Marinette
EPA
wants to cut off-road emissions; Diesel rules would add costs, reduce pollution
- April 15, 2003 MilwJS
Town
hopes to reuse PCB polluted sites - April 15, 2003 Massachusetts
New
head for Stora Enso Timber - April 15, 2003 Stora Enso
We all need
nature - April 15, 2003 ENN
Group says
DuPont withheld risk of toxic chemical - April 15, 2003 ENN
E.P.A.
Orders Companies to Examine Effects of Chemicals - April 15, 2003 New York
Times
EPA
Ponders Synthetic Chemical's Human Risk - April 15, 2003 LATimes
We all need
nature - April 15, 2003 ENN
Sunlight
Converts Common Anti-bacterial Agent To Dioxin - April 15, 2003 Science
Daily
Lawsuit
challenging constitutionality of arsenic standard begins - April 15, 2003
WaterTech
Group
produces drinking water resource guide - April 15, 2003 WaterTech
Great
Lakes water levels continue to drop - April 14, 2003 WaterTech
Research
Group Alleges Dupont Withheld Toxic Finding - April 14, 2003 ENS
Solar cells dropping
in cost, increasing efficiency - April 14, 2003 MSNBC
Farm buffer strips a
lasting sollution? - April 14, 2003 GLRC
Activist
family sets stage for global warming - April 14, 2003 GLRC
"Problem"
cormorants to be killed? - April 14, 2003 GLRC
Government
bans lead candle wicks - April 14, 2003 GLRC
Researchers forecast
Great Lake Region's warmer future - April 14, 2003 GLRC
Germans
say dioxin animal feed sent to Austria - April 14, 2003 Planet Ark
US
House passes energy bill with ANWR drilling - April 14, 2003 Reuters
Oil
and Gas Industry Only Winners in House Passage of Republican Energy Bill
- April 14, 2003 ENN
US
Senate panel OKs bill restricting class actions - April 14, 2003 Reuters
Climate
change threatens fruit industry - April 14, 2003 TimesOnline
US
judge blocks bid to ease dolphin-safe rules - April 14, 2003 Reuters
Constitutional
Challenge to Drinking Water Rules - April 14, 2003 ENN
Cultivating
Weeds: Is your yard a menace to parks and wild lands? - April 14, 2003
Science News
Editorial:
Fighting for the planet - April 14, 2003 San Francisco Chronicle
Editorial:
The giving tree - April 14, 2003 Philadelphia Inquirer
Hearings
let residents weigh in on fish and wildlife rules - April 13, 2003 PG
DNR
ready to hear from state sportsmen - April 13, 2003 PC
Pelican
in flight is a sight to behold - April 13, 2003 PG
As
temperatures heat up, so could walleye action on rivers - April 13, 2003
PG
New
walleye league makes area stops - April 13, 2003 PG
Panel
to consider incentive plan for environmental violators - April 13, 2003
NC
The
Worker: Safety is everyone’s business with SOS - April 13, 2003 PC
Paper
Report: Wisconsin’s papermakers must choose wisely at the crossroads
Fishing
flotilla flourishes - April 13, 2003 PC
Shipbreakers,
revisited - April 13, 2003 Maryland PQ
Trout
season lures crowds, but few bites - April 13, Pennsylvania PQ
When
water meets walls; Exhibit explores ‘The Lure of the Lake' - April 13,
2003 Manitowoc
Editorial:
Help stop the seagulls - April 13, 2003 Manitowoc
Letter:
Beef farm decision was appropriate - April 13, 2003 Manitowoc
Pupils
give teachers conservation lesson - April 13, 2003 MilwJS
Company
to begin monitoring, assessment of Fox River [bribery?] - April 12, 2003
PG
Pitch
in to help community cleanup efforts - April 12, 2003 PG
Autism
conference has promising tales [PCBs are linked to learning disabilities]
- April 12, 2003 PC
Teamwork
must drive hydrogen-vehicle effort - April 12, 2003 PG
Crandon
mine site gets new owner - April 12, 2003 PC
Business
group buys Crandon site, plans to open mine and extract ore - April 12,
2003 MilwJS
Cool
things for hot days - April 12, 2003 MilwJS
Tunnel
vision; Work on huge sewer continues - April 12, 2003 MilwJS
Cold
hits frogs, turtles hard; Many died because of especially harsh, dry conditions
this winter - April 12, 2003 MilwJS
Rigged
up right for fickle walleyes - April 12, 2003 MilwJS
California
Sues Restaurants Over Seafood - April 12, 2003 MilwJS
Interior to shelve wilderness
reviews - April 12, 2003 MSNBC
Statement
From Senator Hansen re Crandon Mine - April 11, 2003 WisPolitics
Statement
by Representative Spencer Black Regarding the Crandon Mine - April 11,
2003 WisPolitics
Forest
County Potawatomi Community Reaction To Connor Purchase of Crandon Mine
Site - April 11, 2003 WisPolitics
Northern
Wisconsin Resource Group Purchases Nicolet Mineral Company - April 11,
2003 WisPolitics
Connors
buy Nicolet Minerals - April 11, 2003 Antigo Daily Journal
Connors
buy Nicolet Minerals - April 11, 2003 Rhinelander Daily News
Letter:
Mining story should send message (scan down) - April 11, 2003 PG
Aquifer
storage, recovery tests may resume - April 11, 2003 PG
Committee
recommends water-system pricing - April 11, 2003 NC
Ashwaubenon
riverfront plan awaits approval - April 11, 2003 PG
Justice
Center won’t require costly earthwork - April 11, 2003 PG
Even
with increase, trail fees still a good deal - April 11, 2003 PG
City needs to move
on grant, loan applications for sewer, utility projects - April 11, 2003
Marinette
Sewer monitored for
traces of mercury - April 11, 2003 Marinette
Mercury reduction
program continues - April 11, 2003 Marinette
More clout
is sought for PSC - April 11, 2003 MilwJS
Last
of his line; Washington Island's only full-time commercial fisherman keeps
setting nets - April 11, 2003 MilwJS
Pentagon's
Environmentalism Under Fire - April 11, 2003 ENS
House
Misses Boat on Energy Policy - April 11, 2003 Republicans for the Environment
A
jury in Alabama has awarded another $1.3 million to four plaintiffs - April
11, 2003 St. Louis PQ
In
Our View: One Big Sewer; Overseas toxins may find their way here - April
11, 2003 Vancouver PQ
EPA
to investigate claim that DuPont withheld study of Teflon-related chemical
- April 11, 2003 NJ.com
Environmental
group issues annual list of endangered rivers - April 11, 2003 WaterTech
Senate
bill calls for ombudsman to oversee EPA activities - April 11, 2003 WaterTech
Food
bubble could burst if water aquifers dry up - April 11, 2003 Edie
Feds
say PCB cleanup finished in Shores - April 11, 2003 Macomb Daily
Healing Our
World: Nature Often Remains Separate but Equal - April 11, 2003 ENS
Environment
and Human Rights Linked Before UN Commission - April 11, 2003 ENS
Environmental
Credibility a Core Value for [some] Global CEOs - April 11, 2003 ENS
Dozens
up for dioxin blood tests - April 11, 2003 New Zealand
Breske Applauds
Purchase Of Crandon Mine by Northwoods Business - April 10, 2003 Treatyland.com
(scroll down)
Conference
a who’s who in converting industry - April 10, 2003 PG
See
how your catch compares at fishing hall - April 10, 2003 PC
Trout
will be running this week - April 10, 2003 PC
Proposed
sturgeon spearing rule change at fish, game hearings - April 10, 2003 ON
Gull
shooting continues - April 10, 2003 Manitowoc
Taking
steps to fight cancer - April 10, 2003 Manitowoc
Origin
of PCBs remains uncertain; Pennsylvania maintains consumption advisory
of one meal per week - April 10, 2003 Intelligencer PQ
Water Demands
Draining U.S. Rivers - April 10, 2003 ENS
EPA
Encourages Hazardous Waste Site Reuse - April 10, 2003 ENS
Green
living / Expo offers one-stop shopping - April 10, 2003 StarTribune
Paper
industry's streamlining smacks of unaccountability - April 9, 2003 NC
Outdoor Recreation
Report - April 10, 2003 DCA
Liner inserted in
damaged section of city sewer - April 10, 2003 Marinette
Riverfront
revitalization plan seeks public, private, nonprofit cooperation - April
9, 2003 PC
Coal
pile move gains momentum - April 9, 2003 PG
Town
of Green Bay votes to stress development plan - April 9, 2003 PG
Port
of Green Bay shipping season to begin - April 9, 2003 PG
Fox
River cleanup decision expected by year’s end [mistake article, reprinted
from last year?] - April 9, 2003 PC
DNR
delays plan for river cleanup [mistake
article, reprinted from last year?]
- April 9, 2003 PC
Mayor
suggests cuts to Neenah waterfront plan - April 9, 2003 PC
Riverfront
revitalization plan seeks public, private, nonprofit cooperation - April
9, 2003 PC
Study
warns of environmental damage in Great Lakes region - April 9, 2003 PG
Global
warming might lower Lake Michigan's water levels - April 9, 2003 NC
Low
water levels anticipated on Great Lakes - April 9, 2003 Manitowoc
Calls
keep coming in about smelt run - April 9, 2003 Manitowoc
Task
force taking look at agricultural economy - April 9, 2003 Manitowoc
Woodland
Dunes plans events - April 9, 2003 Manitowoc
Manty
Seniors Outdoors Club, anyone? - April 9, 2003 Manitowoc
Be wary of mining
- April 9, 2003 Marinette
Weekly
fishing report - April 9, 2003 MilwJS
U.S. says ADM, Alcoa
agree to $680 million settlement - April 9, 2003 MSNBC
US
judge to rule in days on dolphin-safe labels - April 9, 2003 Reuters
Up
North may feel more like the South - April 8, 2003 WSJ
Global
warming seen changing region's climate - April 8, 2003 MilwJS
Climate
Change Warning for the Great Lakes - April 8, 2003 ENS
Two-year
Great Lakes study calls for lower emissions - April 8, 2003 Detroit News
U.S.
official warns of chemical threats - April 8, 2003 PG
Nuclear
plant’s operators say they’re addressing safety issues - April 8, 2003
PG
Jadin
will retain role in talks for Green Bay-suburbs water deal - April 8, 2003
PG
Waterfront
project faces opposition - April 8, 2003 PC
Conference
on autism scheduled - April 8, 2003 PC
Local
companies reap $616 million in defense contracts - April 8, 2003 ON
Crawford
to meet with other mayors to discuss budget, NAFTA - April 8, 2003 Manitowoc
Nuclear
plant vows to resolve problems - April 8, 2003 Manitowoc
Global
warming seen changing region's climate - April 8, 2003 MilwJS
Full US House,
Senate panel to weigh energy bills - April 8, 2003 ENN
U.S. Foreign
Policy Shaped by Energy Supply - April 8, 2003 ENS
The
Wealth of Nature; A three-part series profiling ecological economists -
April 8, 2003 Grist Magazine
Delays sought for habitat
protection - April 8, 2003 MSNBC
Lieberman
Questions Ethics of Interior Deputy Secretary - April 8, 2003 ENS
EPA
Completes $6 Million St. Clair Shores Cleanup - April 8, 2003 Detroit PQ
Outdoor Recreation
Report - April 7, 2003 DCA
Why
We Like It Here - April 7, 2003 ON
Letters:
Proposed boat, trailer city ordinance goes too far - April 7, 2003 ON
County not likely
to revisit gypsy moth question - April 7, 2003 Marinette
Study
Suggests Cancer Link to Arsenic in Drinking Water - April 7, 2003 ENS
Internal
report suggests risks of Teflon chemical - April 7, 2003 GLRC
Government's
West Nile plan criticized - April 7, 2003 GLRC
Common
products damaging food chain? - April 7, 2003 GLRC
Whoopers
make spring migration - April 7, 2003 GLRC
World
Creating Food Bubble Economy Based On Unsustainable Use Of Water- April
7, 2003 ENN
People's
Congress Urges Land, Food Without Poisons - April 7, 2003 ENS
Campaign-finance
reform begins with judicial races - April 6, 2003 PG
Benefit
to drum up help for Baird Creek area - April 6, 2003 PG
Behold
tundra swans’ brief visit - April 6, 2003 PG
No
joy-riding on exposed shoreline, DNR officials warn -April 6, 2003 PG
Editorial:
DNR, meet the Internet - April 6, 2003 MilwJS
Ecology
Club gets a lesson on Baird Creek - April 6, 2003 NC
Boating
safety classes begin this week - April 6, 2003 NC
Letters:
Paper regulations already affordable [scroll down] - April 6, 2003 PC
Still
saving Earth - April 6, 2003 PC
Minority
Groups Mobilize on Pollution; Alabama Town's Battle for PCB Cleanup Reflects
Fight Against 'Environmental Racism' - April 6, 2003 WashPost PQ
Council
to tackle boat storage rules; Fishing and boat clubs strongly oppose ordinance
- April 6, 2003 ON
Point
Beach nuclear power plant identified as safety risk - April 6, 2003 Manitowoc
Operation
Info-Scrub - April, 2003 TomPaine.com
Greenwashing
The Truth; Bush's Environmental Strategy: Suppress, Ignore, Preempt - April,
2003 TomPaine.com
Osprey
recovery efforts successful - April 6, 2003 Manitowoc
Point
Beach nuclear plant gets second warning - April 5, 2003 PG
Refueling
begins for nuclear plant - April 5, 2003 PG
Nuclear
Falling-Out: The feds are backing nuclear power -- in the name of the environment
- April 2003
Iraqi
cancers, birth defects blamed on U.S. depleted uranium [DU is being used
now in Iraq] - Seattle
Mickey Lied
– Nature Films Depict Distorted View of Life - April 5, 2003 ENS
Whose
Security? Local firms get in on the Homeland Act - April, 2003 Seattle
Hunters
& anglers fight back with legislation - April 5, 2003 PG
Georgia-Pacific
to lay off 300 in Maine - April 5, 2003 PG
Wet-wipes
business to build plant - April 5, 2003 PG
Maritime
Museum plans grand reopening later this month - April 5, 2003 Manitowoc
Groundwater demonstration for
girls - April 5, 2003 Escanaba
Water
contamination lessons lead to safer system 10 years later - April 5, 2003
MilwJS
Perch count
down, but fishing is good - April 5, 2003 MilwJS
Trout get
their start at Adell hatchery - April 5, 2003 MilwJS
Outdoor
notes - April 5, 2003 MilwJS
Clopyralid in Compost
- 2003 Washington
Ashwaubenon
considers consultant for waterfront project - April 4, 2003 PG
Water
proposal divides pipe cost - April 4, 2003 PG
Input
sought on Thompson State Park - April 4, 2003 PG
Economist:
State economy needs help, now - April 4, 2003 PG
Letter:
Fox River cleanup needs higher standard [scroll down] - April 4, 2003 PG
Editorial:
We must work to continue growth [blaming regulations again] - April 4,
2003 PG
City,
authority trying new water tack - April 4, 2003 NC
Man
shoots ailing wife, kills self [cancer consequence] - April 4, 2003 PC
County
agencies pursue funding for beach testing - April 4, 2003 ON
Work on new water
tower has begun - April 4, 2003 Marinette
Early
education: Dollars and sense [the same arguments apply to PCB cleanup;
PCBs cause learning disabilities] - April 4, 2003 MilwJS
WHO:
Cancer May Rise 50 Percent by 2020 - April 4, 2003 MilwJS
Walker
conditionally endorses Milwaukee detention pond - April 4, MilwJS
CDC:
Mosquito Foggers Don't Up Pesticides [but wildlife accumulation and damage?]
- April 4, 2003 MilwJS
State and city treasurers
concerned about risks of climate change to value of retirement funds -
April 4, 2003 Capitol Reports
Farmers
prepare to get air pollution permits - April 4, 2003 California
‘A
Taste of Michigan;’State program helps farmers promote homegrown products
- April 4, 2003 Michigan
Toxic spill
threatens Brazilian rivers - April 4, 2003 Nature
Brazil
fights spread of toxic spill from factory - April 4, 2003 PlanetArk
NY
sues Dow unit over pesticide advertising - April 4, 2003 Planet Ark
US
works on plan to secure chemical plants - April 4, 2003 Planet Ark
Nanotechnolgy:
the future is small - April 4, 2003 Oregon
Lawmaker
Urges 'Fast Track' Reform to Give President More Power to Reorganize Government
- April 4, 2003 WashPost
Study:
DNR should provide better public access to pollution data - April 3, 2003
NC
Money
and message were key in elections - April 3, 2003 PG
Green
Bay to seek ruling about water deal - April 3, 2003 PG
Letter:
Support Wisconsin Early Autism Program [scroll down] - April 3, 2003 PG
It’s
time for trout; Spring brings out throngs of fishermen in search of steelhead
- April 3, 2003 PC
Low
spring water creates problems - April 3, 2003 PG
Midland
acquires Wausau paper company - April 3, 2003 PC
Fox
Valley Tech host to corrugated paper event - April 3, 2003 PC
Lautenschlager
pushing public intervenor bill - April 3, 2003 CapTimes
Anonymous
action in Legislature is cowardly - April 3, 2003 PC
Drilling opponents
seek to protect wilderness - April 3, 2003 Marinette
Toxic spill
leaves 500,000 in Brazil without water [lack of regulation] - April 3,
2003 ENN
Outdoor Recreation
Report - April 3, 2003 DCA
Will
we be Oshkosh on the water or Oshkosh by the fence? - April 3, 2003 ON
Bush administration
wants military exemptions to environmental laws -
April 3, 2003
ENN
EDITORIAL
At war with the environment? - April 3, 2003 San Francisco Chronicle
Healing Our
World: Mickey Lied – Nature Films Depict Distorted View of Life - April
3, 2003 ENS
Wisdom
of incentives questioned as recruitment efforts begin anew -April 3, 2003
Oregon
Fish populations
may be suffocating - April 3, 2003 ENN
Suing over
climate change - April 3, 2003 BBC
Common
plastic ingredient linked to birth defects - April 2, 2003 News in Science
Sophisticated
software and hardware are giving wildlife trackers an almost instant overview
of plant and animal patterns - April 2, 2003 CSM
Attorney
General Targets Pesticides Company - April 2, 2003 Newsday
Traditional
Coast Guard Duties Suffer, Study Says - April 2, 2003 WashPost
GE's
challenge to EPA Superfund powers tossed by court - April 2, 2003 Albany
NY
Kindness
to polluters poisons future generations - April 2, 2003 NC
Wisconsin
voters approve amendment on hunting, fishing, trapping - April 2, 2003
NC
Investors
are worred about Solutia's financial liability in PCB case - April 2, 2003
St. Louis PQ
Voters
OK amending constitution for sporting rights - April 2, 2003 PG
Ledgeview
park plan adds trail, footbridge - April 2, 2003 PG
Study
faults state on accessibility of DNR records; Pollution enforcement actions
hard to find, group says - April 2, 2003 MilwJS
The right
to hunt, fish, trap - April 2, 2003 MilwJS
Weekly
fishing report - April 2, 2003 MilwJS
Onion
River hearing important - April 2, 2003 Manitowoc
G-P
mill tests chime as gentle alarm -April 2, 2003 Portland PQ
OMH Heart Watch benefits
public [PCBs are linked to atherosclerosis] - April 2, 2003 Oconto
Gypsy moth referendum
rejected - April 2, 2003 Marinette
Marinette receives
Brownfield grant - April 2, 2003 Marinette
Caustic
Soda Spills Down Two Brazilian Rivers [lack of environ. regulations] -
April 2, 2003 ENS
Largest
Civil Penalty Paid to EPA: $34 Million - April 1, 2003 EPA
Georgia-Pacific
donates wipes to troops - April 1, 2003 PG
Vision
for riverfront a good one - April 1, 2003 PG
State
representative has plan for new development - April 1, 2003 PC
Letter:
Labor, not regulation, concerns paper mills [scroll down] - April 1, 2003
PG
The
toys of summer: Get the outdoors equipment you need - April 1, 2003 PG
The
Wisconsin Paper Council speaks out - April 1, 2003 NC
Algoma
water system approval expected - April 1, 2003 ON
Nail
down energy policy - April 1, 2003 MilwJS
Europe's
New Chemicals Plan Requires Market Authorization - April 1, 2003 ENS
Opposition
building to higher license fees - April 1, 2003 MilwJS
Group establishes
Web site to share information about mining - April 1, 2003 Marinette
How sustainable
is our development? - April 1, 2003 ENN
Effort started
to keep funding for disabilities program at same level [PCBs are linked
to learning disabilities] - April 1,2003 Marinette
Water
Forum Failed to Ensure Water for Peace - April 1, 2003 ENS
Poll:
Europeans Give Environment Top Priority - April 1, 2003 ENS
Lakes in NW
full of toxic particles - April 1, 2003 Seattle MSNBC
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Abbreviations
PG
Green Bay Press Gazette
NC
Green Bay News Chronicle
PC
Appleton Post Crescent
ON
Oshkosh Northwestern
MilwJS
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
DCA
Door County Advocate
OCE
Oconty County Reporter
SP
Sheboygan Press
WDH
Wausau Daily Herald
Pesh
Peshtigo Times
Eagle
Marinette Eagle Star
EPA
Environmental Protection
Agency
DNR
Wisconsin Dept. of
Natural Resources
USFWS
U.S. Fish & Wildlife
Service (Dept. of Interior)
ENN
Environmental
News Network
ENS
Environmental
News Service
EMS
Environmental
Media Service
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