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, 2005

Dec 21-31, 2005

December 11- 20, 2005

A National Assessment of Tap Water Quality - Dec 20, 2005 Environmental Working Group
Tap Water Quality Report: The State of Wisconsin - Dec 20, 2005 Environmental Working Group
Drinking water washes out in study: State ranks 2nd in nation for contaminants, but DNR disputes findings - Dec 20, 2005 MJS
Don't Feed The Elk; It Could Kill Them - Dec 20, 2005 CapTimes
Conservation, Recreation Programs Get Gas Tax Money - Dec 20, 2005 WSJ
Kanavas divining ways for Waukesha to get water - Dec 20, 2005 GMToday
Georgia-Pacific sale is approved - Dec 20, 2005 PG
Editorial: Alaska drilling amendment doesn't belong in defense bill - Dec 20, 2005 PC
Editorial: An underhanded tactic - Dec 20, 2005 MJS
Airing out a myth - Dec 20, 2005 FightingBob
[PCB] Minnesota adds lakes, rivers to list of polluted waters - Dec 20, 2005 Duluth News Tribune
[Dioxin] The Republican War on Science - Dec 20, 2005 Book Standard
Study: There’s more than H2O in tap water - Dec 20, 2005 MSNBC
More Than 140 Contaminants with No Enforceable Safety Limits Found in the Nation's Drinking Water - Dec 20, 2005 Common Dreams
Public Data Show Chemicals in Tap Water - Dec 20, 2005 Common Dreams
The Unfriendly Skies - Dec 20, 2005 Tom Paine
Life and Death In the Arctic - Dec 20, 2005 AlterNet

Ex-DNR official: Pier bill a ploy for Gard - Dec 19, 2005 PG
A.G. Lautenschlager: Announces Filing of Civil Charges for Environmental Violations at Fond du Lac Real Estate Development - Dec 19, 2005 WisPolitics
Ten threats: Bottled water diversion debate - Dec 19, 2005 GLRC
Letter: Friends of Plamann off to a good start - Dec 19, 2005 PC
[PCB] Time for Congress to act against illegal dumping on tribal lands - Dec 19, 2005 Desert Sun
[PCB] Cleanup for hot property - Dec 19, 2005 Record Online
[PCB] Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals News Release: Legislation to Reduce Global Persistent Organic Pollutants Receives Praise - Dec 19, 2005 AutoChannel
[PCB/Dioxin] Tribe appears affected by industrial chemical - Dec 19, 2005 Winston-Salem Journal
[PCB/Dioxin] Canadian Natives Are Alarmed by a Shortage of Sons - Dec 19, 2005 Truthout
House approves drilling in Alaskan refuge - Dec 19, 2005 MSNBC

Meyer contends Congressional race factor in pier rules - Dec 18, 2005 MJS
Cooperative strategy needed for vulnerable Great Lakes - Dec 18, 2005 Ann Arbor News
[PCB] Questions for EPA - Dec 18, 2005 Times Union
[PCB/Dioxin] Canadian natives alarmed by a gender ratio out of whack - Dec 18, 2005 Portsmouth Herald
[PCB/Dioxin] Chemical-Laden Chippewa Reserve Loses Sons - Dec 18, 2005 Register-Guard
[Dioxin] Finding balance in dioxin 'zone' - Dec 18, 2005 Saginaw News
The View from the Kennedy Compound - Dec 18, 2005 Cape Cod Today
World Is at Its Hottest since Prehistory, Say Scientists - Dec 18, 2005 Truthout

Outdoors notes - Dec 17, 2005 MJS
Letter: Emissions hurt Green Bay area - Dec 17, 2005 PG
Letter: Plamann Park not meant for sewer line - Dec 17, 2005 PC
[PCB] Community split over proposed ship disposal site: Citizens questioning bringing toxins into the bay - Dec 17, 2005 WorldLink
[PCB] Plant seeks to protect river - Dec 17, 2005 Troy Record
[PCB] Ethnic groups warned about fish - Dec 17, 2005 Philadelphia Inquirer
[PCB/Dioxin] Pollution on Canada Reservation Is Probed - Washington Post
[PCB/Dioxin] Pollution on Canada Reservation Is Probed - Dec 17, 2005 CBS News

Wisconsin Lawmakers Pass Ethanol Bill - Dec 16, 2005 Wisconsin Ag Connection
Groups Call for Better Environmental Protections in Ethanol Bill - Dec 16, 2005 WisPolitics (PDF)
Manure task force plan draws criticism from farmers and residents - Dec 16, 2005 MHT
AG Lautenschlager: Announces Settlement with All 29 of the Defendant Tributary Communities in the Lawsuit Against the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) - Dec 16, 2005 WisPolitics
Neighborhoods fight for cleaner air (Madison mentioned) - Dec 16, 2005 CNN
Wisconsin Wildlife Federation: Wisconsin Assembly Passes Resource Damaging Pier Bill - Dec 16, 2005 WisPolitics
Editorial: Urgency = independence - Dec 16, 2005 MJS
[PCB] Nonpoint Source Pollution Cleanup Essential to Great Lakes - Dec 16, 2005 ENS
[PCB] Port Angeles seeking federal grant to study Rayonier site's future - Dec 16, 2005 Peninsula Daily News
[PCB] Lower Hudson Valley reps criticize PCB cleanup agreement - Dec 16, 2005 Journal News
[PCB] Don't delay river cleanup - Dec 16, 2006 Poughkeepsie Journal
[Dioxin] Sierra's Coast pollution study hit - Dec 16, 2005 Clarion Ledger
[Dioxin] DuPont slams study that reported contamination along the coast - Dec 16, 2005 KLFY
Senator Crapo (R-ID) Introduces Bill to Undermine Endangered Species Act - Dec 16, 2005 ENN
Christmas Is Damaging the Environment - Dec 16, 2005 Truthout
Warming Globally, Acting Locally - Dec 16, 2005 TomPaine

Assembly passes ethanol fuel measure - Dec 15, 2005 MJS
Better Environmental Solutions, RENEW Wisconsin: New Study Shows Ethanol Can Cut Greenhouse Air Pollution, Increase Energy Security - Dec 15, 2005 WisPolitics
Assembly approves bill easing regulation on piers - Dec 15, 2005 MJS
Holidays Can Be Energy Efficient With Appropriate Decorations, Gifts - Dec 15, 2005 CapTimes
AG Lautenschlager: Contempt Order for Failure to Protect Rock Lake Priority Watershed - Dec 15, 2005 WisPolitics
Great Outdoors Almanac - Dec 15, 2005 PG
Editorial: Wal-mart Aims To Kill Land Use Rules - Dec 15, 2005 CapTimes
Editorial: Secretary's ANWR message nothing but misleading spin - Dec 15, 2005 PC
Make Great Lakes cleanup another collaborative process - Dec 15, 2005 NWITimes
Brett Hulsey: Biofuels Help Air, Farmers, Drivers, and Energy Security - Dec 15, 2005 WisOpinion
[PCB] River coalition wants tougher PCB clean-up pact for Hudson - Dec 15, 2005 Journal News
[PCB] DuPont fined $16.5 million by the EPA - Dec 15, 2005 DelawareOnline
Katrina also impacted environmental rules - Dec 15, 2005 MSNBC
Real or fake? Choosing a Christmas tree can be an ethical quagmire for environmentalists - Dec 15, 2005 SFGate
2005 continues warming trend - Dec 15, 2005 MSNBC
Is Global Warming Killing the Polar Bears? - Dec 15, 2005 Common Dreams
WorldWatch Institute: The Peaks and Valleys Of Oil Dependence - Dec 15, 2005 Common Dreams

Great Lakes reps sign compact: Agreement would halt other states from tapping water supply - Dec 14, 2005 PG
Great Lakes Governors Ok Plan To Block Water Diversion - Dec 14, 2005 CapTimes
Great Lakes Governors Ok Water Deal - Dec 14, 2005 WSJ
[PCB/Dioxin] Partnership looking to save Great Lakes - Dec 14, 2005 CNN
Point Beach Nuclear plant unit shut off for repair - Dec 14, 2005 MJS
Pier Bill Would Loosen Proposed Rules - Dec 14, 2005 CapTimes
Protect Best, Restore Rest, Environment Prof Urges - Dec 14, 2005 CapTimes
Essays bring nature home - Dec 14, 2005 MJS
Baiting Deer Still A Hot Issue - Dec 14, 2005 CapTimes
Behnke: It's Time; Longtime Natural Resources Board Member Is Getting Close To Retiring - Dec 14, 2005 CapTimes
Weekly fishing report - Dec 14, 2005 MJS
Editorial: Ethanol Production Is Too Dependent On Natural Gas - Dec 14, 2005 CapTimes
Letter: U.S. automakers won't hear of higher standard (Scroll down) - Dec 14, 2005 MJS
[PCB] Firefighters worry about chemical exposure in Topanga Fire - Dec 14, 2005 Malibu Times
[PCB] Reality and Spin in the Media - Dec 14, 2005 Media Channel
[Dioxin] EPA seeks to ease factory emissions reports - Dec 14, 2005 MSNBC
[Dioxin] EPA Would Ease Pollution-Reporting Rules - Dec 14, 2004 NRDC
[Dioxin] The puzzle of environment and cancer - Dec 14, 2005 Herald Tribune
[Dioxin] Mainers should prevent toxic waste incinerator - Dec 14, 2005 MaineToday
Unhealthy air: How vulnerable are children? - Dec 14, 2005 MSNBC
Christmas harms the environment, report finds - Dec 14, 2005 MSNBC

Leaders sign accord on Great Lakes water - Dec 13, 2005 MJS
$20b Plan Aim: Save Great Lakes - Dec 13, 2005 CapTimes
Heading Off Great Lakes Diversion - Dec 13, 2005 WSJ
[PCB/Dioxin] A Plan For Saving The Great Lakes - Dec 13, 2005 All Headline News
10,000 Gallons Of Manure Spill - Dec 13, 2005 WSJ
A Master Plan For All Creatures Great And Small: The DNR Has Drawn It Up, And It Includes Special Efforts For Species That Need Some Help - Dec 13, 2005 WSJ
Cranes Near End Of Trip To Florida Refuge - Dec 13, 2005 CapTimes
Paper mastermind left his mark - Dec 13, 2005 PC
DNR: News- Dec 13, 2005 WisPolitics
Editorial: Water users need to protect Great Lakes - Dec 13, 2005 PG
Editorial: Biofuels In Our Future - Dec 13, 2005 Cap Times
Cow Power Can Fuel Innovation: Using Manure To Power An Ethanol Plant Would Turn A Pollution Problem Into An Energy Solution - Dec 13, 2005 WSJ
Hiding Behind Pollution and Paperwork: While claiming to relieve polluting companies of paperwork, a new EPA plan will let polluters off the hook in reporting their toxic emissions - Dec 13, 2005 AlterNet

Stahl farm has manure spill - Dec 12, 2005 PG
About 10,000 gallons of manure spilled at Luxemburg farm - Dec 12, 2005 MJS
Wisconsin Scores "F" on State Science Standards - Dec 12, 2005 School Information System
Letter: DNR deer-feeding rules don't make sense - Dec 12, 2005 MHT
[PCB] Norwegian killer whales most toxic mammals in Arctic - Dec 12, 2005 WebWire
[PCB] Arctic orcas highly contaminated - Dec 12, 2005 BBC
[PCB] POPs legislation introduced by Chambliss, Harkin - Dec 12, 2005 Western Farm Press
[PCB] Mohawks file class action suit against companies for river contamination - Dec 12, 2005 Indian Country Today
The 14 Worst Corporate Evildoers - Dec 12, 2005 AlterNet
Balancing On Oil's Peak - Dec 12, 2005 AlterNet
U.S. Under Fire as World Climate Talks End - Dec 12, 2005 ENN

Governors poised to sign Great Lakes water rules - Dec 11, 2005 MJS
Plan tightens taps on Lake Michigan water - Dec 11, 2005 People's Weekly World
DNR seeks feedback on new landfill - Dec 11, 2005 PG
Editorial: Reform to clean up that smell - Dec 11, 2005 MJS
Editorial: Energy crisis looms for America - Dec 11, 2005 PC
[PCB] 2006 NYS Dirty Dozen Award Nominations - Dec 11, 2005 WNY Media
[PCB] Slow down the 'Ghost Fleet' - Dec 11, 2005 Oregonian
[PCB] Cleanup could cost in the millions - Dec 11, 2005 Times Argus
[PCB] Organic label appears a little artificial these days - Dec 11, 2005 Sun-Sentinel

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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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