News Articles About PCBs and River Issues

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.)

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April 11-20, 2005

April 21-30, 2005

April 1-10, 2005

[PCB] It’s a rare slow day on the Wolf - April 10, 2005 Wisconsin Outdoors
Conservation Congress to discuss fish, wildlife issues - April 10, 2005 PG
Event brings big fun to little kids: Children able to try many hands-on learning activities - April 10, 2005 PG
Trout provide spring action, too - April 10, 2005 Wisconsin Outdoors
Woodland Dunes to hold crane count - April 10, 2005 MHT
Letters: Council needs to re-examine decision on Sheridan Park - April 10, 2005 SP
Letters: No reason to have 2 Wal-Mart Supercenters in Sheboygan - April 10, 2005 SP
Jim Lee column: Public can lessen the impact of West Nile - April 10, 2005 Wisconsin Outdoors
Editorial: Authority’s estimate doesn’t hold water - April 10, 2005 PG
[PCB] EPA says PCBs 'are probable human carcinogens' - April 10, 2005 SouthCoastToday
[PCB] PCB plan divides officials, activists - April 10, 2005 SouthCoastToday
[PCB] Poisons hit home - April 10, 2005 NorthJersey
[PCB] Tests: Pen salmon being sold as wild - April 10, 2005 SeattleTimes
[PCB] Eco-labeled fish hit the market: Law aims to stop overfishing, inhumane practices - April 10, 2005 ContraCostaTimes
[PCB] Sewer-line PCBs prompt testing - April 10, 2005 Detroit News
[PCB] Restoration plan aims to undo ocean pollution - April 10, 2005 DailyBreeze
[PCB] Thinking straight on Mercury case - April 10, 2005 BostonHerald
[PCB/Dioxin] Dioxin dragnet should look far and wide for culprits - April 10, 2005 Bay City Times

Rain Gardens: Beautiful Solution For Water Pollution - April 9, 2005 CapTimes
Here Are Resources About Rain Gardens - April 9, 2005 CapTimes
Salmon fighting upstream battle: Shrinking food supply tied to fewer alewives, invasive species - April 9, 2005 MilwJS
DNR opens new, energy-efficient main office in Howard - April 9, 2004 PG
1986 'right to know' law helps neighbors keep track of chemicals - April 9, 2005 MilwJS
A Shore Thing: Try fishing from land this spring - April 9, 2005 MilwJS
Weekly outdoor notes - April 9, 2005 MilwJS
Jillian Hussey: Protect our wildlife, biodiversity by attending conservation meeting - April 9, 2005 CapTimes
Thomas Duncan: Bush weakens mercury laws in state - April 9, 2004 CapTimes
Letter: Mercury - Valuable resource isn't being protected - April 9, 2005 MilwJS
Opinion: Nuclear power must be a part of the energy equation [MAD] - April 9, 2005 MilwJS

Editorial: Rushing regulatory reform [EnvDereg] - April 8, 2005 MilwJS
Pipeline bids miss by millions - April 8, 2005 PG
Preserves proposed for more protection - April 8, 2005 PG
Energy costs take center stage - April 8, 2005 MilwJS
Editorial: Falling behind on energy front - April 8, 2005 CapTimes
[PCB] Edgewater seeks legal advice on Superfund site - April 8, 2005 NorthJersey
[PCB] Moffett museum back, thanks to volunteers - April 8, 2005 MercuryNews
Challenges ahead for a changing Earth - April 8, 2005 CNN
Clues to climate's future may lay in past - April 8, 2005 CNN
The science debate behind climate change - April 8, 2005 CNN
Greenhouse gas market to slow global warming - April 8, 2005 CNN
A truly global problem - April 8, 2005 CNN

Putting waste to work - April 7, 2005 NC
DNR office opens at new location - April 7, 2005 PG
Plan for ethanol facility rejected - Aprl 7, 2005 SP
Security hiked for Kipp hearing - April 7, 2005 CapTimes
Wal-Mart foes make case in Monona - April 7, 2005 CapTimes
Great Outdoors Almanac - April 7, 2005 Wisconsin Outdoors
Follow through [Job Creation Act] - April 7, 2005 FightingBob
Editorial: Voters’ answer to change is ‘yes’ - April 7, 2005 SP
Warming to the task: The Preserve Our Climate Coalition is circulating a petition calling upon the Wisconsin Legislature to join other states in the effort against global warming - April 7, 2005 FightingBob
John Oncken: All eyes on Dane County manure rules - April 7, 2005 CapTimes
Editorial: Action could help prevent ships from fouling Great Lakes water - April 7, 2005 PG

Committees approve legislation despite objections [EnvDereg] - April 6, 2005 NC
A.G. Lautenschlager: State Files Environmental Suit in Jefferson County Over Discharges in Rock Lake Priority Watershed - April 6, 2005 WisPolitics
Volunteers wanted to help search for gypsy moth caterpillars - April 6, 2005 PG
DATCP: Help for cheese Makers' Bottom Line Boosts Rural Economies, Helps the Evironment - April 6, 2005 WisPolitics
101 accept Georgia-Pacific severance package - April 6, 2005 PG
Wind farm issue affects elections - April 6, 2005 MHT
Community invited to forest festival - April 6, 2005 MHT
Perez wins - April 6, 2005 SP
Newcomers earn spots on Sheboygan Common Council - April 6, 2005 SP
Weekly fishing report - April 6, 2005 MilwJS
[PCB] EPA asks Edgewater not to issue Superfund site permits - April 6, 2005 NorthJersey
[PCB] Mediation in the works for Ramapough victims - April 6, 2005 NorthJersey
[PCB] Despite Contaminants, Fish Yields A Net Health Gain for Most Men, Says Harvard Men's Health Watch - April 6, 2005 U S Newswire
[PCB] Lawsuit is filed over toxins at Gardena mobile home park - April 6, 2005 DailyBreeze
[PCB] Study is planned on impact of dams - April 6, 2005 Poughkeepsie Journal
[PCB] Army urges no cleanup of lake - April 6, 2005 MetroWest Daily
[PCB] Keys' largest artificial reef may be sunk - April 6, 2005 USAToday

League of Conservation Voters: Citizens Storm Committee Hearings, Demand Democratic Process on Anti-Conservation Bills - April 5, 2005 WisPolitics
Council to revisit downtown riverfront plan - April 5, 2005 PG
Point Beach unit in line for new reactor part - April 5, 2005 PG
More than a catfight: Fishing, hunting rules go before public - April 5, 2005 PG
DNR cleared to trap, kill wolves - April 5, 2005 MilwJS
Ethanol plant proposal running on fumes - April 5, 2005 SP
Letter: Letters: Don’t discredit police station report - April 5, 2005 SP
Letter: Regulating [mercury] emissions a significant step (Scroll down) - April 5, 2005 MilwJS
[PCB] New Labels on Fish Offer Source Information to Consumers - April 5, 2005 NRDC
Dairies await estimates on cow pollution - April 5, 2005 FresnoBee

Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters: Citizens Demand: No Vote on the Dirty Air Bill [EnvDereg] - April 4, 2005 WisPolitics
Assembly bill would relax air quality rules: Environmentalists assail lack of public review [EnvDereg]- April 4, 2005 MilwJS
Lutheran Office for Public Policy in Wisconsin: Memo to legislators regarding the Jobs Creation Act II [EnvDereg] - April 4, 2005 Wheeler Report (PDF)
Wisconsin Wildlife Federation: Statement opposing AB-278 - restricting public nuisance actions - April 4, 2005 Wheeler Report (PDF)
Neenah to spend $300,000 for land for stormwater pond - April 4, 2005 PC
Two of state's 3 nuclear plants now closed: Scheduled shutdown of reactor at Point Beach follows unplanned closure at Kewaunee plant - April 4, 2005 MilwJS
Brain toxin found in algae in water - April 4, 2005 MilwJS
Green thumbs fight spring fever: But don’t dream of planting anything yet, not even grass - April 4, 2005 PG
Factors threaten long-time ethanol boom - April 4, 2005 Marshfield News Herald
Officials tour state-of-art sewer treatment plant: One-of-a-kind system saves city $50,000 a year in energy costs - April 4, 2005 PG
Steve Pomplun: GOP seeks to end local control - April 4, 2005 CapTimes
Editorial: Pipeline cost ‘estimate’ just keeps on climbing - April 4, 2005 PG
[PCB] Hunters win hike in polar bear quota - April 4, 2005 Nature
[PCB] State grants target pollution cleanup - April 4, 2005 Hartland
[PCB] Keys' largest artificial reef may be sunk - April 4, 2005 Daytona Beach News
[PCB] Chemical Compounds Present in Diet Increase Risk of Colon Cancer - April 4, 2005 Innovations
Fish farmers see future in oil platforms - April 4, 2005 CNN

New Northeast Regional DNR office to open April 11 - April 3, 2005 Wisconsin Outdoors
Midwest energy market powers up - April 3, 2005 PC
Federal judge blocks northern Wisconsin timber sales - April 3, 2005 PC
Timing is crucial with April walleye - April 3, 2005 Wisconsin Outdoors
Anglers keep sharp eye out for the hot walleye spots - April 3, 2005 Wisconsin Outdoors
Commentary: Adopt all protections in Great Lakes report - April 3, 2005 Detroit Free Press
[PCB] Scientist sees 'collision course' with agricultural manure issue - April 3, 2005 ToledoBlade
[PCB] Pesticides may be creating hermaphrodite frogs, causing their population to dwindle - April 3, 2005 NewsTarget

PSC approves lake pipeline - April 1, 2005 NC
PSC gives OK to Manitowoc pipe - April 1, 2005 PG
U.S. judge prohibits two sales of timber - April 1, 2005 MilwJS
Doyle appoints PSC chair to new job, nominates her successor - April 1, 2005 NC
Supreme Court hears arguments in suit over Oak Creek power plant - April 1, 2005 NC
Webcast: Wis. Supreme Court Stages Power Plant Debate - April 1, 2005 WisPolitics
AG Lautenschlager: Announces Environmental Suit Against Washburn County Salvage Yard Operators - April 1, 2005 WisPolitics
Federal judge rules against EPA on dumping of ships' ballast water - April 1, 2005 NC
'Super' debate in Monroe - April 1, 2005 CapTime
New energy market launches: Regional system aims to lighten power bills - April 1, 2005 MilwJS
Keeping the utility companies happy - April 1, 2005 FightingBob
Letter: We can still address appalling EPA ruling on mercury (Scroll down) - April 1, 2005 MilwJS
[PCB] Diet increases risk of colon cancer - April 1, 2005 MyDNA
[PCB] Organochlorines linked to colon cancer - April 1, 2005 Food Consumer
[PCB] Lone Tree upset with DEQ comment on PCBs - April 1, 2005 Saginaw News
[PCB] Berkeleyans fret over particle accelerator's demise - April 1, 2005 Inside Bay Area
[PCB] Mediation could speed Ford cleanup - April 1, 2005 NorthJersey
[PCB] Right Blend Of Microbes And Plants Can Clean Up Toxic Spills - April 1, 2005 Science Daily

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Link to More Articles

The Green Bay Press Gazette's Fox River Cleanup Page

The Appleton Post Crescent's PCB Page (incomplete)

The BadgerLinks --- ProQuest Newspaper Search Engine (accessible through Appleton Public Library) ---may not work for everyone

For additional news media coverage see these CWAC pages:
Media 2001, Media 2000, Newsletter articles, or CWAC Issue pages.

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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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