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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Dec 1-10, 2004

Dec 11-20, 2004

December 2004

Tanker crashes, dumps 8,000 gallons of fuel - Dec 31, 2004 Rhinelander Daily News
K-C sells paper plant - Dec 31, 2004 PC
Water rates set for authority cities - Dec 31, 2004 MHT
Year in review: Top 10 local stories - Dec 31, 2004 PG
Clean Wisconsin: Proposed Oak Creek Power Plant Will Further Damage Polluted Air in Southeastern Wisconsin - Dec 31, 2004 WisPolitics
Letter: Letters: Fees hikes pricing out average sportsman - Dec 31, 2004 PC
Editorial: We saw many battles fought in 2004 - Dec 31, 2004 SP
Walk in woods makes a great escape - Dec 31, 2004 MHT
[PCB] Genetic Shortcut To Breeding Super-healthy Salmon - Dec 31, 2004 Science Daily
[PCB] To eat or not to eat? Sweeping consumption advisories are sure to affect sport fishing in Virginia - Dec 31, 2004 Roanoke Times
[PCB] EPA sets hearing on dewatering plant - Dec 31, 2004 Saratogian
[PCB] Halfmoon and Schaghticoke relieved by EPA announcement - Dec 31, 2004 CNWeekly
Grab, Grab, Grab May Cost Us Dear: Consumerism may not make us happy. Quite the opposite, in fact - Dec 31, 2004 Truthout

DNR briefing set on declining wildlife species - Dec 30, 2004 PC
DNR issues air advisory - Dec 30, 2004 NC
Eventful year for county - Dec 30, 2004 MHT
I-Team: Secret Deals Included In Beaver Dam Wal-Mart Deal? - Dec 30, 2004 WISCTV
People will get their chance - Decc 30, 2004 FightingBob
Ripple effects of Indonesia's geological events - Dec 30, 2004 NC
Editorial: We all pay for our wild boar - Dec 30, 2004 PG
[PCB] Robert Kennedy Jr.: Democrats Are 75 Percent Corrupt, Republicans Are 95 Percent Corrupt - Dec 30, 2004 (Jan 3, 2005) Corporate Crime Reporter
[PCB] 'Sex-change' chemical cocktail threatens otters with extinction - Dec 30, 2004 Scotsman
[Dioxin] Buffalo moves to go PBT-free - Dec 30, 2004 NYNewsday
How safe is the water? While rated highly, US water shows traces of detergents and even drugs - Dec 30, 2004 Christian Science Monitor
Forget OPEC. The next cartel may export drinking water - Dec 30, 2004 Christian Science Monitor

Guide helps bird watchers learn ‘Birds of Wisconsin’ - Dec 29, 2004 Wisconsin Outdoors
DNR: Deer season in disease eradication zones continues after Jan. 3 under landowner permit, no Earn-A-Buck requirement - Dec 29, 2004 WDNR
DNR: Air quality health advisory issued for nine southern Wisconsin counties - Dec 29, 2004 WDNR
State issues winter air quality advisory - Dec 29, 2004 MilwJS
[PCB] Housing knockdowns 'just getting started' - Dec 29, 2004 Harvard Hillside
[PCB] Departing chief kept river group afloat - Dec 29, 2004 TimesDispatch
[PCB] Plan for Pollutants - Dec 29, 2004 Barbados Pollutants
[Dioxin] Emitting Complexities - Dec 29, 2004 Bangor Daily News
[Dioxin] Maine mill dumps dioxins in St. Croix river - Dec 29, 2004 NB.CBC
How Environmentalists Can Matter Again - Dec 29, 2004 Common Dreams
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed - Dec 29, 2004 Truthout

Garbage heads to Winnebago County - Dec 28, 2004 PG
Commercial, sport fishermen must come up with new agreement - Dec 28, 2004 Lakeshore Chronicle
Congregations join to cut fuel bills - Dec 28, 2004 CapTimes
Delay won’t trigger crisis, power plant foes argue - Dec 28, 2004 MilwJS
RESET Wisconsin: Environmental and community groups support bringing Dane County Circuit Court ruling to the Supreme Court - Dec 28, 2004 WR (PDF)
Editorial: Closing Welland Canal would have great impact - Dec 28, 2004 PG
Commentary: Bill Berry: Environment? Ho hum - Dec 28, 2004 CapTimes
[PCB] Novel Way to Rid Body of Toxins Found - Dec 28, 2004 Forbes
[PCB] Viewing fish as friends - Dec 28, 2004 SouthBendTribune
[PCB/Dioxin] Dioxins and PCBs - your questions answered - Dec 28, 2004 Medical News Today
Pentagon Is Pressing to Bypass Environmental Laws for War Games and Arms Testing - Dec 28, 2004 NYTimes
Tsunamis and Nuclear Power Plants - Dec 28, 2004 Truthout

State loan to finance ethanol facility - Dec 27, 2004 PG
Wild pigs a problem in Crawford County - Dec 27, 2004 Common Dreams
Wild pigs find 23 counties comfy - Dec 27, 2004 MilwJS
Dave Zweifel: 'People's Legislature' to send a message - Dec 27, 2004 CapTimes
Efforts to protect lake not working - Dec 27, 2004 PC
Study to show failed efforts to control invasive species in Great Lakes - Dec 27, 2004 NC
Letter: World’s fresh water needs our attention - Dec 27, 2004 MilwJS
Invasive species are not the only problem (Scroll down) - Dec 27, 2004 MilwJS
National Forests: Another Gift to Timber Interests - Dec 27, 2004 Common Dreams
[Dioxin] Yushchenko Apparent Winner in Ukraine; PM Won't Quit - Dec 27, 2004 ABC News
On This Freedom Ride, Fuel Comes From the Fryer - Dec 27, 2004 NYTimes

Plan would clean Lake Wingra of invasive plants, carp - Dec 26, 2004 NC
Jim Lee column: We can do our part to avoid algae - Dec 26, 2004 Wisconsin Outdoors
Grass flourishes in warmer Antarctic - Dec 26, 2004 Times Online
Taxpayers May Be Liable for Oil Cleanup - Dec 26, 2004 Truthout

[PCB] GYA Saturday 12.25.04 - Dec 25, 2004 Racine Journal Times
State park no longer validates registrations - Dec 25, 2004 PC
Intruders at the gate: Invader species threaten to further shake Lake Michigan's sensitive ecosystem - Dec 25, 2004 MilwJS
Outdoor notes - Dec 25, 2004 MilwJS
[PCB] PCBs suspect in high amount of respiratory disease along Hudson - Dec 25, 2004 JournalNews

DNR issues power line permit: Clears hurdle to construction - Dec 24, 2004 CapTimes
Recyclers 'unbuild' couple's house, add to their own - Dec 24, 2004 MilwJS
[Dioxin] Dioxin for Vietnam costing high - Dec 24, 2004 BakuSun
An Earth-friendly Christmas tree - Dec 24, 2004 MSNBC

Sand, gravel pits creating controversy - Dec 23, 2004 CapTimes
Great Outdoors Almanac - Dec 23, 2004 Wisconsin Outdoors
The sky is not falling: We Energies uses scare tactics to divert attention from its flawed plan - Dec 23, 2003 FightingBob
Commentary: Solving energy crisis requires long-term strategy - Dec 23, 2004 ON
[PCB] Walleyes are a contender, not a final solution, to gobies - Dec 23, 2004 Bay City Times
[PCB] Professor says: eat and enjoy the fish - Dec 23, 2004 Roanoke Times
How Now, Mad Cow? - Dec 23, 2004 AlterNet
Household Chemicals in Direct Link to Asthma Rise - Dec 23, 2004 Independent

Utica Energy receives grant - Dec 22, 2004 ON
Roy Lukes column: Owls head south to find food - Dec 22, 2004 Wisconsin Outdoors
Wisconsin Public Service Finalizes Transaction by Donating Land to Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - Dec 22, 2004 WPS
Laura Olah: Value of military bases must factor in environmental toll - Dec 22, 2004 CapTimes
A new push to clean up the Great Lakes - Dec 22, 2004 Christian Science Monitor
New Forest Plan Would Lessen Restraints - Dec 22, 2004 Yahoo
Forest chiefs get more power in Bush plan - Dec 22, 2004 MSNBC
Administration Overhauls Rules for U.S. Forests - Dec 22, 2004 NYTimes
The Forest Service on Wednesday Announced Long-Waited Changes to Rules Governing the National Forest Management Act, the Basic Law that Governs the Nation's 155 National Forests - Dec 22, 2004 ENN
[PCB] DEP chief urges speedy cleanup - Dec 22, 2004 NorthJersey
[PCB] Put Ringwood back on the Superfund list - Dec 22, 2004 NorthJersey
[PCB] Transfer of base before cleanup eyed - Dec 22, 2004 TownOnline
Will the GOP Nuke the Constitution? - Dec 22, 2004 AlterNet
Fishing grounds escape closure threat - Dec 22, 2004 Guardian
Europe again ignores scientists' advice on fish - Dec 22, 2004 New Scientist

Kewaunee Nuclear Plant sale is sought again - Dec 21, 2004 PG
Utilities ask PSC to reconsider rejection of power plant sale - Dec 21, 2004 NC
County OKs permit for wind farm - Dec 21, 2004 MHT
Alliant Energy secures power from proposed local wind farm - Dec 21, 2004 Fond du Lac Reporter
Storm-water pond in Howard to be fenced - Dec 21, 2004 PG
Police station given green light - Dec 21, 2004 SP
Delays push water park project off deadline - Dec 21, 2004 PC
Steve Sprinkel and Mark Kastel: Organic agriculture proponents under attack from corporations - Dec 21, 2004 CapTimes
Editorial: Prizing the environment - Dec 21, 2004 CapTimes
[PCB] Monsanto sets up $285 million reserve - Dec 21, 2004 Checkbiotech
[PCB] All area residents have a role in protecting lake - Dec 21, 2004 News-Messenger
[Dioxin] Dioxin levels puzzling - Dec 21, 2004 Saginaw News
Big farms worry about regulation as air-quality complaints go up - Dec 21, 2004 MLive
US Meat Plants Violating Mad Cow Rules - Dec 21, 2004 PlanetArk
Male fish bear eggs in Potomac - Dec 21, 2004 CNN
America's War with Itself - Dec 21, 2004 AlterNet
Bush Delegation Blocks Progress at International Conference on Global Warming - Dec 21, 2004 Bush GreenWatch
The Attack on Science - Dec 21, 2004 Common Dreams
2004 Media Follies! The Most Overhyped and Underreported Media Stories of the Year - Dec 21, 2004 Common Dreams

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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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