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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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February 1-10, 2004

Wisconsin Conservation Groups: Protect Our Lakes and Streams - Feb 10, 2004 WisPolitics
Twenty-eight conservation and environmental groups ask DNR to adopt emergency rules to protect Wisconsin lakes and streams - Feb 10, Wheeler Report (PDF)
Kewaunee Nuclear Plant declares, but exits 'unusual event' - Feb 10, 2004 Kewaunee County News
Assembly Committee Votes To Extend Nuclear Nightmare - Feb 10, WisPolitics
Assembly Committee Puts Out Welcome Mat For New Nuclear Power Plants - Feb 10, 2004 WisPolitics
Repeal of Nuclear Moratorium Law Would Place Wisconsin at Risk - Feb 10, 2004 WisPolitics
Measure would lift ban on building nuclear plants - Feb 10, 2004 MilwJS
Nuclear Power Gets Green Light From Committee -Feb 10, 2004 WisPolitics
City candidates speak about taxes, water and communication - Feb 10, 2004 NC
DNR prepares for summer beach monitoring program - Feb 10, 2004 NC
Luxemburgh board hears presentation on locating new well - Feb 10, 2004 NC
America’s only secure job is one I don’t want my kids to have - Feb 10, 2004 PC
Menominee moves closer to privatizing trash pickup - Feb 10, 2004 Marinette
Gov. Doyle: Announces New DNR Grants to Help Clean Up Brownfields for Public Use - Feb 10, 2004 WisPolitics
Rep. Johnsrud: Assembly Natural Resources Committee To Meet This Week - Feb 10, 2004 WisPolitics
Milwaukee: Bald eagle ailment puzzles experts Disease found along lower Wisconsin River - Feb 10, 2004 St Paul Pioneer Press
Birkie veterans get ready for Wisconsin’s world-class skiing event - Feb 10, 2004 Wisconsin Outdoors
DATCP: Fish Farmer Encourages Others To Take The Plunge - Feb 10, 2004 WisPolitics
Grassroots Recycling Network: Business, environmentalists and local government back legislation to promote responsible electronics recycling in Wisconsin - Feb 10, 2004 Wheeler Report (PDF)
DNR: News and Outdoor report - Feb 10, 2004 Wheeler Report (PDF)
[PCB] Panel says dam oil spill could have been prevented - Feb 10, 2004 KATU2
[PCB] Panel says oil spill could have been prevented - Feb 10, 2004 KGW
[PCB] Nanotech's Big Unknowns - Feb 10, 2004 Newsday
[PCB] Some see solutions, some potential danger - Feb 10, 2004 Newsday
[PCB] Food for thought - Feb 10, 2004 KansasCity
[PCB] Prenatal exposure to mercury can impair child’s brain function - Feb 10, 2004 Medical News Today
[PCB] Groups call on EPA for help - Feb 10, 2004 NWITimes
[PCB] European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection: Declaration on Salmon - Reaction on study in "Science" - Feb 10, 2004 EU Institutions
[Dioxin] Environment Ministry is hampering the safe disposal of hospital waste - feb 10, 2004 DailyStar
Parkinson's Research Focuses on Links to Genes and Toxins - Feb 10, 2004 New York Times
E.P.A. Raises Estimate of Babies Affected by Mercury Exposure - Feb 10, 2004 New York Times
EPA Continues To Ignore Congress, Giving Polluters $39+ Million Windfall - US PIRG
Highway bill may be a means to overhaul of U.S. energy plan- Feb 10, 2004 ENN
New Report Documents Efforts to Privatize Ocean for Fish Farming - Feb 10, 2004 EMS
Sierra Club May Seek Scalia Recusal in Cheney Case - Feb 10, 2004 Planet Ark
U.S. Ends Investigation of Mad Cow Case - Feb 10, 2004 Washington Post
Ranking shows greenest, meanest cars - Feb 10, 2004 MSNBC
Imports Rule List of Cleanest Cars - Feb 10, 2004 LATimes
Time runs out to save species - Feb 10, 2004 Swissinfo


Neenah water plant to cost $24M - Feb 9, 2004 PC
Bottling plant, well foes to make case in hearing - Feb 9, 2004 PG
Clean Wisconsin, Sierra Club, Northern Thunder, Physicians for Social Responsibility: Repeal of nuclear moratorium law would place Wisconsin at risk - Feb 9, 2004 Wheeler Report
Judy Ettenhofer: Right to protest at risk - Feb 9, 2004 CapTimes
Traditional Lake Winnebago sturgeon season opens - Feb 9, 2004 NC
Governor: To announce Brownfields grants to Oshkosh and Fond du Lac Tuesday - Feb 9, 2004 Wheeler Report
Budget woes leave brownfields cleanup underfunded - Feb 9, 2004 GMToday
1000 Friends of Wisconsin: Introduces its “Wisconsin Ideas” Series of Land Use and Transportation Issue Papers with First Paper on Fix-it-First - Feb 9, 2004 WisPolitics
Editorial: Assembly in a food fight - Feb 9, 2004 CapTimes
Rep. Miller: Introduces innovative electronic waste legislation - Feb 9, 2004 Wheeler Report
Global warming impact examined - Feb 9, 2004 ON
Marsh Park adds important parcel - Feb 9, 2004 Sheboygan
Organization can beat utility proposals - Feb 9, 2004 Sheboygan
Marinette mining project recalled - Feb 9, 2004 Marinette
Farm to wetlands program to be scaled back? - Feb 9, 2004 GLRC
EPA punishes fewer polluters - Feb 9, 2004 GLRC
[PCB] Recipients of PCB settlement cautioned to spend their money wisely - Feb 9, 2004 Al.com
[PCB] Dirty job nears end - Feb 9, 2004 Tri-City Herald
[PCB] Reef-building program could bring more jobs - Feb 9, 2004 Valley Morning Star
[PCB] The next big thing might be very, very small - Feb 9, 2004 StarTribune
[PCB] Monsanto: America's Most Dangerous Criminal? - Feb 9, 2004 Conspiracy Planet
[PCB] Property lines at heart of tar pond cleanup dispute - Feb 9, 2004 Halifax Herald Limited
[PCB/Dioxin] Supplement Your Heart Health - Feb 9, 2004 Yahoo
[PCB] Seafood with mercury affects brain development in children- study - Feb 9, 2004 Food Ingredients
[Dioxin] Vietnam: Agent Orange victims file lawsuit - Feb 9. 2004 New Straits Times
[Dioxin] Legal action by Vietnamese Agent Orange victims was inevitable - Feb 9, 2004 Channelnewsasia
[Dioxin] Food Safety in the EU - Feb 9, 2004 EurActiv
White House reviews how agencies get their facts - Feb 9, 2004 Times-Picayune
Global Meeting on Protecting Biodiversity Begins - Feb 9, 2004 OneWorld.net
Rich 'appalling' on conservation - Feb 9, 2004 BBC


[PCB] Drifting pollutants turn traditional diet toxic for Inuit [Fox River PCBs contribute to this poisoning] - Feb 8, 2004 Philly.com
[PCB] Lawrence University to host summit on river water quality - Feb 8, 2004 PC
Mayor hopefuls tackle issues [including Fox River development] - Feb 8, 2004 PC
Area’s water treatment plant does its work in silence - Feb 8, 2004 PG
Metro sewage plant bullish on future - Feb 8, 2004 PG
Steps taken to cut coal dustings - Feb 8, 2004 PG
Plunge appeals to wild of winter - Feb 8, 2004 PG
Outdoors calendar - Feb 8, 2004 PG
Suamico man lands big pike for contest [scroll down] - Feb 8, 2004 PG
Shackin’ up for sturgeon season on Winnebago - Feb 8, 2004 PG
Wayside closing on State 57 [shameful] - Feb 8, 2004 PG
DNR approval of Antigo wells to get second look - Feb 8, 2004 NC
A prehistoric fish, a hole in the ice and a slim chance. Sturgeon spearers wouldn’t have it any other way - Feb 8, 2004 PC
Formation of shanties on Lake Winnebago signals sturgeon season approach - Feb 8, 2004 Wisconsin Outdoors
Lake ice ‘best in five years’ - Feb 8, 2004 PC
Weather helps hook folks for fisheree - Feb 8, 2004 PC
Icy plunge in Green Bay collects donations for Special Olympics - Feb 8, 2004 PC
Woodcock study seeks cause for steady decline - Feb 8, 2004 Wisconsin Outdoors
Column: Have an opinion? Join HTR board - Feb 8, 2004 MHT
Thoughts aplenty: A thorn for Bush, a rose for Secura - Feb 8, 2004 PC
No job cuts in store for Stora Enso - Feb 8, 2004 PC
Organizational shuffles don’t solve leadership vacuums - Feb 8, 2004 ON
Icy fisheree lures 5,000 - Feb 8, 2004 ON
Club has deep ties; Otter Street Fishing Club integral part of community - Feb 8, ON
Outdoors in brief - Feb 8, 2004 Wisconsin Outdoors
Journey to my family’s roots - Feb 8, 2004 ON
February holds some surprises—both romantic and fishy - Feb 8, 2004 ON
Concealed weapon politics show what’s wrong with state government - Feb 8, ON
Oshkosh organization tackles transportation needs of poor - Feb 8, 2004 ON
Village preserves heritage of Two Rivers fishermen - Feb 8, 2004 MHT
Fishing families not forgotten - Feb 8, 2004 MHT
Legal wheels moving slowly in utility cases - Feb 8, 2004 RacineJournalTimes
[PCB] The next big thing might be very, very small - Feb 8, 2004 Mpls Star Tribune
[PCB] Thermal warning: Not in our backyard - Feb 8, 2004 Montreal
[PCB] Expert View: So should we be scared of salmon? - Feb 8, 2004 Independent.co.uk
[Dioxin] Viets sue US over Agent Orange - Feb 8, 2004 theage.com
[Dioxin] Refinery sale, cleanup costs disputed - Feb 8, 2004 MercuryNews
[Dioxin] Refinery's ex-owner requests lawsuit's shift to arbitration - Feb 8, 2004 ContraCostaTimes
[Dioxin] Tire-burning plan draws critics - Feb 8, 2004 AlbanyTimesUnion
Norton Pushes Bush Forest Thinning Plan - Feb 8, 2004 YahooNews
In S. Jersey, plans for WMD seen as an imminent threat - Feb 8, 2004 nj.com
Something in the Air - Feb 8, 2004 NYTimes
Study links `upset' pollution to Houston smog [this Texas air pollution settles over the Great Lakes] - Feb 8, 2004 HoustonChronicle
Mercury damage 'irreversible' - Feb 8, 2004 USAToday
Answers sought on Metachem pollution - Feb 8, 2004 delawareonline
In Bush's Policies, Business Wins - Feb 8, 2004 WashingtonPost
Debate grows on vaccine-autism link - Feb 8, 2004 Boston.com
EPA official dishes dirt on school bus pollution - Feb 8, 2004 Post-Gazette.com
Earth-friendly wood windows a big plus for homeowners - Feb 8, 2004 canadaeast
Money helps, but Great Lakes need tighter EPA rules, too - Feb 8, 2004 Detroit
Energy Voodoo - Feb 8, 2004 Washington Post
Federal inaction leaves states to scramble on environment - Feb 8, 2004 USA Today


Exxon told to pay $4.5 billion for Valdez spill [NRDA damage case similar to Fox River PCB damage case.  We're clearly being ripped off.] - Feb, 2004 MSNBC
America the loser in global economy - Feb 7, 2004 PG
Job Creation Act weakens air controls [scroll down] - Feb 7, 2004 PG
Banquet to focus on helping Baird Creek - Feb 7, 2004 PG
'Da bug' goes to court [Hines Emerald Dragonfly] - Feb 7, 2004 DCA
Weight of deficit crushing America’s future - Feb 7, 2004 PC
Paper tech center moves state, industry into future [band-aid approach won't work] - Feb 7, 2004 PC
Trade deals death for middle class [and environment] - Feb 7, 2004 PC
Urea works well on melting ice [bad idea!] - Feb 7, 2004 MHT
Scalia should recuse himself - Feb 7, 2004 CapTimes
Businessman works toward a cure for cancer [what about prevention] - Feb 7, WSJ
Cash from tainted donors is still green - Feb 7, 2004 MilwJS
Shareholders and their mood - Feb 7, 2004 MilwJS
If one CEO's pay is cut, there's always another - Feb 7, 2004 MilwJS
Snowmobile dispute boils over in Yellowstone park - Feb 7, 2004 MilwJS
Nature at heart of his stories - Feb 7, 2004 MilwJS
New fishing products will flood market - Feb 7, 2004 MilwJS
Outdoor notes - Feb 7, 2004 MilwJS
[PCB] Cleanups wait as companies debate liability - Feb 7, 2004 STLtoday
[PCB] Southwest Ohio man guides for big catfish - Feb 7, 2004 MyrtleBeach
[PCB] Nontoxic furniture is stylish, functional - Feb 7, 2004 StarTelegram
Shopping for wheels? Try this green guide - Feb 7, 2004 MSNBC
Laborers Face A Lifetime Of Health Worries - Feb 7, 2004 nynewsday.com
Mad Cow Is the Symptom - Feb 7, 2004 AxisofLogic


Wisconsin newspaper seeks voluntary subscriptions for Web site - Feb 6, 2004 NC
De Pere administrator favors existing Water Authority policy  - Feb 6, 2004 PG
Forest Glen is Wild about Reading - Feb 6, 2004 PG
Tickets to be available soon for new Lake Michigan service - Feb 6, 2004 NC
Groups sue to block killing of cormorants - Feb 6, 2004 NC
Conservationists File Lawsuit for Wetlands Dragonfly Critical Habitat Designation - Feb 6, 2004 Door County Compass
Carp cleared from Sheboygan Marsh - Feb 6, 2004 Sheboygan
Residents asked to ‘adopt’ hydrants - Feb 6, 2004 Sheboygan
Official hopes global warming conference will initiate action - Feb 6, 2004 ON
Cozy shelters keep the ice fishing hot - Feb 6, 2004 ON
Thickness, weather forecast ideal for Saturday’s fisheree - Feb 6, 2004 ON
Power plant work goes on - Feb 6, 2004 MilwJS
Legislative approval will be sought for $40 million UW business school addition [there's always money for business] - Feb 6, 2004 MilwJS
Thompson Daughter Fighting Cancer [ironic] - Feb 6, 2004 WisPolitics
Resolution Introduced to Protect Dane County Farmland - Feb 6, 2004 WisPolitics
Coastal Management Council to Meet in Kenosha - Feb 6, 2004 WisPolitics
Forest County Potawatomi on Awards to the Tribe from WSN & TU - Feb 6, 2004 WisPolitics
Lautenschlager Testifies Against Bush Changes To Air Law - Feb 6, WisPolitics
Conservation group gives area lawmakers failing grades - Feb 6, 2004 LakelandTimes
[PCB] Defense mounts against Navy gunship - Feb 6, 2004 MilwJS
[PCB] Love Canal activist shares story - Feb 6, 2004 Duluth
[Dioxin] Agent Orange is taken to court - Feb 6, 2004 IOL
[Dioxin] Agent Orange victims file law suit - Feb 6, 2004 NDTV.com
[Dioxin] Is this the legacy of Agent Orange - Feb 6, 2004 TheStar
[Dioxin] Has Kerry Helped Vietnam Sue Over Agent Orange? - Feb 6, FoxNews
[Dioxin] Belgians happier than ever with their food - Feb 6, 2004 Expatica
[Dioxin] Myers wants to cut out opening burning - Feb 6, 2004 LintonDaily
Most state officials believe new rules on power plants will increase pollution - Feb 6, 2004 sfgate.com
Most States Expect Pollution to Rise if Regulations Change - Feb 6, 2004 NYTimes
Survey: Most states fear Bush air proposals - Feb 6, 2004 MSNBC
Mercury Tied to Irreversible Brain Damage - Feb 6, 2004 AtlantaJournal
Organic food contaminated with GM - Feb 6, 2004 Nature.com
Fruit thinners' kids may be at risk from pesticides - Feb 6, 2004 SeattlePI.com
Deca in the atmosphere - Feb 6, 2004 ES&Tonline
AP Finds Bush Proposed Cuts to Research - Feb 6, 2004 KATV
Report Questions Bush Plan for Hydrogen-Fueled Cars - Feb 6, 2004 NYTimes
Research links herbicides on wheat to birth defects in the Great Plains - Feb 6, 2004
Plastic affects gene activation related to memory, weight control - Feb 6, 2004
Strong link between pesticides and sperm quality in mid-West men - Feb 6, 2004
The Natural Step Releases New Sustainable Business Book - Feb 6, 2004 ENN
Plants give up their secret of splitting water - Feb 6, 2004 ENN
California approves rules for water-efficient washing machines - Feb 6, 2004 ENN
Democrats question court nominee about his environmental views - Feb 6, 2004 ENN
Judicial nominee grilled on environment - Feb 6, 2004 MSNBC
First-of-its-kind report lambastes ExxonMobil for CO2 emissions - Feb 6, 2004 Grist
The 10 Worst Corporations of 2003 - Feb 6, 2004 AlterNet


Letter to Assembly Opposing SB 100 [EnvDereg] - Feb 5, 2004 WisPolitics
Authority, Ashwaubenon still talking - Feb 5, 2004 NC
Ashwaubenon seeks concessions before rejoining Water Authority - Feb 5, 2004 PG
Hobart seeks updates on water talks - Feb 5, 2004 PG
Groups file suit to protect dragonfly - Feb 5, 2004 PG
Nature’s Way to make recycled cotton tissue - Feb 5, 2004 PG
Wildlife diseases don’t fit into bureaucracy - Feb 5, 2004 PG
Outdoor Recreation Report - Feb 5, 2004 DCA
Committee considers sewer rates concerns - Feb 5, 2004 Kewaunee
Kewaunee Nuclear Plant declares, but exits 'unusual event' - Feb 5, 2004 Kewaunee
Kaukauna peaking plant to be dedicated in May - Feb 5, 2004 PC
Doyle outmaneuvers GOP on land purchases - Feb 5, 2004 CapTimes
Governor vetoes bill, approves land purchases - Feb 5, 2004 PC
State expands Sheboygan Marsh - Feb 5, 2004 Sheboygan
Local legislators should support nuclear safeguards - Feb 5, 2004 Sheboygan
New intake pipe needs thorough review - Feb 5, 2004 Sheboygan
Ethanol boosts prices - Feb 5, 2004 ON
Keel for Mackinaw will be laid Monday - Feb 5, 2004 Marinette
Doyle Vetoes Stewardship Bill - Feb 5, 2004 WSJ
Journal's quarterly earnings climb 31.5% [but they skimp on news] - Feb 5, MilwJS
[Dioxin] More ire on plant emissions - Feb 6, 2004 CapTimes
More attention urged for lead poisoning risks - Feb 6, 2004 MilwJS
Assembly Passes AB 608 Clarifications to Smart Growth Law - Feb 5, WisPolitics
DNR grants hearing on water bottling plant's impact on Public Trust waters - Feb 5, 2004 WheelerReport
Great outdoors almanac - Feb 5, 2004 Wisconsin Outdoors
Tough bite? Try these ice fishing tips - Feb 5, 2004 Wisconsin Outdoors
Going to bat: Saliva drug may help fight strokes [a benefit of species diversity] - Feb 5, 2004 MilwJS
[PCB] Computers, electronics need disposal regulation - Feb 5, 2004 Journal Times
[PCB] Republicans begin effort to rewrite species act  - Feb 5, 2004 Oregonian
[PCB] Healthful Omega-3 May Worm Its Way Into Our Diets - Feb 5, 2004 WTOP News
[PCB] No Fish Tale: Seafood to Get New Labels - Feb 5, 2004 PixPage
[PCB] Court: Man not responsible for auto junk - Feb 5, 2004 Daily Southtown
[PCB] Budget includes Great Lakes funds - Feb 5, 2004 Highland Park News
[PCB] Fishing the Hoosic: an exercise in variety - Feb 5, 2004 iBerkshires.com
[PCB] Kirk pushes for funding for lake cleanup - Feb 5, 2004 Deerfield Review
[PCB] DEP removes drums, underground storage tank from Logan site - Feb 5, 2004 Charleston Gazette
[PCB] Contract made for radioactive cleanup in South Knoxville - Feb 5, 2004 KnoxNews
[PCB] Debacle’s start focus of testimony - Feb 5, 2004 bgdailynews
[Dioxin] Cleaning House - Feb 5, 2004 AlterNet
[Dioxin] Vietnam's Agent Orange Victims File Suit - Feb 5, 2004 Military.com
[Dioxin] Philippine firm turns industrial wastes into cement - Feb 5,  Asia Times
Bush Budget Targets Environmental Programs for Greater Cuts than Other Domestic Spending - Feb 5, 2004 BushGreenWatch
Official: Global warming bigger threat than terrorism - Feb 5, 2004 CNN
Ban Urged on All Animal Protein for Cattle - Feb 5, 2004 New York Times
Panel: Mad Cow Likely Has Spread - Feb 5, 2004 LATimes
Editorial | Changes at the Sierra Club? - Feb 5, 2004 Philadelphia Inquirer
Century May Bring Unprecedented Climate Change to Southern Hemisphere - Feb 5, 2004 NASA
Environmentalists Target Ford for Broken Pledge on SUV Efficiency - Feb 5, EMS
Hydrogen Economy Offers Opportunities But Faces Hurdles - Feb 5, 2004 EMS
Experts: Hydrogen economy possible in time [25 years] - Feb 5, 2004 MSNBC
Population Bombshell - Feb 5, 2004 TomPaine


[PCB] Sediment not cause of PCBs in landfill - Feb 4, 2004 PC
[PCB] Two work on proposal to get Badger land distribution moving forward - Feb 4, 2004 Baraboo News Republic - Feb 4, 2004
Wisconsin loses 2,394 farms - Feb 4, 2004 PG
Open meetings often messy, but they’re law - Feb 4, 2004 PG
Kewaunee nuke plant back at full power - Feb 4, 2004 NC
We're being fed a line - Feb 4, 2004 NC
Scalia should stay away from case of friend Cheney - Feb 4, 2004 PC
Aerial attack on gypsy moths targets Riverside area - Feb 4, 2004 PC
Shattuck Park project derails Jazz-Fest - Feb 4, 2004 PC
Kaukauna Utilities studies its power - Feb 4, 2004 PC
Pederson represents new ‘generation’ at utility - Feb 4, 2004 PC
MPU has reliable water, energy services - Feb 4, 2004 MHT
Dave Zweifel: Media bosses don't lean to the left - Feb 4, 2004 CapTimes
Doyle acts to preserve nearly 800 acres - Feb 4, 2004 MilwJS
Governor Doyle Announces Nine Stewardship Land Purchases - Feb 4, WisPolitics
MMSD to Reduce Mercury Pollution to Lake Michigan, Food Chain - Feb 4, 2004 WisPolitics
Wisconsin lawmakers urged to support mercury reductions from power plants - Feb 4, 2004 WheelerReport
5,000 postcards urge reduction in mercury from power plants - Feb 4, WheelerReport
Lawmakers push for tougher mercury standards - Feb 4, 2004 WheelerReport
Dane Co. Smart Growth News - Feb 4, 2004 WheelerReport
UW data debunks claims that local regulation stifles livestock factory expansion - Feb 4, 2004 WheelerReport
Fishing report - Feb 4, 2004 MilwJS
[PCB] An extensive review of published scientific research on human health finds links between environmental exposures and approximately 200 different diseases - Feb 4, 2004 Collaborative on Health and the Environment
[PCB] The fish you buy to carry a label this fall - Feb 4, 2004 SFGate
[PCB] Fumed by your frying pan! - Feb 4, 2004 Chemistry.org
[PCB] River cleanup plan to cost $27 million - Feb 4, 2004 StarPress
[PCB] Prohibiting PCBs from Crossing Border Violates "Investors' Rights": Court Ruling (Scroll down) - Feb 4, 2004 The Dominion
[PCB] Birds washing ashore in massive winterkill - Feb 4, 2004 KATU.com
[PCB] Scientists Create Mice That Produce Heart-Healthy Compounds - Feb 4 HealthCentral.com
[Dioxin] Timeline Documents Three Years of Consistent Failure and Neglect - Feb 4, 2004 ENN
[Dioxin] Bush Administration's Salmon Actions Speak Louder Than Words - Feb 4, 2004 Common Dreams
[Dioxin] Media 'nemesis' drums up a storm - Feb 4, 2004 Rocky Mountain News
[Dioxin] Vietnamese file Agent Orange suit - Feb 4, 2004 BBC
[Dioxin] Vietnamese file first Agent Orange suit - Feb 4, 2004 MSNBC
[Dioxin] Vietnam's Agent Orange Victims File Suit  - Feb 4, 2004 Guardian
The facts of (modern) life - Feb 4, 2004 Independent
Bush budget cuts sewer aid - Feb 4, 2004 Atlanta Journal Constitution
Bush Budget Balloons America's Environmental Deficit - Feb 4, 2004 EMS
Bush Environmental Budget Generating Controversy - Feb 4, 2004 BushGreenWatch
The Bush Administration’s FY2005 Budget for the Environment: Putting Our Future at Risk - Feb 4, 2004 BushGreenWatch
Bush Budget Calls for Oil Drilling in Alaska Refuge - Feb 4, 2004 PlanetArk
EPA raises estimate of newborns exposed to mercury - Feb 4, Scripps Howard News


DNR measures in place to carry out Regulatory Reform Law - Feb 3, 2004 WheelerReport
Great Lakes’ water loss limited - Feb 3, 2004 PG
Paper center looking downtown - Feb 3, 2004 PG
Paper tech center planned for Green Bay - Feb 3, 2004 NC
U.S. agency investigates Mercury Marine complaint - Feb 3, 2004 NC
Kewaunee nuke plant resumes operations - Feb 3, 2004 CapTimes
Gypsy moths to be discussed at public hearing - Feb 3, 2004 ON
Candidates And The Environment - Feb 3, 2004 WSJ
Report raps lawmakers' records on nature - Feb 3, 2004 MilwJS
Tons of old pork ribs sold as fresh, state files indicate - Feb 3, 2004 MilwJS
Sturgeon cap increased - Feb 3, 2004 ON
Town of Holland denies We Energies permit - Feb 3, 2004 Sheboygan
Commission discusses public input on planning map - Feb 3, 2004 Marinette
Cancer facility planned [Pollution increasing cancer rates creates need] - Feb 3, 2004 MilwJS
Corporate media - Feb 3, 2004 FightingBob
Governor announces $800,000 grant for ferry service - Feb 3, 2004 WheelerReport
With pools, you don’t have to wait to kayak - Feb 3, 2004 PC
[PCB] DEC ready to clean New Leb PCB site - Feb 3, 2004 Independent
[PCB] Let the salmon eat meat! - Feb 3, 2004 Globe and Mail
[PCB] Farmed Salmon Carry Harmful Toxins - Feb 3, 2004 Animal News Center
[PCB] Limit Exposure to 'Stuff' By Trying a Varied Diet - Feb 3, 2004 Newsday
[PCB] Disorder still largely a mystery [PCBs linked to Autism] - Feb 3, 2004 Rocky Mountain News
[Dioxin] Search to continue for Agent Orange in Interior - Feb 3, 2004 Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
[Dioxin] EPA seeks to penalize Superior $120,535 - Feb 3, 2004 News-Sentinel
[Dioxin] Plastic water bottles risky? - Feb 3, 2004 Miami Herald
[Dioxin] Corps' response to oil leak reviewed - Feb 3, 2004 Columbian
[Dioxin] EPA fines Ind. aluminum company $120,000 for air violations - Feb 3, 2004 WasteNews
Budget cuts may include police, water - Feb 3, 2004 Billings Gazette
Bush budget cuts environmental funding by 7 percent - Feb 3, 2004 ENN
Stacking the Deck Against Science - Feb 3, 2004 Wired News
EarthTalk: Can mercury in seafood harm a fetus? - Feb 3, 2004 ENN
Budget 'Out of Touch with American Values' Charge Green Groups - Feb 3, OneWorld
'Ground zero' for U.S. energy riles some locals - Feb 3, 2004 MSNBC
Building Safe, Healthy, And Livable Communities - Feb 3, 2004 Planetizen
Scientists Find Ozone-destroying Molecule - Feb 3, 2004 NASA


Inquiry into permits law focuses on its infancy - Feb 2, 2004 PG
Lautenschlager surpasses Doyle in actions for environment offenses - Feb 2, 2004 PG
Latitude North looks to get people hooked on fly fishing - Feb 2, 2004 PG
Cooperate on water talks [scroll down] - Feb 2, 2004 PG
New Merrimac ferry had more breakdowns than old ferry - Feb 2, 2004 NC
Residents get a say about electric transmission projects - Feb 2, 2004 PC
Neenah pedestrian bridge in peril - Feb 2, 2004 PC
Grand Chute studies water expansion - Feb 2, 2004 PC
Boaters can reserve slips at Cedar River Harbor - Feb 2, 2004 Marinette
Mad cow sends beef prices down - Feb 2, 2004 Wisconsin Outdoors
[PCB] Poisoning for profit: Book exposes US corporate cover-up of toxic pollution - Feb 2, 2004 World Socialist Web Site
[PCB] Arlington Capital puts bid on Slater - Feb 2, 2004 News-Sentinel
[PCB] President Bush's FY2005 Budget Will Continue Positive Environmental Progress - Feb 2, 2004 U.S. Newswire
[PCB] FY 2005 Budget Empowers Agency to Accelerate Environmental Protection - Feb 2, 2004 U.S. Newswire
[PCB] Report: High toxin levels in N.J. shellfish - Feb 2, 2004 NJ.com
[PCB] Is Work Giving You Cancer? - Feb 2, 2004 Good Housekeeping
[Dioxin] EU shoppers wary of poultry as bird flu fears grow - Feb 2, Reuters Alert
[Dioxin] Reporter takes aim at alleged media bias - Feb 2, 2004 Atlanta Journal
Bush Moves to Defuse Environmental Criticism - Feb 2, 2004 Washington Post
President's Budget Fuels Natural Gas Crisis - Feb 2, 2004 ENN
Radon the invisible killer - Feb 2, 2004 NWITimes
New Group Of Swing Voters: 'Gun Rackers' - Feb 2, 2004 Planetizen
Earth could win global warming battle, but may lose species, say scientists - Feb 2, 2004 Edie.net
$70 billion worth of freshwater resources at risk annually, due to wetland loss - Feb 2, 2004 Edie.net
New pollution eating paint will clean the air - Feb 2, 2004 Edie.net
Hydraulic hybrid gives fuel economy a boost - Feb 2, 2004 GLRC
Market-based approach to mercury reductions - Feb 2, 2004 GLRC
EPA examines midwest insulation processing plants - Feb 2, 2004 GLRC
Nuclear power companies suing over waste disposal - Feb 2, 2004 GLRC
A "poplar" solution for hog waste? - Feb 2, 2004 GLRC
More money for Great Lakes cleanup? - Feb 2, 2004 GLRC
USDA to tighten biotech crop regulations? - Feb 2, 2004 GLRC
How to Fall In Love With Cities; Lessons from Europe in making great places - Feb 2, 2004 Mich. Land Use Institute


Carbon dioxide leak shuts down nuclear power plant - Feb 1, 2004 PG
Power plant declared low level emergency - Feb 1, 2004 NC
Low-level emergency declared at nuke plant - Feb 1, 2004 PC
Tiny mouse has big impact on nature - Feb 1, 2004 PG
Downtown plans shaky [sustainability issue] - Feb 1, 2004 PG
Ryan runs a marathon in a businessman’s shoes [Fox River trail] - Feb 1, 2004 PG
Better ice brings in flurry of Master Angler fishing contest entries - Feb 1, 2004 PG
Outdoors calendar - Feb 1, 2004 PG
It’s time to get wild about elk - Feb 1, 2004 Wisconsin Outdoors
Green Bay turns 150 [no mention of the bay or river?] - Feb 1, 2004 NC
Dairy farmer charged with criminal damage to utility property - Feb 1, 2004 NC
Oneidas lease ONE building to native tissue firm - Feb 1, 2004 NC
Terminal for lake ferry will cost 75% more than expected - Feb 1, 2004 NC
Residents can register for pesticide news - Feb 1, 2004 PC
Special interests too influential - Feb 1, 2004 PC
Maritime collections have different values - Feb 1, 2004 MHT
Water at heart of Two Rivers - Feb 1, 2004 MHT
Club sets ice fishing derby - Feb 1, 2004 MHT
Put it on ice - Feb 1, 2004 ON
Citizens carving future - Feb 1, 2004 ON
Retaining our healthy quality of life in region - Feb 1, 2004 ON
Some Hold Firm As Firms Jobs Go Overseas - Feb 1, 2004 Sheboygan
Blue Harbor warms hearts of visitors - Feb 1, 2004 Sheboygan
No shortage of uses from fruit of the Mountain ash - Feb 1, 2004 Sheboygan
Their milk, not ours - Feb 1, 2004 FightingBob.com
Alliant union gets serious - Feb 1, 2004 CapTimes
Part Of Patriot Act Called Unconstitutional - Feb 1, 2004 CapTimes
Panel To Study So-called Issue Ads - Feb 1, 2004 CapTimes
Highway Bill Hits Snag Over Gas Tax Hike - Feb 1, 2004 APWire
Oil Supply Fears Overblown, Analysts Say - Feb 1, 2004 APWire
[PCB] For sale: Cold War industrial complex - Feb 1, 2004 News-record.com
[PCB] Import risks lurk on United States buffet of plenty - Feb 1, 2004 Times-Picayune
[PCB] Autism reaching 'epidemic' levels - Feb 1, 2004 Naples
[PCB] More autism cases reported, yet cause remains unknown - Feb 1, Naples
[Dioxin] Search finds no Agent Orange - Feb 1, 2004 JuneauEmpire
[Dioxin] Don outlines hazards of plastics - Feb 1, 2004 IPPMedia
EPA rule on mercury gives coal-burners flexibility - Feb 1, 2004 Miami.com
No-Till Farming Reduces Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Feb 1, 2004 VOANews
Ford halts pollution label plan for cars - Feb 1, 2004 Independent.co.uk
US Must Do More to Stem Air Pollution - Scientists - Feb 1, 2004 PlanetArk
Bush Wants More Research Money for Hydrogen Cars - Feb 1, 2004 PlanetArk
Bald Eagle Watching a Big US Draw - Feb 1, 2004 PlanetArk
Crazy cows? Flu birds? Time to enter the vegan - Feb 1, 2004 Chicago Sun-Times

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Link to More Articles 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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