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, 2006

Dec 21- 31, 2006

December 11-20, 2006

We Energies sells Point Beach nuclear plant for $1 billion - Dec 20, 2006 PG
We Energies sells nuclear plant for $1 B to FPL Energy - Dec 20, 2006 MJS
Citizens Utility Board: Point Beach Nuclear Power Plant Should Not Be Sold - Dec 20, 2006 WisPolitics
Forestry officials watch for ash borer - Dec 20, 2006 PG
Biodiesel plant planned for Butler: Proposal includes filling station with alternative fuels - Dec 20, 2006 MJS
Weekly fishing report - Dec 20, 2006 MJS
Editorial: Coast Guard wisely listened to the public - Dec 20, 2006 SP
[PCB] How Environmental Pollutants Are Causing Reproductive Problems - Dec 20, 2006 AlterNet
[PCB] Cleanup ordered at Evraz mills - Dec 20, 2006 Oregonian
[PCB] Federal Government Intercepts Hazardous Waste in the Port of Vancouver - Dec 20, 2006 CNW Group
[PCB] The Grass is Always Cleaner - Dec, 2006 Plenty
[PCB] New sewage charges - Dec 20, 2006 Tri-City News
[Dioxin] Eco-friendly materials best for healthy kitchens - Dec 20, 2006 Denver Post
[Dioxin] EPA Rule 'Absurd,' Critics Say - Dec 20, 2006 Occupational Hazards
Biofuels Eating Into Food Grain Stocks - Dec 20, 2006 Common Dreams
The Year the World Woke Up: Climate change in 2006, the public, politicians and industry have all shown significant signs that tackling global warming is on the agenda after scientific studies showed the pace of change gathering speed - Dec 20, 2006 Truthout
Crisis and Opportunity - Dec 20, 2006 Truthout

Coast Guard won't test fire on Great Lakes: Plans for exercises with machine guns stirred protests - Dec 19, 2006 PG
Snake lawsuit could be settled - Dec 19, 2006 MJS
Wisconsin ‘whoopers’ arrive in Florida - Dec 19, 2006 PC
DNR News - Dec 19, 2006 WDNR
[PCB] Developer wants to build condos on West Side - Dec 19, 2006 Bay City Times
[PCB] Hereditary Toxins Spur Scientific Concerns - Dec 19, 2006 Womens ENews
[PCB] Global energy hunger means boom for Norwegian outpost - Dec 19, 2006 Chron.com
[PCB/Dioxin] Ward site cleanup method debated: Burning PCBs on site is questioned because it will release dioxins into the community - Dec 19, 2006 News Observer
[Dioxin] Relax, It's Just Pollution: EPA relaxes industry pollution-reporting rules - Dec 19, 2006 Grist
[Dioxin] EPA's rules on pollution reporting loosened - Dec 19, 2006 Delaware Online

Great Lakes live fire a no-go: U.S. Coast Guard retreats from plan - Dec 18, 2006 MJS
Environmental learning important thread for Berlin High School - Dec 18, 2006 ON
Counters canvass county for birds - Dec 18, 2006 MHT
Letter: Birds are health problem on area beaches, ponds, athletic fields - Dec 18, 2006 SP
Editorial: Ed Klessig, a true steward of the land - Dec 18, 2006 SP
[PCB] EPA to begin sediment sampling in Detroit River - Dec 18, 2006 News Blaze
[PCB] Global energy hunger brings oil and gas boom to Arctic Barents Sea - Dec 18, 2006 PlanetSave
[PCB] Taming river's toxic mud - Dec 18, 2006 NorthJersey
Corporate Agribusiness Is Behind Our Deadly Food Supply - Dec 18, 2006 AlterNet
Environmental Group Offers Road Map to Curb Global Warming - Dec 18, 2006 Truthout

Threatened frogs get reprieve in Milwaukee - Dec 17, 2006 MJS
Lake Beulah dispute echoes larger battle - Dec 17, 2006 MJS
A November to remember for muskie fishermen - Dec 17, 2006 PG
State man's truck kills 7-legged deer - Dec 17, 2006 PG
[PCB] Dredging the Hudson worked, in this case: Species benefits throughout the Hudson estuary - Dec 17, 2006 Poughkeepsie Journal
[PCB] PCB cleanup 'going in right direction' - Dec 17, 2006 Daily Home
[PCB] Waiting for Promised Land - Dec 17, 2006 NJ.com
[PCB] Building awareness against organic pollutants - Dec 17, 2006 New Nation
[PCB] Thames whale verdict: we killed it - Dec 17, 2006 TimesOnline
[PCB] Scottish ships to blame for death of whale - Dec 17, 2006 TimesOnline
[PCB/Dioxin] Fish is healthy, but not always - Dec 17, 2006 Jackson Hole Star Tribune
[Dioxin] More ways to help the environment - Dec 17, 2006 Midland Daily News

Fox locks restoration nears milestone - Dec 16, 2006 PG
Weekly outdoor notes - Dec 16, 2006 MJS
Commentary: Scientists and religionists: Share a table for the sake of the planet - Dec 16, 2006 MJS
[PCB] Latest research on life in the Arctic - Dec 16, 2006 Toronto Star
Big Business Is Taking A Bite Out of Corporate Oversight - Dec 16, 2006 AlterNet

Fox Locks group to discuss project - Dec 15, 2006 PG
Ag Industry Adjusts To Ethanol Demand - Dec 15, 2006 CapTimes
[PCB] Seeing Red about Thinking Pink - Dec 15, 2006 In These Times
[PCB] Bills will go up, but so will United Water's responsibility to Rockland customers - Dec 15, 2006 Journal News
[PCB] Transforming Sauget eyesore into biofuel plant - Dec 15, 2006 STLToday
[PCB] Polar Bear Populations Shrinking as Arctic Ice Melts - Dec 15, 2006 ENS
[PCB/Dioxin] POPsible Nightmare - Dec 15, 2006 Living on Earth
[Dioxin] Bush move to reduce toxic data faces battle - Dec 15, 2006 ToledoBlade
Northern Hemisphere Warming Twice as Fast as South - Dec 15, 2006 ENN
The Solution to Global Warming Is Us - Dec 15, 2006 AlterNet
It Takes a Village to Cool the Planet - Dec 15, 2006 Truthout

[PCB] Letter: Paper companies should pay to remove PCBs from the river - Dec 14, 2006 PG
Lawmakers' hypotheticals stall effort to protect Great Lakes - Dec 14, 2006 MJS
Poison gas cloud injures 5 in New London - Dec 14, 2006 PC
Crews Cut Trees In 30 Counties To Fight Ash Borer - Dec 14, 2006 WISCTV
Great Outdoors Almanac - Dec 14, 2006 PG
[PCB] Old oil spills keep on giving - Dec 14, 2006 Upper Cape Codder
Suburbia: Running on Empty? - Dec 14, 2006 AlterNet
Americans Overwhelmingly Opposed to EPA's Plans to Cut Back Toxic Reporting - Dec 14, 2006 Common Dreams
E.P.A. Library Closures Could Threaten Public Health: Congress needs to act now to reverse the E.P.A.'s closing of tax-payer funded libraries, which contain potentially life-saving information about our environment - Dec 14, 2006 AlterNet
US scientists reject interference - Dec 14, 2006 BBC
Scientists Worried about Bush Clampdown at Publication - Dec 14, 2006 Common Dreams
Uranium Fever Fuels New Land Rush: Mining Claims on US Public Lands up 47% - Dec 14, 2006 Common Dreams
Report: 2006 set to be 6th hottest worldwide - Dec 14, 2006 MSNBC
Europe Passes Tough Chemical Law - Dec 14, 2006 Truthout

Point Beach names new plant manager - Dec 13, 2006 PG
Will this climate change mean it's the Green Marsh Packers? (Scroll down) - Dec 13, 2006 PG
Water rates could rise with use: Waukesha considers structure aimed at conservation - Dec 13, 2006 MJS
Weekly fishing report - Dec 13, 2006 MJS
[Water] Letter: Sustainable policy best for environment - Dec 13, 2006 MJS
[PCB] Engineering study first step in rebuilding Port of Albany - Dec 13, 2006 Milwaukee Business Review
[PCB] No need to dump PCB waste near Great Lakes - Dec 13, 2006 TimesUnion
Biofuels Are an Environmental Dead End - Dec 13, 2006 AlterNet
Landmark EU chemical law passed - Dec 13, 2006 BBC
Climate Change Catching Voter Attention around World - Dec 13, 2006 Common Dreams
World's Largest Science Teachers' Organization Awash in Denials: Refusal to distribute "An Inconvenient Truth" leaves world's largest science teacher's organization awash in denials and cover-ups - Dec 13, 2006 Truthout

[PCB] Wilderness column: Nature projects looking for some green - Dec 12, 2006 PC
Clean Wisconsin, Midwest Environmental Advocates: Proposed Groundwater Rules Leave Gaps for State Water Protection - Dec 12, 2006 WisPolitics (PDF)
City expects votes on waterfront redevelopment agreement by January - Dec 12, 2006 ON
DNR News - Dec 12, 2006 WDNR
Editorial: DNR needs to heed warnings on report - Dec 12, 2006 PG
[PCB] Silent Pandemic: Industrial Chemicals Are Impairing the Brain Development of Children Worldwide - Dec 12, 2006 Newswise
[PCB] EPA rule on mercury emissions doesn't go far enough, groups say - Dec 12, 2006 Contra Costa Times
[PCB] EPA urged to finish plant cleanup - Dec 12, 2006 TimesUnion
[PCB] Avoidable chemicals - Dec 12, 2006 Oracle Online
[PCB] Soil near DPW garage may be tainted - Dec 12, 2006 Milford Daily News
[Dioxin] Tumble Dry Cleaning - Dec 12, 2006 Green Guide
New Forest Plan Rule Nukes NEPA - Dec 12, 2006 Truthout
U.S. Corn Exports to Drop Dramatically Due to Ethanol Growth - Dec 12, 2006 Common Dreams
10,600 Scientists Condemn Political Interference in Science - Dec 12, 2006 Common Dreams
Closing the Book on Public Participation: EPA Library Closure Moves Forward - Dec 12, 2006 Common Dreams
By 2040, Greenhouse Gases Could Lead to an Open Arctic Sea in Summers - Dec 12, 2006 Truthout
Green Revolution Sweeping the US Construction Industry - Dec 12, 2006 Common Dreams

Great Lakes at the center of great debate: States promote ban on shipping water elsewhere - Dec 11, 2006 PC
Plant sets energy-saving example for employees - Dec 11, 2006 PG
DNR: Boat-cleaning Campaign Is Working - Dec 11, 2006 WSJ
Baiting top concern to state warden - Dec 11, 2006 PG
Editorial board seeks community members - Dec 11, 2006 PC
Editorial: Lakeshore water supply at risk due to mismanagement - Dec 11, 2006 MHT
[PCB] Healthy Or Harmful? Part I - Dec 11, 2006 Ledger
[PCB] Countdown to Keith - Dec 11, 2006 South Coast Today
[PCB/Dioxin] Consultation begins on draft contaminants law - Dec 11 (12), 2006 NutraIngredients
[Dioxin] Incineration wins hands down - Dec 11, 2006 TheStar
[Dioxin] New Euro law fails to protect native wildlife - Dec 11, 2006 LifeStyle Extra
Climate Scientist Says "Kyoto" Barred: Investigators eye censorship claims about White House - Dec 11, 2006 Truthout
What the Government Won't Say About Global Warming Will Hurt Us All - Dec 11, 2006 Truthout
Readers Write: The Power of the Sun - Dec 11, 2006 AlterNet
Is Your Lipstick Safe? Personal care and hygiene products from toothpaste to eyeshadow contain thousands of largely unregulated chemicals that could pose serious damage to your health - Dec 11, 2006 AlterNet
In Epochal Shift, Half Humanity to Become Urban - Dec 11, 2006 ENN
Small Nuclear War Would Cause Global Environmental Catastrophe - 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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