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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 2004

Door County Farm Looking to Expand to 4,200 Cattle - Dec 20, 2004 Wisconsin Ag Connection
A.G. Lautenschlager: Announces Soil and Groundwater Contamination Suit Filed Against Portage Airport Property, LLC - Dec 20, 2004 WisPolitics
A.G. Lautenschlager: Announces Settlement of Petroleum Storage Tank Lawsuit in Racine County - Dec 20, 2004 WisPolitics
Utilities petition state for another hearing on Kewaunee plant sale - Dec 20, 2004 MilwJS
9-year-old standing up to Wal-Mart - Dec 20, 2004 SP
New ice on lake baits anglers to go fishing - Dec 20, 2004 MilwJS
Milwaukee Insight: Doyle's Leadership Role Key in Waukesha Water Debate - Dec 20, 2004 WisPolitics
Great Lakes pollution cleanup program underfunded - Dec 20, 2004 GLRC
Letter: Roadblocks should stop Wal-Mart’s plans - Dec 20, 2004 SP
[PCB] Dozens of Words for Snow, None for Pollution - Jan/Feb 2005 Mother Jones
[PCB] Riverfront project runs aground on EPA plan - Dec 20, 2004 TimesUnion
[PCB] Olestra diet helps rid body of toxins - Dec 20, 2004 ScienceBlog
[PCB] Fighting polluters - Dec 20, 2004 NorthJersey
[Dioxin] Company Polluted Nitro, W.Va., with Dioxin, Lawsuit Says - Dec 20, 2004 ENN
[Dioxin] Dioxin mucks up dredging project - Dec 20, 2004 Detroit Free Press
Green Christmas: Tips for an Eco-Friendly Holiday - Dec 20, 2004 Truthout
Editorial: Tidings of green houses - Dec 20, 2004 Seattle Times


Big ’Bago becoming an ice-fishing hot spot? - Dec 19, 2004 Wisconsin Outdoors
DNR forester in Mishicot helps area landowners - Dec 19, 2004 MHT
Letter: Set right standard in Great Lakes diversion (Scroll down) - Dec 19, 2004 MilwJS
Editorial: Mayor needs to share information with council, public ]about Sheridan Park] - Dec 19, 2004 SP
Editorial: No better time to stand for campaign-finance reform - Dec 19, 2004 PC
[Dioxin] Political thriller: Ukraine poisoning story takes novel twists - Dec 19, 2004 MilwJS
U.S. Waters Down Global Commitment to Curb Greenhouse Gases - Dec 19, 2004 Truthout


Perch scarcer now, but catching them still a family tradition - Dec 18, 2004 MilwJS
Outdoor news and notes - Dec 18, 2004 MilwJS
Sea of change: Led by zebra mussels, a host of invasive species is wreaking ecological havoc in Lake Michigan - Dec 18, 2004 MilwJS
Water pipeline means change - Dec 18, 2004 MHT


DNR likely to re-issue permit for large dairy - Dec 17, 2004 MHT
WPS plans to power up on pulp waste - Dec 17, 2004 PG
City reminds of recycling rules, laws - Dec 17, 2004 MHT
Power line along state line approved - Dec 17, 2004 CapTimes
Sewage damage payouts come as a surprise - Dec 17, 2004 MilwJS
John Stauber: Feeding Cows to Cows, One Year Later - Dec 17, 2004 Common Dreams
Letter: Congratulations for standing up to Wal-Mart - Dec 17, 2004 SP
[PCB] Ban sought on potent pesticide - Dec 17, 2004 CNN
[PCB] Dredging helps to clean Trenton Channel, image - Dec 17, 2004 Detroit News
[PCB] Concerns raised about contamination near former Century Brass mill site - Dec 17, 2004 New Milford Spectrum
[Dioxin] Dredging plans can't run aground - Dec 17, 2004 Saginaw News
Earth-Hostile Chemical Gets White House OK - Dec 17, 2004 Common Dreams
China becoming world leader in nuclear power: outgoing US Energy Secretary - Dec 17, 2004 SpaceWar


Big-farm permit would be Door County’s first: Operation would feed thousands of heifers - Dec 16, 2004 PG
Incident leads to evacuation, injures 4 - Dec 16, 2004 PC
Warming trend could lessen region's wildlife diversity, report says - Dec 16, 2004 NC
Cana Island neighbors protest transfer to Door County - Dec 16, 2004 DCA
Lawsuit challenges fertilizer rules - Dec 16, 2004 WSJ
International Paper to sell Fine Papers unit - Dec 16, 2004 PC
33 more wind turbines planned - Dec 16, 2004
New power line expected to ease state’s energy woes - Dec 16, 2004
Great Outdoors Almanac - Dec 16, 2004 Wisconsin Outdoors
Letter: Waukesha County’s thirst understandable (Scroll down) - Dec 16, 2004 MilwJS
[PCB] St. Clair Shores PCB find could be source of canal pollution - Dec 16, 2004 MLive
[PCB] Probe zeros in on PCB source: After an extensive federal cleanup, the toxins remain at St. Clair Shores site - Dec 16, 2004 Detroit News
[PCB] Eating fish is good for you, or is it? - Dec 16, 2004 Roanoke
[PCB] More PCBs than expected may be stirred - Dec 16, 2004 Poughkeepsie Journal
[PCB] EPA selects final dewatering sites for use in Hudson River PCBs cleanup - Dec 16, 2004 MidHudsonNews
[PCB] EPA picks upstate sites for PCB-related facilities - Journal News
[PCB] Ringwood Ford dump still holds toxic PCBs - Dec 16, 2004 NorthJersey
[PCB] Yushchenko's poison level extreme - Dec 16, 2004 NorthJersey
[Dioxin] AP: Yushchenko sure gov't poisoned him - Dec 16, 2004 Sacramento Bee
2004 was fourth-warmest year on record - Dec 16, 2004 MSNBC
Molly Ivins: The Reality-Based Environment - Dec 16, 2004 AlterNet


PSC asks Supreme Court to rule on power plants - Dec 15, 2004 NC
Court asked to rule on power plants - Dec 15, 2004 PC
Railroad to follow bridge schedule - Dec 15, 2004 ON
Shawano County boosts its health ranking - Dec 15, 2004 PG
Project to get bugs out of water system - Dec 15, 2004 MilwJS
Cornell scientists look at lilacs for evidence of earlier spring - Dec 15, 2004 NC
Weekly fisihing report - Dec 15, 2004 MilwJS
Letter: Wal-Mart referendum would be a good idea - Dec 15, 2004 SP
[PCB] Study: Respiratory illness, proximity to Hudson linked - Dec 15, 2004 Poughkeepsie Journal
[PCB] PCBs too high in many rivers - Dec 15, 2004 Roanoke Times
[PCB] Va. increases warnings on fish - Dec 15, 2004 TimesDispatch
[PCB] Stratford OKs deal on Army plant - Dec 15, 2004 New Haven Register
[PCB] Toxic chemicals at Metachem site to be sold - Dec 15, 2004 DelawareOnline
[Dioxin] Ukraine Dioxin Poisoning A Reminder of U.S. Delay - Dec 15, 2004 Bush GreenWatch
[Dioxin] AP: Yushchenko has historic dioxin level - Dec 15, 2004 TimesUnion
[Dioxin] Yuschenko's Toxin Level 2nd-Highest on Record - Dec 15, 2004 Washington Post
Eskimos Seek to Recast Global Warming as a Rights Issue - Dec 15, 2004 Truthout
The Real Importance of the Kyoto Treaty - Dec 15, 2004 Truthout
Climate Change Affecting Species, Study Shows: Assessment Says Rising Temperatures Are Altering Migration Routes, Breeding Patterns - Dec 15, 2004 Washington Post
Climate change hits bottom line - Dec 15, 2004 BBC
U.N. climate expert in war of words with U.S. - Dec 15, 204 SeattleTimes
Rich Need To Do More on Environment, World Bank Says - Dec 15, 2004 ENN


Whooping cranes’ flight from state ends in Florida - Dec 14, 2004 PG
DOT: No decision on Fox bridges yet - Dec 14, 2004 ON
State scrutinizes energy demands - Dec 14, 2004 PC
Material from former Rayovac factory reused and recycled - Dec 14, 2004 WSJ
Side benefit to May's torrential rain? Decimation of pesky bug population - Dec 14, 2004 MilwJS
Coal-plant case taken directly to high court - Dec 14, 2004 MilwJS
Panel backs conservation zone for part of east side - Dec 14, 204 MilwJS
Mike Ivey: Fighting holiday consumerism is simple living - Dec 14, 2004 CapTimes
[PCB] University At Albany Researchers Link PCBs To Respiratory Diseases - Dec 24, 2004 ScienceDaily
[PCB] Dredgings dump opponents are down to picking at details - Dec 14, 2004 Bay City Times
[PCB] DEP joins fight to clean up site - Dec 14, 2004 Home News Tribune
[PCB] New studies raise dredging concerns - Dec 14, 2004 Independent
[PCB] 'bulk vitrification' - Dec 14, 2004 Tri-City Herald
[PCB] Safer by the Bottle - Dec 14, 2004 Washington Post
[PCB] State urges people to limit consumption of local fish - Dec 14, 2004 Hampton Roads
[PCB] Reactor plan has its risks - Dec 14, 2004 Fredericksburg
Supreme Court's Decision Changes Rules on Toxic Waste Cleanups - Dec 14, 2004 ENN
Farming For Poets - Dec 14, 2004 AlterNet
Climate expert  in war of words on warming: Chief U.N. scientist says
‘no question’ phenomenonis real and dangerous - Dec 14, 2004 MSNBC
A quarter of bird species in danger of extinction, study warns - Dec 14, 2004 Independent
1 in 10 bird species faces extinction by 2100 - Dec 14, 2004 MSNBC
China aims to quadruple nuclear power - Dec 14, 2004 MSNBC


Centerville CARES seeks to halt area farm’s growth - Dec 13, 2004 MHT
Endangered whooping cranes arrive at winter home in Florida - Dec 13, 2004 NC
Whooping cranes fly to Florida for winter - Dec 13, 2004 PC
Fish overstocking imperils Lake Michigan - Dec 13, 2004 PG
Human intervention on Lake Michigan has created modern dilemmas - Dec 13, 2004 NC
Pathetic to paradise: Sad-sack playground will become good and green - Dec 13, 2004 MilwJS
Editorial: Unclogging those fuel clogs - Dec 13, 2004 MilwJS
EPA finalizing sewage blending policy - Dec 13, 2004 GLRC
[PCB] Alabama poison plant targeted over environmental, terrorism fears - Dec 13, 2004 AL.com
[PCB/Dioxin] Statewide fish consumption advisory issued for mercury - Dec 13, 2004 WAVY
[Dioxin] Ukraine prosecutors reopen investigation into Yushchenko poisoning allegations - Dec 13, 2004 NapaNews
New Report Shows Solar Panels Can Save Homeowners, Ratepayers Money - Dec 13, 2004 EMS
It Wins Wars -- But at What Cost? - Dec 13, 2004 Ashland Daily Press
Bush OKs Ruling That May Endanger Species - Dec 13, 2004 ENN
Environmental Protection Agency Hasn't Won Improvements It Touted - Dec 13, 2004 ENN
License to Bill: Clinton, late convert to climate-change cause, now preaching up a storm - Dec 13, 2004 Grist
Pollution: A life and death issue - Dec 13, 2004 BBC
We Are All Tuvalu - Dec 13, 2004 Truthout


[PCB] PCB sediment taken to Chilton landfill - Dec 12, 2004 PG
Woman fights DNR over fawn she rescued - Dec 12, 2004 PC
Reports spark utilities’ interest: Potential energy shortages on officials’ minds - Dec 12, 2004 PG
Editorial board seeks community members - Dec 12, 2004 PC
Editorial: Waukesha’s water play - Dec 12, 2004 MilwJS
Editorial: Push for renewable energy makes sense - Dec 12, 2004 PG
Opinion: The Hudson Institute’s manure - Dec 12, 2004 FightingBob
Patrick Schillinger: One-napkin request shows environmental ignorance - Dec 12, 2004 PC
[PCB/Dioxin] Dioxin takes many forms - Dec 12, 2004 SFGate
[PCB] Dioxin dangers - Dec 12, 2004 Boston Globe
[PCB] Communities brace for EPA announcement on dewatering sites - Dec 12, 2004 Troy Record
The high cost of gold - Dec 12, 2004 DenverPost
Human society is performing a remarkable and uncontrolled experiment on the Earth - Dec 12, 2004 BBC


Paradise in peril - Dec 11, 2004 MilwJS
Coho fever - Dec 11, 2004 MilwJS
On Strawberry Creek, salmon get help making small fry - Dec 11, 2004 MilwJS
Business leaders oppose Sheridan site - Dec 11, 2004 SP
County passes nuclear emergency exercise - Dec 11, 2004 MHT
Kettles and moraines teach water conservation - Dec 11, 2004 MilwJS
Wal-Mart hopeful about Supercenter - Dec 11, 2004 WisPolitics
[PCB] Study links living near river with diseases - Dec 11, 2004 Saratogian
[Dioxin] Ukraine's Yushchenko Poisoned by Dioxin-Doctors - Dec 11, 2004 ABCNews
[Dioxin] Viktor Yushchenko was a victim of dioxin poisoning, say doctors - Dec 11, 2004 Medical News Today
Dreaming of a Green Christmas - Dec 11, 2004 AlterNet

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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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