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 11- 20, 2006

Dec 21- 31, 2006

December 1-10, 2006

[PCB] Editorial: Cleanup plan needs realistic solutions - Dec 10, 2006 PG
[PCB] Letter: Fox River cleanup apparently is driven by dollars and cents (Scroll down) - Dec 10, 2006 PG
[PCB] Doug Dugal column: Fox River cleanup plan for PCBs needs a cap - Dec 10, 2006 PC
DNR could OK water diversion: Despite opposition, there's precedent for using Lake Michigan to supply New Berlin - Dec 10, 2006 MJS
Fishing is a hit on campus - Dec 10, 2006 PG
Editorial: Lakeshore water supply at risk due to mismanagement - Dec 10, 2006 MHT
[PCB] Year of the Eco-Warrior - Dec 10, 2006 Trinidad & Tobago's Newsday
[Dioxin] TXU using sound bites to defend pollution - Dec 10, 2006 Pegasus
Gore Plans to Initiate a Grass-Roots 'Carbon Freeze' Movement - Dec 10, 2006 Common Dreams

Point Beach nuclear plant exercise deemed a success - Dec 9, 2006 PG
Weekly outdoor notes - Dec 9, 2006 MJS
Letter: Shocked at small fine in manure spill - Dec 9, 2006 MHT
[Dioxin] No safe way to burn our garbage - Dec 9, 2006 Toronto Star
Six Ways That Changing Your Life Can Prevent Global Warming - Dec 9, 2006 AlterNet

Congressman-elect, a physician, gives House building a mold check - Dec 8, 2006 MJS
Doyle Administration Looks Beyond Corn to Fuel Ethanol Boom - Dec 8, 2006 WisPolitics
Biofuels Get Push At Nelson Forum - Dec 8, 2006 CapTimes
Editorial: Unbalanced corporate income tax totals unfair to everyday taxpayers - Dec 8, 2006 ON
[Post-Crescent] Editorial board seeks members - Dec 8, 2006 PC
Letter: Goose problem at park overstated - Dec 8, 2006 SP
[PCB] Environmental scientists turn mink into guinea pigs - Dec 8, 2006 Saratogian
[PCB] Ex-Speakman factory destroyed by blaze - Dec 8, 2006 DelawareOnline
[Dioxin] Report plays down Gagetown herbicide hazards - Dec 8, 2006 ChronicleHerald
The Consequences of Damming Rivers in the Developing World - Dec 8, 2006 AlterNet
EPA Scrubbing Library Web Site to Make Reports Unavailable - Dec 8, 2006 Truthout
Renowned Cancer Scientist Was Paid by Chemical Firm for 20 Years - Dec 8, 2006 Common Dreams
Carbon Emissions up One-Quarter Since 1990: Study - Dec 8, 2006 Common Dreams

29 water utilities could face penalties: Today is state deadline on reducing potentially harmful levels of radium - Dec 7, 2006 MJS
Water main break leads to boil order for Princeton, Green Lake counties - Dec 7, 2006 ON
Group focuses on four whitewater park sites - Dec 7, 2006 PC
Sides Debate Nuclear Power At State Capitol: Committee Created To Explore Lifting Nuclear Power Moratorium - Dec 7, 2006 WISCTV
Weis Earth Science Museum director honored for contribution - Dec 7, 2006 PC
[Dane County] Conservation Budget At Its Highest - Dec 7, 2006 WSJ
Wisconsin Outdoor Report - Dec 7, 2006 WDNR
Great Outdoors Almanac - Dec 7, 2006 PG
River Alliance of Wisconsin: Tell DNR All is Not Well with Groundwater Rules - Dec 7, 2006 WisPolitics
[PCB] In Upper Ringwood, some say they want out - Dec 7, 2006 NorthJersey
[PCB] Oak Ridge PCBs not at unsafe levels: Consumption of some fish should be limited, however, study says - Dec 7, 2006 Knoxville News Sentinel
[PCB] Plastics 'poisoning world's seas' - Dec 7, 2006 BBC
[Dioxin] Exposures To Insecticide Chlorpyrifos In Pregnancy Adversely Affect Child Development, Study Finds - Dec 7, 2006 ScienceDaily
Climate Change is Killing the Oceans' Microscopic 'Lungs' - Dec 7, 2006 Common Dreams
EPA Scrubbing Library Website to Make Reports Unavailable: Agency Sells $40,000 Worth of Furniture and Equipment for $350 - Dec 7, 2006 Common Dreams
EPA May Drop Lead Air Pollution Limits - Dec 7, 2006 Common Dreams
Politics Trumps Science at EPA: Changes to Air Standards Review Announced - Dec 7, 2006 Common Dreams
Revolt Over New Federal Mercury Law - Dec 7, 2006 Truthout
Big Box Swindle: The Fight to Reclaim America from Retail Giants - Dec 7, 2006 AlterNet
Exxon Spends Millions to Cast Doubt on Warming - Dec 7, 2006 Common Dreams

[PCB] Fox River PCB Debate Boils - Dec 6, 2006 WBAY
[PCB] Residents not sold on PCB capping proposal - Dec 6, 2006 PG
[PCB] Cap on PCBs widely panned for river: Hundreds attend
hearing on Fox River cleanup proposal - Dec 6, 2006 PC
[PCB] New funding would aid pollution fight: Higher state boating, camping fees backed - Dec 6, 2006 MJS
State sues dairy for polluting creek: Lawsuit alleges manure spill harmed waterway in 2004 - Dec 6, 2006 MHT
Point Beach staff pumped for nuclear disaster drill - Dec 6, 2006 PG
State gives OK to water rate hike: City homeowners can expect to pay $80 more - Dec 6, 2006 PC
Weekly fishing report - Dec 6, 2006 MJS
Letter: Stop throwing trash along roads, highways - Dec 6, 2006 SP
[PCB] Tight budget snags cleanup at metal plant: State and federal agencies say they lack funding to clear potential toxic materials in Hamburg Twp - Dec 6, 2006 Detroit News
[PCB] Cops net famous fisher - Dec 6, 2006 NYDaily News
[Dioxin] County complains to state about dioxin listing - Dec 6, 2006 Times-Standard
More Than 50 Tribes Convene on Global Warming Impacts - Dec 6, 2006 Truthout
Warmed-up oceans reduce key food link: Scientists say decreased phytoplankton will impact global food chain - Dec 6, 2006 MSNBC

[PCB] Hearing tonight on Fox River PCBs - Dec 5, 2006 PC
State suing Valders dairy farm over alleged manure spill in '04 - Dec 5, 2006 MJS
Point Beach returns to routine oversight - Dec 5, 2006 MHT
Regulators To Relax Oversight Of Point Beach Nuclear Plant - Dec 5, 2006 Milwaukee Channel
Regional Biomass Plants On Agenda - Dec 5, 2006 CapTimes
Boxer Pledges To End Environment Rollbacks - Dec 5, 2006 CapTimes
Water war brewing along Mexican border - Dec 5, 2006 MJS
Editorial: New subdivision example of smart, sustainable growth - Dec 5, 2006 ON
[PCB] Meeting set to discuss cleanup of wetlands - Dec 5, 2006 Bay City Times
[PCB] Asbestos-laden ship awaits fate off India - Dec 5, 2006 Mercury News
[PCB] 9/11 rescue dogs less sick than humans - Dec 5, 2006 Daily Collegian
[PCB] No firm date yet for tar ponds cleanup - Dec 5, 2006 Cape Breton Post
[PCB/Dioxin] A new toxic threat from Ford dump - Dec 5, 2006 NorthJersey
[Dioxin] Supervisors ask state for second look at bay contamination listing - Dec 5, 2006 Eureka Reporter
[Dioxin] The List: Killer Products - Dec 2006 Foreign Policy
Boxer Says No More Environment Rollbacks - Dec 5, 2006 Truthout
Activists use research to win pollution battles - Dec 5, 2006 USAToday
Nonstick Chemicals May Pose a Cancer Threat - Dec 5, 2006 Common Dreams
Activist fights for better world - Dec 5, 2006 BBC
Blair to Renew Britain's Nuclear Arsenal - Dec 5, 2006 ENN
A New Materials Economy - Dec 5, 2006 ENN
22nd Anniversary of the 1984 Bhopal Chemical Disaster - Dec 5, 2006 Common Dreams
Alps experiencing warmest time in 1,300 years - Dec 5, 2006 MSNBC
Firm Offers to Pay for Pupils to See Gore Film - Dec 5, 2006 Common Dreams

[PCB] PCB cleanup focus of hearing: Proposal to do more capping on Fox River at issue - Dec 4, 2006 PC
[PCB] Public to have say on capping PCBs in Fox River: Hearing Tuesday will lay out changes to cleanup proposal - Dec 4, 2006 PG
PCMC honored for environmentalism - Dec 4, 2006 PG
Stepped up oversight at Point Beach to end - Dec 4, 2006 MJS
Point Beach Nuclear Plant plans emergency exercises - Dec 4, 2006 PG
Nuclear emergency exercise set - Dec 4, 2006 MHT
Door Co. Board urges ban on some fertilizers: Phosphorus-heavy runoff feeds algal growth in waterways - Dec 4, 2006 PG
Frisk to lead nature hike - Dec 4, 2006 PG
Winneconne teacher takes viewers to the great outdoors - Dec 4, 2006 ON
Sierra Club: Calls on the State and the University to Kick the Dirty Coal Habit - Dec 4, 2006 WisPolitics
Superior's Levels Near Record Low: The Drop In The Lake's Levels Is Blamed Mostly On The Region's Drought - Dec 4, 2006 WSJ
Editorial: It's Time To Chart The Course For Wisconsin's Environment - Dec 4, 2006 CapTimes
Letter: Take responsibility for your own trash - Dec 4, 2006 PC
Editorial: Oil Supply Is Limited, But We Aren't Doing Anything About It - Dec 4, 2006 CapTimes
[PCB] Glenville to begin PCB cleanup - Dec 4, 2006 TimesUnion
[PCB] Local Firm Presents $900M Waterfront Plan - Dec 4, 2006 GlobeSt
[PCB] Indian court delays decision on whether former cruise ship can be broken up - Dec 4, 2006 Contra Costa Times
[Dioxin] River's history tainted by toxin - Dec 4, 2006 NorthJersey
Protecting Penguins Could Force Bush to Move on Climate Change - Dec 4, 2006 AlterNet
Rainforest gets protected status - Dec 4, 2006 BBC
Warmer Earth may slash farm yields: Warming could bring more drought and shorter growing seasons - Dec 4, 2006 MSNBC

Green Bay tops list for dealing with sewage: Group grades cities on Great Lakes in waste management - Dec 3, 2006 PG
Dumping doesn't solve deer disposal dilemma - Dec 3, 2006 PG
ATV, snowmobile use on trails debated - Dec 3, 2006 ON
Editorial: Other cities in study need to clean up acts - Dec 3, 2006 PG
Nestle Bottler aims to take more from [Michigan] rivers - Dec 3, 2006 Muskegon Chronicle
[PCB] Chemical Roulette: What price would you put on your prostate, liver or fertility? - Dec 3, 2006 Inside Bay Area
[PCB] Toxic chemicals found in test subjects' blood - Dec 3, 2006 Bradenton Herald
[PCB] Exposure to toxic chemicals is unavoidable - Dec 3, 2006 Fort Worth Star-Telegram
[PCB/Dioxin] Regulatory system called into question - Dec 3, 2006 Star-Telegram
[PCB/Dioxin] Toxic trade-off - Dec 3, 2006 Star-Telegram
[PCB/Dioxin] Chemical usage rife, but risk is uncertain - Dec 3, 2006 Modesto Bee
States Hope to Skirt Forest Protections - Dec 3, 2006 Truthout
Calculating and Compensating for One's Own CO2 Production - Dec 3, 2006 Truthout

Weekly outdoor notes - Dec 2, 2006 MJS
Commentary: Wisconsin must protect streams - Dec 2, 2006 MJS
Shutdown of EPA Libraries Worries Scientists, Advocates - Dec 2, 2006 Common Dreams

[PCB] Settlements begin to make amends: Restoration on Fox River and Green Bay benefit wildlife, habitat and recreation - Dec 2006 WI Natural Resources Magazine
Green Business Makes Life Better For All - Dec 1, 2006 WSJ
Georgia-Pacific plans to close Mason St. facility: Move eliminates 73 at converting plant - Dec 1, 2006 PG
G-P closing plant in Green Bay: Move affects a fraction of firm's local workers - Dec 1, 2006 PC
Editorial: Great Lakes shouldn't include raw sewage - Dec 1, 2006 PC
Letter: Shooting geese not a humane solution to problem at Kiwanis Park - Dec 1, 2006 SP
[PCB] EPA drops part of its plan to ease pollution reporting rules - Dec 1, 2006 PlanetSave
[PCB] EPA Drops Plan to Ease Pollution Rules - Dec 1, 2006 Physorg
[PCB] Discovery Of Radioactive Mounds Prompts Survey Of Wildlife Area - Dec 1, 2006 WAVE 3
[PCB] Town to appeal dredging ruling - Dec 1, 2006 TimesUnion
[PCB] Dredging advisory group urges action - Dec 1, 2006 Saratogian
[PCB] Stealing Green - Dec 2006 Whole Life
[PCB] Leukemia cluster still baffles - Dec 1, 2006 Arizona Daily Star
Sceptics: Cards on the table please! - Dec 1, 2006 BBC

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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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