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.)
December 21-31, 2003
Decline
of food-chain building block is a Great Lakes mystery - Dec 31, 2003 PG
Editorial:
What to say about 2003 - Dec 31, 2003 CapTimes
[PCB] Top
10 Stories Of 2003 In Alabama - Dec 31, 2003 NBC13
[PCB]
Utica leaders push for jobs, economy - Dec 31, 2002 Observer-Dispatch
[PCB]
Toxic waste found inside human bodies - Dec 31, 2003 Straits Times
[Dioxin]
State plans changes to burning regulations - Dec 31, 2003 Elko Daily Free
Press
[Dioxin]
Eat more in 2004 - Dec 31, 2002 Wichita Eagle
'Downer'
cows no longer allowed in food supply - Dec 31, 2003 SeattlePI
Slaughterhouse
Politics - Dec 31, 2003 Village Voice
A
big fear in fire: toxic chemicals - Dec 31, 2003 The Plain Dealer
Musk
fragrances found to be antiestrogenic - Dec 31, 2003 ES&T
Alliant
sued for polluting state river - Dec 30, 2003 CapTimes
Editorial:
The gift of clean air - Dec 30, 2003 CapTimes
Attorney General,
Legislature need to investigate DNR - Dec 30, 2003 Lakeland Times
[PCB]
Sweeney chary on EPA standards - Dec 30, 2003 Hillsdale Independent
[PCB]
High stakes for GE, river (Scroll down) - Dec 30, 2003 Berkshire Eagle
[PCB]
Hickey bullish on PEDA site - Dec 30, 2003 iBershires.com
[PCB]
Pair to push for Delta warning signs - Dec 30, 2003 Sacramento Bee
[PCB]
Study: My Body, My Waste Dump - Dec 30, 2003 CBSNews
[PCB]
Are you ready to get pregnant? - Dec 30, 2003 Tulsaworld
[Dioxin]
Year-end Review: '03 filled with ag-related occurrences - Dec 30, 2003
CountryWorld
[PCB]
The feed zone: Nutrition Q&A with Monique Ryan - toxins in seafood
- Dec 30, 2003 Inside Triathlon
[PCB/Dioxin]
Nightmare of tainted oil in 1960s continues - Dec 30, 2003 Asahi
[Dioxin]
PESB attracting foreign interest - Dec 30, 2003 TheStar
EPA
Led Mercury Policy Shift - Dec 30, 2003 Washington Star
NSA
says its toxic waste is classified - Dec 30, 2003 Sunspot
Bush
Embraces Some Regulations as Election Approaches - Dec 30, 2003 New York
Times
[PCB]
Study: Ala. Locals Likely Breathing PCBs - Dec 29, 2003 LATimes
[PCB]
Study: Ala. Locals Likely Breathing PCBs - Dec 29, 2003 Yahoo
[PCB] EPA
Chief Wants Anniston Included In PCB Study - Dec 29, 2003 NBC13
[PCB]
Kearny Marsh a 'sad chapter' in N.J. environment history - Dec 29, 2003
NJ.com
[Dioxin]
Ban on barrel burning goes into effect Jan. 1 - Dec 29, 2003 Auburn Journal
[Dioxin]
Leave it for the garbage man - Dec 29, 2003 Tahoe Daily Tribune
Court's
decision scrubs EPA plan to pollute the air - Dec 29, 2003 Atlanta Journal
Constitution
Chemical
company's cancer rate studied - Dec 29, 2003 Contra Costa Times
Something
in the air - Dec 29, 2003 LATimes
Ecuador Indians battle oil
drills - Dec 29, 2003 MSNBC
[PCB]
Biggest local stories of 2003 [Fox River cleanup] - Dec 28, PG
[PCB]
Edit. board 2003 agenda update [Fox River cleanup] - Dec 28, PC
[PCB]
Top local stories in 2003 [Fox River cleanup] - Dec 28, 2003 PC
[PCB]
When others lie down, Appleton company keeps standing up [Appleton was
major PCB source] - Dec 28, 2003 PC
[PCB]
Let vitrification process destroy PCBs - Dec 28, 2003 PC
Everyday
Hero helps kids make the big catch - Dec 28, 2003 PG
Our
duty to provide safe environment [scroll down] - Dec 28, 2003 PG
Fixing
the machines - Dec 28, 2003 FightingBob
Duck
zone change to be discussed - Dec 28, 2003 PG
Outdoors
calendar - Dec 28, 2003 PG
RCL
Walleye League to return on May 22 - Dec 28, 2003 PG
Region’s
life blood takes a hit in 2003 [EnvDereg] - Dec 28, 2003 PG
If
we don’t level the playing field, we could just be leveled [EnvDereg] -
Dec 28, 2003 PC
Kewaunee Harbor Geese
- Dec 28, 2003 Kewaunee
Program
bolstered by DNR funding - Dec 28, 2003 PC
Slipping
wages dampen otherwise positive year - Dec 28, 2003 PC
Layoffs
hit white collars, too [corporate ethics] - Dec 28, 2003 PC
Point
Beach offers place to enjoy winter wonderland - Dec 28, 2003 MHT
Blue Harbor
taking shape - Dec 28, 2003 Sheboygan
[PCB]
Your Body, Your Superfund Site - Dec 28, 2003 Wired.com
[PCB]
GE, environmentalists try to sway panel of experts - Dec 28, 2003 BerkshireEagle
[PCB]
Growth, change and loss - Dec 28, 2003 Bradenton.com
[PCB]
Saratoga County sees stars, snow in '03 - Dec 28, 2003 Saratogian
[PCB]
Dredging will be disruptive - Dec 28, 2003 Saratogian
[PCB]
EPA standards may need toughening up - Dec 28, TroyRecord
[PCB]
Council wants to still buy Consumers building - Dec 28, MLive
[PCB]
Wet weather made 2003 a soggy season - Dec 28, 2003 LebanonPA
[Dioxin]
E-waste ignored in India - Dec 28, 2003 San Jose Mercury News
[Dioxin]
New Front Opens in Fight Against Breast Cancer
Mercury
menace: No signs warn of toxic danger in the Delta - Dec 28, SacBee
Study
Tracks Hormones' Path, Impact - Dec 28, 2003 Washington Post
Mad
Cow Case Clouds Bush's Political Outlook - Dec 28, 2003 Washington Post
Robert Redford
On Bush's Environmental Agenda - Dec 28, 2003 Planetizen
Insurers
and manufacturers succeeded in sealing asbestos records - Dec 28, 2003
StarTribune
State
ponders EPA mercury rule - Dec 27, 2003 PG
EPA
mercury rule could pre-empt stronger state action - Dec 27, 2003 NC
Trail
usage down in Brown County - Dec 27, 2003 PC
Editorial:
Mad cow out of the barn - Dec 27, 2003 CapTimes
Editorial:
Power-line project must move ahead [Price is eminent domain on farmers
properties] - Dec 27, 2003 PG
Strap
on those snowshoes - Dec 27, 2003 Wisconsin Outdoors
Bullet-fast
merlin zips into 2003 bird count - Dec 27, 2003 DCA
Outdoor Recreation
Report - Dec 27, 2003 DCA
[PCB]
Opinion: Truth about the CVS site - Dec 27, 2003 Berkshire
Mad
Cow Alerts Began Years Ago - Dec 27, 2003 Washington Post
Judgment
juggling act - Dec 27, 2003 Arizona Republic
Mercury
rules/Another retreat on public health - Dec 27, StarTribune
Books help
to pass winter - Dec 27, 2003 MilwJS
Scientists
Measure Pollution in Humans - Dec 27, 2003 Belleville.com
Scientists
Measure Pollution in Humans - Dec 27, 2003 Washington Post
Fox
River Trail use declines in 2003 - Dec 26, 2003 PG
Editorial:
Paper research facility a good investment [Corporate welfare for paper
industry] - Dec 26, 2003 PG
Peak
counts of ’02 likely distorted, officials say
Fox
River Paper chief sees a bright future - Dec 26, 2003 PC
Regulatory
reform promising, but needs review [EnvDereg] - Dec 26, PC
State
should OK strong mercury limits - Dec 26, 2003 Sheboygan
Old water mains need
to be replaced - Dec 26, 2003 Marinette
Marina is for public
use - Dec 26, 2003 Marinette
"Mad
Cow USA" is Free Online - Dec 26, 2003 PRWatch.com
[PCB]
State banning burn barrels - Dec 26, 2003 Union Democrat
[PCB]
Under pressure - Dec 26, 2003 Daily Herald
[PCB]
Scientists measuring pollution in humans - Dec 26, USA Today
[PCB]
Scientists looking at internalized toxic waste - Dec 26, Oakland
[PCB]
Pollutant test on people stirs fears over chemical exposure - Dec 26, 2003
Chicago Tribune
[PCB]
Toxins within - Dec 26, 2003 Ocala Star Banner
[PCB]
Watching resources: Lash, state DEP to discuss projects - Dec 26, 2003
Greenwich Time
[PCB]
North Haven creosote cleanup finished, bond released - Dec 26, 2003 New
Haven Register
[PCB]
Concerns rise over fire retardant - Dec 26, 2003 Seattle Times
[PCB]
Problems swamp B.C. salmon farms - Dec 26, 2003 TheStar
New
Year's Resolutions - Dec 26, 2003 New York Times
Consumers
prefer locally grown food, survey says - Dec 26, 2003 ENN
Experts
debate possible effects of disease on USA's food supply - Dec 26, 2003
USA Today
Beef
guidelines - Dec 26, 2003 USA Today
Gas
well explosion kills at least 191 in China - Dec 26, 2003 FT.com
Doyle
brings real leadership to office [EnvDereg] - Dec 25, 2003 PG
Appeals
court blocks Bush administration clean air changes - Dec 25, 2003 NC
Bottled
water plants hurt trout - Dec 25, 2003 Wisconsin Outdoors
Great
Outdoors Almanac - Dec 25, 2003 Wisconsin Outdoors
These
fish stories are strange but true - Dec 25, 2003 PG
Solo
Cup may purchase local firm - Dec 25, 2003 PC
[PCB]
Fishing restriction extended - Dec 25, 2003 BillingsGazette
[PCB]
Scientists begin measuring pollution in humans - Dec 25, 2003 CNN
[PCB]
Editorial: Pollution in people - Dec 25, 2003 SFGate
[PCB]
New Safety Standard for Table Napkin - Dec 25, 2003 KoreaTimes
Mad
Cow in America - Dec 25, 2003 New York Times
Don't
let an old Mac or PC become toxic e-waste - Dec 25, 2003 LATimes
Scientists
begin measuring pollution in human bodies - Dec 25, 2003 SFGate
[PCB]
PCB cleanup nets winners and losers - Dec 24, 2003 PC
[PCB]
Millions of dollars are at stake in the impending cleanup of the Fox River
- Dec 24, 2003 PC
[PCB]
Papermaker buys British firm [Appleton was major PCB source] - Dec 24,
2003 PC
Authority
starts work on director, office - Dec 24, 2003 NC
Water
Authority expands search for leader; seeks office space - Dec 24, PG
Court
blocks new rules for air - Dec 24, 2003 MilwJS
Editorial:
Keep sewage out of Lake Michigan - Dec 24, 2003 PG
'By The
People' comes to Green Bay - Dec 24, 2003 NC
Coventry
Glass store aids ‘fair trade’ suppliers - Dec 24, 2003 PC
Power supply strong
- Dec 24, 2003 Marinette
Excessive
force used against free trade protesters in Miami - Dec 24, 2003 ON
[PCB]
Pass the Toxins and Carcinogens - Dec 24, 2003 New York Post
[PCB]
State sues Navy over Davisville contamination - Dec 24, 2003 Providence
Journal
[PCB]
Old Pierce plant may owe no back taxes - Dec 24, BillingsGazette
[PCB]
Board approves Forge preliminary plan - Dec 24, 2003 News Transcripts
[PCB]
News From Assemblyman Conte - Dec 24, 2003 Farmingdale
[Dioxin]
Life won't be easy for food makers in EU25 - Dec 24, 2003 FoodProductionDaily
Political
Science - Dec 24, 2003 Washington Post
First U.S.
mad cow disease prompts ban on beef sales - Dec 24, 2003 ENN
USDA
Refused to Release Mad Cow Records - Dec 24, CommonDreams
First
Case of Mad Cow Disease in US - Dec 24, 2003 CommonDreams
Court blocks Clean Air Act
changes - Dec 24, 2003 MSNBC
Court
Blocks U.S. Effort to Relax Pollution Rule - Dec 24, 2003 NYTimes
U.S. Leaps
Back into Nuclear Weapons Race - Dec 24, Common Dreams
Punished
for the Truth - Dec 24, 2003 Washington Post
[PCB]
Group wants public input on regulatory reform bill [EnvDereg] - Dec 23,
2003 CapTimes
[PCB]
Ed Garvey: We're still waiting for 'new day for Wisconsin' [EnvDereg] -
Dec 23, 2003 CapTimes
[PCB]
Glatfelter cuts back on paper machines [major PCB source] - Dec 23, 2003
PC
[PCB]
Put paper back in Appleton’s name [PCB source] - Dec 23, PC
Governor
Endorses Small-Business Regulatory Fairness [EnvDereg] - Dec 23, 2003 Wheeler
Report (PDF)
NFIB
Summary (EnvDereg] - Dec 23, 2003 Wheeler Report (PDF)
Editorial:
No silly session [EnvDereg] - Dec 23, 2003 CapTimes
Leibham
proud of 2003 jobs bill [Env Dereg bill nothing to be proud of] - Dec 23,
2003 MHT
Editorial:
Wetlands saved - Dec 23, 2003 CapTimes
Midwest
Environmental Advocates: Files open records request for Legislative Reference
Bureau drafts - Dec 23, 2003 Wheeler Report (PDF)
Experts
study link between toxins and body’s hormones [PCBs affect hormone balance]
- Dec 23, 2003 PC
Strike
OK’d at Little Rapids Corp. - Dec 23, 2003 PG
New
trail to link Denmark, Rockwood - Dec 23, 2003 NC
Fox
River Paper CEO to lead CTI - Dec 23, 2003 PC
Gypsy
moth quarantine expanded - Dec 23, 2003 PC
Polar
Bears take big plunge Jan. 1 - Dec 23, 2003 PC
Point
Beach seeks new licensing - Dec 23, 2003 PG
New
life sought for Point Beach - Dec 23, 2003 PC
Firm
says it intends to seek renewal of Point Beach license - Dec 23, NC
Utility
hopes to extend nuclear power plant's life - Dec 22, 2003 MilwJS
Point
Beach nuclear plant extension sought - Dec 22, 2003 WSJ
Doyle
outlines 2004 agenda - Dec 23, 2003 MHT
Solo
Cup may buy local firm - Dec 23, 2003 ON
Wisconsin DNR News
& Outdoor Report - Dec 23, 2003 WheelerReport
Polar
Bears take big plunge Jan. 1 - Dec 23, 2003 Wisconsin Outdoors
Source
of E. coli in Lake Wingra a mystery - Dec 23, 2003 NC
[PCB
Too Beautiful to Sully With Sludge - Dec 23, 2003 Washington Post
[PCB]
Indoor air is becoming polluted by powerful household chemicals - Dec 23,
2003 Post-Gazette
[PCB] Entering
the Nano-Age? - Tech Central Station
[PCB]
Hotel incentives win endorsement - Dec 23, St Joseph News-Press
[Dioxin]
Trash incinerator plan has activists burning mad - Dec 23, 2003 Tri-Valley
Herald
[Dioxin]
Traceability rules could be retailers' nightmare - Dec 23, 2003 Food Navigator
Exxon
Valdez Oil Spill Impacts Lasting Far Longer Than Expected, Scientists Say
- Dec 23, 2003 ScienceDaily
The
Endangered Species Act at 30: Why we need the ESA - Dec 23, SFGate
2003: Claim
Vs. Fact - Dec 23, 2003 TomPaine.com
EPA
rules could increase smog from cars 50%, group says - Dec 23, Chicago
Wind energy
investment options are starting to fly - Dec 23, 2003 ENN
Bush
Admin Proposes Fuel Economy Overhaul - Dec 23, 2003 EMS
U.S.
Companies Moving More Jobs Overseas - Dec 23, 2003 Reuters
A
dirty secret is out on glacial meltdown - Dec 23, 2003 NJ.com
Soot 'makes
global warming worse' - Dec 23, 2003 BBC
Five
Ways to Create Healthier Homes and Habitats in New Year - Dec 23, ENN
Sen.
Hansen calls for Public Hearings on Jobs Bill [EnvDereg] - Dec 22, 2003
WisPolitics
Wisconsin
Wildlife Federation: Requests Legislative Hearings on the Revised Jobs
Creation Act of 2003 [EnvDereg] - Dec 22, 2003 WisPolitics
Sen.
Robson and Rep. Pocan: Draft American Jobs Act [EnvDereg] (Idea with some
sense) - Dec 22, 2003 WisPolitics
Regulatory
deal merits quick approval [EnvDereg] - Dec 22, 2003 WSJ
Wis.
Realtors Assoc.: Realtors Back Regulatory Reform Compromise [EnvDereg]
- Dec 22, 2003 WisPolitics
Shared
drafts should be open records [EnvDereg] - Dec 22, CapTimes
Jobs?
Proposed bill more about developing [EnvDereg] - Dec 22, MilwJS
Water
Commission begins legal work - Dec 22, 2003 NC
Thumbs
Up & Down: Preserving shoreline a good purchase - Dec 22, 2003 PC
Nearly
1400 Hundred Letters, Statements and Postcards Urge Gov. to Support Clean
Energy, Oppose New Coal Plants - Dec 22, 2003 WisPolitics
CUB
opposes Wisconsin Energies’ Plan to Operate Aging Point Beach Nuclear Plant
to 2033 - Dec 22, 2003 WisPolitics
Bike
trail network shapes up - Dec 22, 2003 PG
[PCB]
Preserving shoreline a good purchase [PCB damage compensation] - Dec 22,
2003 PC
Smoking
officer leaves PSC high and dry - Dec 22, 2003 MilwJS
Bill
may boost state paper sector [Corporate Welfare] - Dec 22, 2003 PC
Wolf
River trail development ideas spawn - Dec 22, 2003 PC
Trail
system looks to make connections - Dec 22, 2003 PC
Wisconsin
must act to protect water - Dec 22, 2003 Sheboygan
[PCB]
Going to waste - Dec 22, 2003 Berkshire Eagle
[PCB]
Researcher preaches team-building for Pittsfield - Dec 22, 2003 IBerkshires
[PCB]
Fishing restriction extended on Big Spring Creek - Dec 22, 2003 BillingsGazette
[PCB]
Catch and release extended by agency (Scroll down) - Dec 22, 2003 Great
Falls Tribune
[PCB]
UnderwaterTimes.com Releases Its '2003 Underwater Stories of the Year'
- Dec 22, 2003 MarketWire
[PCB] Kerala
News: Oil's not well at Ambalamugal: Pollution board tests water samples
- Dec 22, 2003 KeralaNext
[Dioxin]
Dirincon’s technology to generate electricity - Dec 22, 2003 The Star Online
Study:
Valdez oil spill toll worse than thought - Dec 22, 2003 CNN
Drought
Has West in Chokehold - Dec 22, 2003 LATimes
Public Citizen
Criticizes White House Plan to Impose Peer Review on Agency Information,
Increase Secrecy, Stymie Important Public Protections - Dec 22, 2003 Common
Dreams
Got
Hormones? The simmering issue of milk labels boils over when an agrochemical
giant sues small farmers in Maine - Dec 22, 2003 TIME
Scientist
Discovers Cattle Hormones That Leak Into Streams And Alter Fish Reproduction
- Dec 22, 2003 ScienceNews
Both
Sides Like Chances in I.B.M. Worker Safety Practices Trial - Dec 22, 2003
NYTimes
U.S.
Rarely Seeks Charges for Deaths in Workplace - Dec 22, NYTimes
Stress
Found to Weaken Resistance to Illness - Dec 22, 2003 Washington Post
Creating new
wetlands to replace those lost is easier said than done - Dec 22, 2003
PlanetSave
Older
Sperm Are More Damaged, US Study Shows - Dec 22, 2003 Planet Ark
Home,
Home on the (Radioactive) Range - Dec 22, 2003 Mother Jones
[PCB]
Hassett: DNR faces big challenges in 2004 - Dec 21, 2003 PG
Green
Bay area, Italian city cement tissue-industry bond - Dec 21, 2003 PG
Bluegills
kick winter into gear - Dec 21, 2003 PG
What’s
happening at the State Capitol [EnvDereg] - Dec 21, 2003 PG
Partisanship
thrives under Doyle’s watch [EnvDereg] one-sided view, as usual -
Dec 21, 2003 PG
Letter
on Lasee distorts the truth, Gard is secretly pillaging the state [scroll
down, EnvDereg] - Dec 21, 2003 PG
Water
Commission begins legal work - Dec 21, 2003 NC
Paper
industry better beat the clock, turn to innovation - Dec 21, 2003 PC
Hands-on education: Personalized
trees and smelly otter skins - Dec 21, DCA
Bay
Ship gears up for big barge business - Dec 21, 2003 DCA
Pesticide
certification yanked - Dec 21, 2003 DCA
Outdoor Recreation
Report - Dec 21, 2003 DCA
Bank
becomes important partner in lake program - Dec 21, 2003 MHT
[PCB]
Canaries in the Mine: Evidence of chemical effects on kids mounts - Dec
21, TheGleaner
[PCB]
Kennebec River still has big problems - Dec 21, 2003 MaineToday
[PCB]
Residents pleased with DEP response - Dec 21, MilfordDailyNews
[PCB]
Toxic waste turns a profit in the Owyhee desert - Dec 21, Idaho
[PCB]
Looking back, ACUSHNET - Dec 21, 2003 SouthCoastToday
[PCB-Mercury]
Patoka Lake bluegill, largemouth on mercury list - Dec 21, 2003 CourierPress
[Dioxin]
Group plans to fight solid-waste plant -Dec 21, 2003 Alameda Times-Star
Water
wars may splash across the planet - Dec 21, 2003 MLive
'Rewiring'
The World's Energy - Dec 21, 2003 Common Dreams
Bright
Light Must Shine on Energy Policymaking - Dec 21, 2003 LATimes
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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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