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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December 1 - 10, 2003

December 21-31, 2003

December 11-20, 2003

If a record is in the public, it’s a public record [EnvDereg] - Dec 20, PC
'Job Creation' terms revealed [EnvDereg] - Dec 20, 2003 CapTimes
Deal reached on speedier permits [EnvDereg] - Dec 20, 2003 WSJ
Deal reached on DNR permit overhaul [EnvDereg] - Dec 20, 2003 PG
State finds regulation reform deal [EnvDereg] - Dec 20, 2003 PC
Reaction Statement from Rep. Kreuser re Jobs Creation Bill [EnvDereg] - Dec 20, 2003 WisPolitics
Doyle, legislators steer course to regulatory reform [EnvDereg] - Dec 20, 2003 GM Today
State's high-tech potential doubted - Dec 20, 2003 MilwJS
Water panel eyes new proposal - Dec 20, 2003 PG
Three Ex-Nicor Energy Execs Plead Guilty - Dec 20, 2003 PG
PSC written order OKs cost for Arrowhead-Weston line - Dec 20, 2003 NC
Hands-on education: Personalized trees and smelly otter skins - Dec 20, DCA
Bay Ship gears up for big barge business - Dec 20, 2003 DCA
Certification yanked - Dec 20, 2003 DCA
Water bills headed upward - Dec 20, 2003 Marinette
Great Lakes water too valuable to squander - Dec 20, 2003 MilwJS
Outdoor notes - Dec 20, 2003 MilwJS
[PCB] Is the old Monsanto or new one responsible for Solutia's plight? - Dec 20, 2003 STLtoday.com
[PCB] Solutia's financial pressures run deep - Dec 20, 2003 STLtoday
[PCB] Guidelines released for Hudson River dredging - Dec 20, Ithaca
[PCB] EPA issues dredging standards - Dec 20, 2003 Saratogian
[PCB] PCB settlement checks flood banks - Dec 20, 2003 Sun Herald
[PCB] Accident Causes Major Traffic Tie-Up On College Avenue - Dec 20, 2003 Morning News
[PCB] El Salvador paper tried to dig up dirt on landfill project - Dec 20, 2003 Montreal Gazette
[Dioxin] Trying to stamp out pollution [burn barrels] - Dec 20, Duluth
Taxpayers, not Superfund, increasingly paying for cleanup - Dec 20, SeattlePI
EPA Issues New Rule for Mercury - Dec 20, 2003 WashPost
Toxic spill toll lasts decades, study says - Dec 20, 2003 SeattlePI

Gov. Doyle: Vetoes Legislation Weakening Environmental Standards [EnvDereg] - Dec 17, 2003 WisPolitics
Editorial - The law applies to legislators, too: Attorney General should not allow legislative agency to defy open records law - Dec 17, 2003 Beloit Daily News
Governor touts successes of his first term [EnvDereg] - Dec 17, 2003 Beloit Daily News
Trade deficit will bury the United States - Dec 17, 2003 Sheboygan
Lawmakers OK spending $50,000 to fight Open Records lawsuit - Dec 17, PG
Lawmakers approve $50,000 to defend suit by two newspapers - Dec 17, NC
Green Bay subdivision plan approved without access to greenway - Dec 17, 2003 PG
Editorial: Mercury regulations should be stronger - Dec 17, 2003 CapTimes
[Mining] Heed lessons taught by the 'little guy' - Dec 17, 2003 Marinette
[Mining] Wolf River Protection Fund - Dec 17, 2003 - No Crandon Mine
City: Water plan by Jan. 12 - Dec 17, 2003 NC
Alliant Energy: Outlines Utility Generation Plan - Dec 17, 2003 WisPolitics
Citizens Utility Board: Alliant Energy's Proposed Power Plants Will Be Too Costly - Dec 17, 2003 WisPolitics
Criticism of union wages misses investment scandals - Dec 17, 2003 ON
Now is not the time to cut aid to manufacturers - Dec 17, 2003 PC
Neenah project focuses on river - Dec 17, 2003 PC
Water park set to open in 2005 - Dec 17, 2003 PC
Weekly fishing report - Dec 17, 2003 MilwJS
[PCB] Anniston residents get settlement checks in long-running PCBs case - Dec 17, 2003 TuscaloosaNews
[PCB] Solutia files for bankruptcy, cites Monsanto liabilities - Dec 17, 2003 Birmingham Business Journal
[PCB] Seeking Relief From Former Monsanto Company Legacy Liabilities, Solutia Files Voluntary Petition for Chapter 11 Reorganization - Dec 17, 2003 Yahoo
[PCB] Solutia Bankruptcy Not Monsanto's Worry - Dec 17, 2003 MSN Money
[PCB] Retiree benefits are key to Solutia - Dec 17, 2003 STLtoday
[PCB] Fitch Affirms Monsanto's 'A-/F2' Ratings, Outlook Revised to Negative - Dec 17, 2003 Business Wire
[PCB] Board approves Forge preliminary plan - Dec 17, 2003 Independent
[PCB] Puget Sound Orcas 'Significant' - Dec 17, 2003 EarthJustice
[Dioxin] New traceability rules to increase litigation? - Dec 17, 2003 FoodProductionDaily
[Dioxin] Home demolitions begin around waste dump in Pensacola area - Dec 17, 2003 Sun-Sentinel
[Dioxin] State wants changes to Dow cleanup plan - Dec 17, 2003 Detroit News
U.S. Won't Narrow Wetlands Protection - Dec 17, 2003 New York Times
Administration Backs Off Clean Water Act - Dec 17, 2003 LATimes
Bush reverses plan that could have eroded wetlands - Dec 17, 2003 MSNBC
Task Force Majeure: The Supreme Court may alleviate Cheney's energy task force troubles - Dec 17, 2003 Grist
Ice Mountain wins water-pumping appeal - Dec 17, 2003 WaterTech
Appeals court says Ice Mountain plant can continue water withdrawals - Dec 17, 2003 PlanetSave
Ice Mountain gains a reprieve - Dec 17, 2003 Detroit News
2004 could be Year of the Lakes - Dec 17, 2003 Democrat & Chronicle
The puzzle of autism [PCBs linked to autism] - Dec 17, 2003 Mercury News
Air Pollution Worst For Heart Than Lungs - Dec 17, 2003 Planetizen
Air pollution blamed as asthma epidemic worsens in N.J - Dec 17, 2003 HomeNewsTribune
Limit tuna, women told - Dec 17, 2003 Florida Today
EPA To Revamp Criminal Enforcement; Reveiw Urges Cutback in Security Details, Better Case Trackin - Dec 17, 2003 PEER

[PCB] River funds offer access - Dec 16, 2003 PC
Republicans, Doyle find room to agree [EnvDereg] - Dec 16, 2003 MilwJS
Job Creation Act would hurt nature [EnvDereg] (Scroll down) - Dec 16, 2003 PG
Re Molepske: Response to LRB Letter [EnvDereg] - Dec 16, 2003 Wheeler Report (PDF)
Attorney General's Letter re Confidentiality of Legislative Drafting Materials [EnvDereg] - Dec 16, 2003 Wheeler Report (PDF)
State attorney general plans investigation of open records law [EnvDereg] - Dec 16, 2003 Journal Times
DPW: Stepp's Role in Drafting Pro-Business Bill Called into Question Again [EnvDereg] - Dec 16, 2003 WisPolitics
Lawmakers await special session on jobs creation - Dec 16, Sheboygan
Sewerage commission approves 2004 budget - Dec 16, 2003 PG
NRC rules on Point Beach - Dec 16, 2003 MilwJS
Point Beach gets red flagged - Dec 16, 2003 WSJ
Water park plan hits deadline - Dec 16, 2003 PC
Garter snake snarls building projects - Dec 16, 2003 PC
PSC OKs $420M power line - Dec 16, 2003 PC
Clean Wisconsin: Statement on Today's PSC Decision Regarding Arrowhead-Weston - Dec 16, 2003 WisPolitics
Major new power line gets boost from PSC - Dec 16, 2003 MilwJS
Wausau-Duluth power line OK’d - Dec 16, 2003 PG
PSC gives OK to cost for Arrowhead-Weston line - Dec 16, 2003 NC
Celebrate wildlife protection Dec. 28 - Dec 16, 2003 MHT
Latest sewage dumping should be probed - Dec 16, 2003 Sheboygan
New water tower to be filled today - Dec 16, 2003 Marinette
Diving school wants to lease Flynn’s Quarry - Dec 16, 2003 ON
PSC approves new cost of power line - Dec 16, 2003 WSJ
New chair, same old PSC - Dec 16, 2003 (Scroll down) FightingBob
Rep. Sherman: Raps Arrowhead Approval - Dec 16, 2003 WisPolitics
Revenge of the riparians - Dec 16, 2003 FightingBob
Editorial: Supreme Court paper chase [energy records] - Dec 16, MilwJS
Editorial: FDA needs a tuna tuneup - Dec 16, 2003 MilwJS
DNR could close customer service centers - Dec 16, 2003 Lakeland Times
DNR News & Outdoor Report - Dec 16, 2003 WDNR
[PCB] EPA plan targets PCB in the Delaware - Dec 16, 2003 News Journal
[PCB] Dredging Up a Protest - Dec 16, 2003 Newsday
[PCB] Cleanups Fuel Debate: How Much Is Enough? - Dec 16, 2003 LATimes
[PCB] Salmon farm industry struggles to live up to its promise - Dec 16, 2003 Casa Grande
[PCB] Court ruling threatens £10.6m 'ghost fleet' deal - Dec 16, 2003 News.Telegraph
[Dioxin] DEQ: Cleanup plan deficient - Dec 16, 2003 MLive
[Dioxin] Burn ban may apply to 99 percent of residents - Dec 16, 2003 SanLuisObispoTribune
[Dioxin] The `Zero Waste' project: Town turns recycling into way of life - Dec 16, 2003 Asahi.com
[Dioxin] Demolition of homes begins near `Mount Dioxin' in Pensacola - Dec 16, 2003 HeraldTribune
[Dioxin] Go Gently - Dec 16, 2003 Tidepool
Sooty air linked to heart ills - Dec 16, 2003 Salt Lake Tribune
Cardiovascular deaths higher, especially in smokers - Dec 16, 2003 RedNova News
Evidence of chemical effects on children mounts - Dec 16, 2003 Scripps Howard
Poll: 30 percent of families have children with learning disorders - Dec 16, 2003 Scripps Howard
EPA proposes its first mercury controls on power plants - Dec 16, 2003 Salt Lake Tribune
EPA Plans 'Cap-and-Trade' Mercury Emission Reduction - Dec 16, 2003 LATimes
State DEP chief calls federal plan for mercury controls a 'disaster' - Dec 16, 2003 Post-Gazette
EPA Announces 'Cap and Trade' Plan to Cut Mercury Pollution - Dec 16, 2003 Washington Post
Mexican truck issue in top court - Dec 16, 2003 Sacramento Bee
Change in the Weather - Bet on It - Dec 16, 2003 Planet Ark
Voting Security Concerns Rise to New Level - Dec 16, 2003 Black Box Voting
Critics: Convicted Felons Worked for Electronic Voting Companies - Dec 16, 2003 Truthout
A Net of Control - Unthinkable: How the Internet could become a tool of corporate and government power, based on updates now in the works - Dec 16, 2003 MSNBC/Newsweek
BuzzFlash interview: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.- Dec 16, 2003 Working for Change
Monsanto's vision of biotech - Dec 16, 2003 MaineToday

[PCB] Lake projects built on first funds for Fox Cities from PCB damage - Dec 15, 2003 PC
LRB Letter to Legislators Responding to Attorney General's Opinion [EnvDereg] - Dec 15, 2003 Wheeler Report (PDF)
1st-year lawmakers up to speed on process - Dec 15, 2003 PG
Port call - Dec 15, 2003 PG
Developers say garter snake's protected status stalls projects - Dec 15, 2003 NC
SOUL: PSC Fails to Protect the State's Best Interest Again - Dec 15, 2003 WisPolitics
PSC: Arrowhead-Weston Transmission Line Gets PSC Nod to Continue - Dec 15, 2003 WisPolitics
Commissioners' Statements on Arrowhead-Weston Open Meeting Today (PDF)
Energy Lifeline Coalition - Dec 15, 2003 Wheeler Report (PDF)
Wisconsin Clean Energy Groups: UW Researchers, Business, Labor Leaders, Conservation Groups Hold Clean Energy Conference to Save Jobs and Money - Dec 15, 2003 WisPolitics
Bush initiative to cut mercury emissions at odds with state plan - Dec 15, 2003 MilwJS
Clean Wisconsin: Bush administration caves into polluters' demands with mercury "reduction" rule - Dec 15, 2003 Wheeler Report (PDF)
Editorial: Panzer, Gard should allow [campaign] reform - Dec 15, 2003 CapTimes
City's growth tied to Superfund site - Dec 15, 2003 GLRC
MMSD's latest controversy - Dec 15, 2003 MilwJS
We can use resource more conservatively [scroll down] - Dec 15, MilwJS
[PCB] Colleen Moore's Silent Scourge tallies the toll of pollution on kids' brains - Dec 15, 2003 Grist
[PCB] EPA battles Canadian company over river pollution - Dec 15, 2003 AZ Central
[PCB] Tests urged for areas near Metals Recycling - Dec 15, 2003 Providence Journal
[PCB] Resistance Stiffens to LI Sludge Dumping Plan - Dec 15, 2003 Newsday
[PCB] In hard times, salmon farms try to repair bad reputation - Dec 15, 2003 Seattle Times
[PCB] U.K. Ship Dismantling Project Put on Hold - Dec 15, 2003 New York Times
[PCB] Residents Launch New Challenge to Ghost Ships - Dec 15, 2003 Scotsman
[PCB] Teesside three win 'ghost ships' case - Dec 15, 2003 ITV
[Dioxin] DEQ orders Dow to refine cleanup plan - Dec 15, 2003 MLive
[Dioxin] Prince Agri Products Selects Xenobiotic Detection Systems' CALUX(R) Analysis for Quality Assurance - Dec 15, 2003 Yahoo
[Dioxin] Gulf War Veterans Still Sicker Than Normal - Dec 15, 2003 Planet Ark
[Dioxin] Part 1: The geopolitics of food come home to Arcata - Dec 15, 2003 Arcata Eye
Ice Mountain Water plant to stay closed, layoffs loom - Dec 15, 2003 WaterTech
Ice Mountain appeals to continue water withdrawals - Dec 15, 2003 MLive
The Nation's Top Scientists Speak-Out on Mercury Pollution: New Research Suggests Delays May Be Harmful - Dec 15, 2003 EMS
Hold the Tuna Charlie While pResident Bush Deregulates Mercury - Dec 15, 2003 Mercury Policy
EPA proposes mercury pollution rules - Dec 15, 2003 MSNBC
Plan may slow mercury reduction - Dec 15, 2003 Sun Herald
Fishy Policy on Mercury - Dec 15, 2003 Opinion
Supreme Court will review lawsuit over Cheney energy meetings - Dec 15, 2003 CNN
High Court to Hear Cheney-Energy Dispute - Dec 15, 2003 Guardian
Cheney faces energy policy suit - Dec 15, 2003 BBC
The Politics of Energy: Oil & Gas - Dec 15, 2003 EMS
New Web Site BushGreenwatch.org to Track Bush Administration’s “Environmental Misdeeds” With Daily Reports - Dec 15, 2003 Common Dreams
Tracking Bush's Greenwatching at Greenwatch - Dec 15, 2003 Misleader
Energy firms, activists team up for green power - Dec 15, 2003 Globe and Mail
Keeping Secrets: The Bush administration is doing the public's business out of the public eye. Here's how--and why - Dec 15 (22), 2003 U S News & World Report
The Alarming Impact Of Sprawl On Weather - Dec 15, 2003 Planetizen
Top Fish and Wildlife Priorities Discussed - Dec 15, 2003 ENN
Park Service Okays Wilderness Violations By Its Staff; Groups Petition to End "Blanket Approval" - Dec 15, 2003 PEER
High Court to Hear Mexican Truck Environmental Case - Dec 15, 2003 Yahoo
BuzzFlash.com Talks with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., About His Emile Zola-like "J'Accuse" Indictment of the Bush Anti-Environmental Record - Dec 15, 2003 BuzzFlash
Electronic Voting Investigator Bev Harris to Reveal Newly Discovered Potential Electronic Voting Security Breaches at Seattle News Conference On December 16th - Dec 15, 2003 BuzzFlash

Campaign-finance reform is way overdue - Dec 14, 2003 PG
Gamble pays off for organic farmers - Dec 14, 2003 PG
Severson shares love of the outdoors - Dec 14, 2003 PG
Let's get on with it [Green Bay area water] - Dec 14, 2003 NC
Street talk [attacking non-point pollution controls] - Dec 14, 2003 NC
Three One-sided Articles - No Attempt at Journalistic Balance:
Competition still tight for area paper mills [EnvDereg] - Dec 14, 2003 PC
Officials seek an economic boost [EnvDereg] - Dec 14, 2003 PC
Legislative update of other bills to help state businesses [EnvDereg] - Dec 14, 2003 PC
So-called Jobs Bill Does More Harm Than Good [EnvDereg] - Dec 14, 2003 WSJ
Fishing is a soldier’s desert getaway - Dec 14, 2003 PC
NAFTA - A Decade of Trade - Dec 14, 2003 PeninsulaPulse
Door Stewardship Alliance Completes Second Season of Work - Dec 14, 2003 PeninsulaPulse
Energy Conscious - Dec 14, 2003 PeninsulaPulse
Pending Shoreline Development Legislation - Dec, DoorCoCompass
McCain-Feingold ruling a significant victory - Dec 14, 2003 Sheboygan
Kewaunee might dredge marina - Dec 14, 2003 DoorCoDailyNews
Door County Green Fund gives back - Dec 14, 2003 DoorCoDailyNews
Ferry plies uncharted waters in lake travel - Dec 14, 2003 MilwJS
Bush Touts Achievements, Fills War Chest - Dec 14, 2003 MilwJS
Terror Panel Seeks Civil Liberties Board - Dec 14, 2003 MilwJS
FBI Implements New Surveillance Rules - Dec 14, 2003 MilwJS
[PCB] 'Growing Up Fast': My Baby, Myself - Dec 14, 2003 NYTimes
[PCB] PCBs in fish prompt fishing restrictions - Dec 14, MontanaForum
[PCB] Salmon farm industry struggles to live up to its promise - Dec 14, 2003 BillingsGazette
[PCB] Young Bald Eagles Are 'Recruited' for Relocation - Dec 14, 2003 LATimes
[PCB] The Map is not the Territory - Dec 14, 2003 Counterpunch.org
[PCB] Orote Point fish toxic - Dec 14, 2003 Guam Pacific Daily News
[PCB] 'We don't fish next to the islands' - Dec 14, 2003 Guam Pacific Daily News
[Dioxin] No easy answers on Tittabawassee River - Dec 14, Mlive.com
[Dioxin] 25 years later, there's still no easy answer - Dec 14, 2003 SaginawNews
[Dioxin] Drainage project worries activists - Dec 14, 2003 PensacolaNews
Bush's Energy Policy Lives Where the Deer and the Antelope Play - Dec 14, 2003 New York Times
E.P.A. Plans to Expand Pollution Markets - Dec 14, 2003 New York Times
The political environment - Dec 14, 2003 Sunspot.net
Power plants await Bush's new rules on mercury - Dec 14, 2003 MLive
Army Shells Pose Cancer Risk in Iraq - Dec 14, 2003 Common Dreams

U.S. Trade Deficit With China Hits High - Dec 13, 2003 PG
U.S. Trade Deficit With China Hits High - Dec 13, 2003 MilwJS
We should respect other cultures - Dec 13, 2003 PG
Clear cutting: Media consolidation is hazardous to your democracy, but there is something you can do about it - Dec 13, 2003 FightingBob
Outdoor Recreation Report - Dec 13, 2003 DCA
Outdoor notes - Dec 13, 2003 MilwJS
Neenah will keep Fresh Air Park - Dec 13, 2003 PC
Doyle seeks to ban ‘phony’ campaign ads - Dec 13, 2003 PC
Focus on Energy program helps assess your home’s performance - Dec 13, 2003 PC
Menominee River sturgeon harvest breaks record - Dec 13, 2003 Marinette
Opinion: Bush/Cheney energy bill takes country in wrong direction - Dec 13, 2003 CapTimes
Fly fishing can be year-round fun - Dec 13, 2003 MilwJS
At feeders and fields, bird counters will follow century-old tradition - Dec 13, 2003 MilwJS
[PCB] Bravest taking the Cruise cure - Dec 14, 2003 NYDailyNews
[PCB] Small town leukemia cases a mystery - Dec 13, 2003 CNN
[PCB] Nevada desert whodunit: What caused small town's leukemia? - Dec 13, 2003 Herald Tribune
[PCB] FWP OKs new fishing restrictions - Dec 13, 2003 Great Falls Tribune
[Dioxin] Fonterra to settle UK Customs row for $30m - Dec 13, 2003 Ferret.com
Order banning water removal stands - Dec 13, 2003 ToledoBlade
Florida Greenpeace Case Hinges on 1872 Law - Dec 13, 2003 Washington Post
Massive amounts of city heat, pollution hampering rainfall - Dec 13, 2003 MSNBC
Cities altering weather patterns - Dec 13, 2003 Salt Lake Tribune
Greenpeace says US threatens civil rights - Dec 13, 2003 Independent

DoJ: Letter Regarding Confidentiality of Legislative Drafting Materials - Dec 12, 2003 WisPolitics (PDF)
Rep. Molepske: Reduces Special Interest Influence and Increases Public Access to Legislative Drafting Documents - Dec 12, 2003 WisPolitics
Groups cry foul on `Job' bill [EnvDereg] - Dec 12, 2003 Journal Times
OshKosh B'Gosh to close two factories - Dec 12, 2003 MilwJS
DNR wants extension of tight limits to help Green Bay perch - Dec 12, 2003 NC
Opinions mixed on extending perch limit - Dec 12, 2003 PG
DNR hears from Valley fishermen - Dec 12, 2003 PC
No more excuse for stalling campaign finance reform - Dec 12, 2003 PC
Supreme Court clears way for state campaign reform - Dec 12, 2003 ON
Butte des Morts want signage to area [highway impacts] - Dec 12, 2003 ON
Report shows gain in diabetes program [PCBs are linked to diabetes] - Dec 12, 2003 MHT
Stewardship grants announced - Dec 12, 2003 Sheboygan
‘Mayor’s Forum’ to focus on Blue Harbor - Dec 12, 2003 Sheboygan
“Eye On Nature” opens Dec. 12 at the Guenzel Gallery - DoorCoCompass
Doyle asks for legislative action on ‘issue ads’ - Dec 12, 2003 MilwJS
Doyle urges limits on campaign issue ads - Dec 12, 2003 MilwJS
Treatments cut short for breast cancer patients [how about prevention?] - Dec 12, 2003 MilwJS
Scientists surprised at persistence of nitrate pollution - Dec 12, 2003 ENN
[PCB] Agency solicits comments on priorities for fiscal years 2005-07 - Dec 12, 2003 Waste News
[PCB] PCBs in Fish Prompt Fishing Restrictions - Dec 12, 2003 LATimes
[PCB] PCBs in fish prompt fishing restrictions on Big Spring Creek - Dec 12, 2003 Billings Gazette
[PCB] PCBs in Fish Prompt Fishing Restrictions - Dec 12, 2003 NYTimes
[PCB] Salmon farm industry struggles to live up to promise - Dec 12, 2003 AZCentral.com
[PCB] Central Coast legislator seeks funds to reverse sea otters' decline - Dec 12, 2003 SFGate
[PCB] Posters Are the Next Best Thing to a Laboratory - Dec 12, 2003
[PCB] Sonic Signs Agreement With Natural Resources Canada - Dec 12, 2003 Market Wire
[PCB] Sonic signs agreement with Natural Resources Canada - Dec 12, 2003 E-Wire
[PCB] IBM denied tainted jury mistrial in chemicals case - Dec EETimes
[Dioxin] Crops safe; don't eat livestock - Dec 12, 2003 Saginaw News
[Dioxin] Burn barrel ban starts in January - Dec 12, 2003 Ledger Dispatch
[Dioxin] A scientist finds benefit in small doses of toxins [Science Questionable] - Dec 12, 2003 Boston Globe
[Dioxin] In The Northwest: TGIF - it must be time for Bush policy changes - Dec 12, 2003 Seattle PI
[Dioxin] Growing concern over India's e-waste - Dec 12, 2003 BBC
[Dioxin] TAIA demonstrates against garbage incineration - Dec 12, 2003
Bottled-water plant aims to stay afloat - Dec 12, 2003 ToledoBlade
Early Exposure to Chemicals May Boost Risk of Asthma - Dec 12, 2003 LATimes
Draft Federal Advisory Warns Some Groups to Limit Tuna [Mercury] - Dec 12, 2003 New York Times
Last-Minute Damage to the Environment - Dec 12, 2003 New York Times
Controversial Environmental Policies Deserve Debate - Dec 12, 2003 Planetizen
EPA is pursuing fewer polluters - Dec 12, 2003 ENN
Drinking water compliance data released by EPA - Dec 12, 2003 WaterTech
Health consequences of Gulf War persist - Dec 12, 2003 Reuters
Getting heated over mercury: Regulation rollback is boon for utilities, bad for kids - Dec 12, 2003 Working for Change
Criticism of Electronic Voting Machines’ Security is Mounting - Dec 12, 2003 Truthout
Machines Too Can Lie - Dec 12, 2003 LATimes
Bill would require paper receipts for electronic voting terminals - Dec 12, 2003 Sacramento Bee
Keeping Secrets: The Bush administration is doing the public's business out of the public eye. Here's how--and why - Dec 12, 2003 Truthout
Global warming kills 150,000 people a year, warns UN - Dec 12, 2003 Independent
Climate shift seen as causing rise in disease - Dec 12, 2003 International Herald Tribune
Housing Can Be Affordable, Attractive, And 'Green' - Dec 12, 2003 Planetizen
Greenpeace Plea to Drop 'Sailor-Mongering' Charge - Dec 12, 2003 Scotsman
Japanese Health Ministry Allows Dangerous Trade of Toxic Whale and Dolphin Products - Dec 12, 2003 EMS

Clean Water Action Council: AG Urged to Investigate Special Interest Access as Violation of Open Meetings Law [EnvDereg] - Dec 11, 2003 WisPolitics
Drafting of Job Creation Act challenged [EnvDereg] - Dec 11, 2003 WSJ
The 'jobs creation' act destroys life [EnvDereg] - Dec 11, 2003 NC
Paper industry faces greater tests [EnvDereg] - Dec 11, 2003 PC
‘Grow Wisconsin’ gets solid start [EnvDereg] - Dec 11, 2003 MHT
Ashwaubenon, Hobart may rejoin water board - Dec 11, 2003 PG
52 communities submit radium-reducing plans to DNR - Dec 11, 2003 PG
State responses to Supreme Court decision on campaign-finance reform - Dec 11, 2003 PG
Associated Bank gives $50,000 for Riverwalk - Dec 11, 2003 PC
Ice is forming, but don’t walk on it yet - Dec 11, 2003 PC
Supporting Valley Transit smart and progressive - Dec 11, 2003 PC
Complaint against Gard & Doyle dismissed - Dec 11, 2003 Marinette
Researchers track radio-collared eagles' habits - Dec 11, 2003 WSJ
[PCB] Narrowing down dewatering sites - Dec 11, 2003 Capital News 9
[PCB] Incinerator to Fire Up - PLAN: 900,000 pounds of waste to be treated in fiscal year 2004 - Dec 11, 2003 Oak Ridger
[PCB] Data reveals pulses of banned POPs - Dec 11, 2003 ES&T Online News
[PCB] Officials to brief residents on landfill cleanup - Dec 11, 2003 Harlem Valley Times
[PCB] Feds fork out $500,000 to fund coal-ash study - Dec 11, 2003 The News Item
[PCB] Board OKs its third anti-OLF resolution - Dec 11, 2003 Washington Daily News
[PCB] State issues health warning for Wake County - Dec 9, 2003 News 14 Carolina
[PCB] NJ Transit OKs pact to deliver dirt - Dec 11, 2003 Courier Post Online
[PCB] Cast iron vs. PVC: Which is better? - Dec 11, 2003 Staten Island Advance
[PCB] Whales reveal man's damaging impact on oceans - Dec 11, 2003 ABS-CBNNews
[PCB] Salmon as toxic messengers - Dec 11, 2003 Fulcrum Online
[PCB/Dioxin] Orote Point fish deemed hazardous - Dec 11, 2003 Guam Pacific Daily News
[Dioxin] Residents' attorney defends his case - Dec 11, 2003 Saginaw News
[Dioxin] Dow jumps over Court of Appeals - Dec 11, 2003 Saginaw News
[Dioxin] Dow appeals medical monitoring to state Supreme Court - Dec 11, 2003 Kansas.com
[Dioxin] Fonterra to settle UK customs row for $30 million back duties - Dec 11, 2003 Fonterra
Federal Warning On Tuna Planned - Dec 11, 2003 Washington Post
Changes in Fish Tied to Feedlots - Dec 11, 2003 LATimes
A plan to make water well again - Dec 11, 2003 Duluth News Tribune
The Politics of Energy: Nuclear Power
The Bush administration makes the nuclear industry's agenda its own - Dec 11, 2003 Center for Public Integrity
While Feds Falter, States Forge Ahead: Energy Efficiency Innovation at the State Level - Dec 11, 2003 EMS
Under The Cover Of Darkness- Dec 11, 2003 TomPaine
Civil Rights, Environmental Leaders Call on Ashcroft to Drop Greenpeace Prosecution - Dec 11, 2003 EMS
Educating, Empowering Girls Key to Controlling Population Explosion - Dec 11, 2003 Common Dreams
Meatpacking Maverick - Nov/Dec, 2003 Mother Jones
Diebold e-mail discusses price gouging Maryland - Dec 11, 2003 Gazette.Net
Climate change 'will harm health' - Dec 11, 2003 BBC
WHO links global warming to more deaths - Dec 11, 2003 Seattle Post-Intelligencer
U.N.: 150,000 deaths tied to warmer globe - Dec 11, 2003 MSNBC
Death by warming: Threatened Inuit appeal for help at UN climate talks - Dec 11, 2003 TerraDaily
Arctic Inuit say climate change is human rights abuse - Dec 11, 2003 ENN
Global warming is killing us too, say Inuit - Dec 11, 2003 Guardian
It is one of mankind's final frontiers, a place of extreme cold and extraordinary beauty. But the North Pole's icecap is thawing fast. And many of us will live to see it disappear altogether - Dec 11, 2003 Independent

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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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