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.)
February 1-10, 2005
American
Transmission Company: ATC Begins Lawsuit Against Douglas County - Feb 10,
2005 WisPolitics
Lack
of easement may delay Sunrise Cove project - Feb 10, 2005 KCN
Wisconsin
Energy Conservation Corporation: Governor’s Budget Proposes Diverting $53
Million from Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Programs - Feb 10,
2005 WisPolitics
Doyle
targets invasive species with budget boost - Feb 10, 2005 MilwJS
Public
Service Commission to assess state's transmission system - Feb 10, 2005
Wheeler Report (PDF)
Hassett
says license hikes necessary - Feb 10, 2005 Ashland Daily Press
Editorial:
A good lakefront idea - Feb 10, 2005 MilwJS
Editorial:
Conservation Day - Feb 10, 2005 CapTimes
Great
Outdoors Almanac - Feb 10, 2005 Wisconsin Outdoors
Letter:
Town shouldn’t cave in to Wal-Mart - Feb 10, 2005 SP
Pat
Durkin column: DNR bogs itself down with fruitless fights - Feb 10, 2005
Wisconsin Outdoors
Letter:
Wolf damage compensation for farmers is inadquate - Feb 10, 2005 Wisconsin
Farm Bureau Federation
[PCB]
Benchmarking Corporate Governance on Product Toxicity and Safer Alternatives
- Feb 10, 2005 SocialFunds
[PCB]
Poll: Republicans, Democrats Both Reject Arctic Drilling - Feb 10, 2005
ENS
Bush
EPA Planning Two-Year Amnesty for Factory Farm Polluters - Feb 10, 2005
BushGreenWatch
Global Warming
Bill Means Thousands of New Jobs: Study Shows Trigger for New Energy Economy
Increases Employment - Feb 10, 2005 Common Dreams
Wildlife
scientists feeling heat: Species-protection data suppressed, many report
- Feb 10, 2005 San Francisco Chronicle
U.S.
Scientists Say They Are Told to Alter Findings: More than 200 Fish and
Wildlife researchers cite cases where conclusions were reversed to weaken
protections and favor business - Feb 10, 2005 Common Dreams
Class
Action Dismissed: Enviros join chorus against class-action bill, but measure
still likely to pass - Feb 10, 2005 Grist
Budget
affects taxes, schools, environment - Feb 9, 2005 PC
Gov.
Doyle's budget speech text - Feb 9, 2005 CapTimes
Doyle would
dip into energy funds again: Conservation money could fill budget gap -
Feb 9, 2005 MilwJS
Plan
for $30 million ethanol plant revealed - Feb 9, 2005 SP
NRC
names inspector at Point Beach - Feb 9, 2005 MHT
Nuisance
algae on Lake Michigan shores to be discussed at forum - Feb 9, 2005 MHT
Logger
hired to thin trees in natural area of Sturgeon Bay - Feb 9, 2005 PG
Residents
pool ideas for Fisk - Feb 9, 2005 PG
City
Utility Commission to sell bottled water - Feb 9, 2005 OCN
Oconto
gets good news: $1.1 million dredging grant - Feb 9, 2005 OCN
Lakefront
commission shoots down warship - Feb 9, 2005 MilwJS
Weekly
fishing report - Feb 9, 2005 MilwJS
Citizens
Utility Board/Wisconsin Industrial Energy Group: Budget cuts will harm
consumers, economy, environment - Feb 9, 2005 Wheeler Report (PDF)
RENEW
Wisconsin: Cuts to Focus on Energy Sap Conservation and Renewables - Feb
9, 2005 WisPolitics
Commentary:
Values adrift - Feb 9, 2005 NC
David
Horst column: Helping to nurture nature - Feb 9, 2005 Wisconsin Outdoors
[PCB]
PCBs, fungicide open brain cells to Parkinson’s assault - Feb 9, 2005 Innovations
Report
[PCB]
Saratoga County wants heads-up about noise from PCB dredging - Feb 9, 2005
Saratogian
[PCB]
Green group to GE: Drop it - Feb 9, 2005 Troy Record
[PCB]
Fight brewing over burning of toxic sludge - Feb 9, 2005 Halifax Herald
Bush
Plan Could Drain Effort to Clean Up Waters - Feb 9, 2005 LATimes
[PCB]
Bill may halt plans for PCB landfill - Feb 8, 2005 PC
[PCB]
Bill may ban PCB sediment: Officials push for vitrification - Feb 8, 2005
ON
Sheboygan
officials tour ethanol plant - Feb 8, 2005 ON
Ethanol
plant may mean 30 jobs - Feb 8, 2005 SP
A.G. Lautenschlager:
Announces Environmental Protection Case Against Fond du Lac Well Driller
- Feb 8, 2005 WisPolitics
Whooping
crane found dead in Florida - Feb 8, 2005 NC
Pesky
deer problem put off in Green Lake - Feb 8, 2005 ON
State OKs
coal plant work: Power line project allowed to proceed despite court case
- Feb 8, 2005 MilwJS
Arrowhead-Weston
Line: Douglas County Board took stand for future (Scroll down) - Feb 8,
2005 MilwJS
Editorial:
Be open to new ideas on bridge - Feb 8, 2005 PG
Editorial:
Can county afford new recreation trail? - Feb 8, 2005 SP
Letter:
President’s energy program on ethanol makes no sense - Feb 8, 2005 SP
Great
Lakes could see big boost from Bush budget - Feb 8, 2005 WaterTech
[PCB]
Service district, ex-employee trade accusations - Feb 8, 2005 StatesmanJournal
[PCB]
EPA opens information center for dismantlement of contaminated building
in Kansas City, MO - Feb 8, 2005 EPA
[PCB]
Tar ponds sludge to be burned at old coal plant - Feb 8, 2005 CBC News
[Dioxin]
Dioxin deal still needs some meat on its bones - Feb 8, 2005 Bay City Times
Senate
Bill Would Hobble Citizen Lawsuits vs. Polluters - Feb 8, 2005 Bush GreenWatch
Bush
budget cuts EPA water projects - Feb 8, 2005 WaterTech
Clean
Water Fund Facing Major Cuts - Feb 8, 2005 NYTimes
Bush
Seeks Nearly 6 Percent Cut in Environment Funding - Feb 8, 2005 Planet
Ark
De
Pere’s Living Bridge plans get new life - Feb 7, 2005 PG
Residents
can float pool ideas past city - Feb 7, 2005 PG
State's
efforts to expand access to lakes upsets some residents - Feb 7, 2005 NC
State
job cuts, higher hunting fees among Doyle's proposals - Feb 7, 2005 NC
Thirsty city waits
for water diversion law - Feb 7, 2005 GLRC
Focus
on Energy: Milwaukee’s Urban Ecology Center Installs Renewable Energy System
- Feb 7, 2005 WisBusiness
Trees
not only issue for paper recycling - Feb 7, 2005 SPJ
Hunters
expect compromise by fall: Group wants ban on sport in county parks to
be lifted - Feb 7, 2005 MilwJS
Churches
should be in forefront on environment - Feb 7, 2005 RJT
Bush plan to cap farm subsidies
gets green backing: Critics see subsidies as easy money for large agribusinesses
- Feb 7, 2005 MSNBC
[PCB]
Granholm may face her toughest year - Feb 7, 2005 DetroitNews
[PCB]
Tar-pond incinerator site to be announced soon - Feb 7, 2005 Maritimes
Got
Time? On effective activism - Feb 7, 2005 Grist
War on Plastic:
Rejecting the Toxic Plague - Feb 7, 2005 Truthout
Bush Budget Would Cut
Aid for Local Law Enforcement, Environment, Indian Schools - Feb 7, 2005
ENN
US
scientists designing new generation of nuclear arms - Feb 7, 2005 Yahoo
The Food Detective
- Feb 7, 2005 AlterNet
The New Environmentalism
- Feb 7, 2005 ENN
Water birds,
fish face extinction because of shrinking wetlands - Feb 7, 2005 PlanetSave
EPA
Embraces Human Pesticide Dosing without Safeguards: Ethical Rules “Non-Binding”—
No Standards to Protect Infants and Fetuses - Feb 7, 2005 EMS
Delay
expected in bidding for water pipeline - Feb 6, 2005 PG
Four
bass tourneys to test culling rules - Feb 6, 2005 Wisconsin Outdoors
Stuck
on sturgeon - Feb 6, 2005 PC
Truth
in labeling - Feb 6, 2005 FightingBob
Ed
Culhane column: A gathering of generations - Feb 6, 2005 Wisconsin Outdoors
Editorial:
Riverfront an unpolished jewel - Feb 6, 2005 PG
Letter:
Wind farm near Horicon Marsh would pose theat to migrating birds - Feb
6, 2005 SP
Editorial:
Let’s slow down on E10 gas mandate - Feb 6, 2005 SP
Jim
Lee column: Sturgeon has impact on regional economy - Feb 6, 2005 PG
[PCB]
Details of $400-million cleanup of N.S. tar ponds to be released - Feb
6, 2005 Macleans
[PCB]
Fish contaminated by PCBs - Feb 6, 2005 Berkshire Eagle
[PCB]
Tasmanian devil meets a deadly foe - Feb 6, 2005 Guardian
Safety
of nuclear power plants remains emotional issue in nation's energy debate
- Feb 6, 2005 Toledo Blade
The Greening
of Evangelicals: Christian Right turns, sometimes warily, to Environmentalism
- Feb 6, 2005 Truthout
Paper
Sets Off a Debate on Environmentalism's Future - Feb 6, 2005 NYTimes
Apocalypse
Now: How Mankind is Sleepwalking to the End of the Earth - Feb 6, 2005
Common Dreams
Pollution
levels keep warning in effect - Feb 5, 2005 PG
Because
Pollutants Stayed Around, Advisory Is Extended - Feb 5, 2005 WSJ
Record
numbers expected for sturgeon spearing - Feb 5, 2005 MilwJS
Fisheree
attendees bask in warm weather - Feb 5, 2005 PC
Air
emissions permit upheld - Feb 5, 2005 PC
DNR rocks
landowner boats - Feb 5, 2005 MilwJS
Danger
may lurk in wolf ruling - Feb 5, 2005 MilwJS
Where
the birds are - Feb 5, 2005 Rhinelander Daily News
Rockland
Lake a real breakthrough - Feb 5, 2005 MilwJS
Brookfield
might join Waukesha in asking for Lake Michigan water - Feb 5, 2005 GM
Today
Water-supply
worries filter down: Pabst Farms' neighbors concerned about health of aquifer
over long run - Feb 5, 2005 MilwJS
Outdoors
notes - Feb 5, 2005 MilwJS
Foundation
plans concert series to benefit Great Lakes - Feb 5, 2005 Detroit Free
Press
[PCB]
Local residents report several sightings of bald eagles - Feb 5, 2005 Sturgis
Journal
Official
chides Christian right: Moral Majority called aberration - Feb 5, 2005
Boston
[PCB]
Insurance companies blast payment plan for Fox River cleanup - Feb 4, 2005
PC
[PCB]
Lawmakers propose forcing insurers to pay in Fox River cleanup - Feb 4,
2005 NC
[PCB]
Legislation would hold insurers accountable for Fox cleanup - Feb 4, 2005
PG
Air
quality health advisory continued for area - Feb 4, 2005 NC
Vote
pushes change in power line route - Feb 4, 2005 CapTimes
Power
line route change requested - Feb 4, 2005 PC
Ethanol
for all gas revs feud - Feb 4, 2005 CapTimes
Dept.
of Commerce: Gov Announces Brownsfields Project in Neenah - Feb 4, 2005
WisPolitics
Doyle
proposes $6 million grant for Port of Sturgeon Bay - Feb 4, 2005 NC
Bay
Shipbuilding receives Economic Development Award - Feb 4, 2005 MHT
Court
will hear arguments in dispute over waste station - Feb 4, 2005 PG
Deer
with CWD found outside eradication zone (Scroll down) - Feb 4, 2005 MilwJS
Editorial:
Power line means growth - Feb 4, 2004 MilwJS
Letter:
Design, engineering will make ethanol plant safe - Feb 4, 2005 SP
Letter:
Not all neighbors welcome Wal-Mart - Feb 4, 2005 SP
[PCB]
Diamond T housing proposal is revised with fewer units, public streets
- Feb 4, 2005 ThisWeek
[PCB]
No environmental impact endangers people in Aceh: UN - Feb 4, 2005 ReliefWeb
[Dioxin]
Time bombs on horizon for governor - Feb 4, 2005 Oakland Press
The
Kids Are Alright in Green Housing Competition - Feb 4, 2005 MetropolisMag
MIT
scientist looks to physics for renewable energy options - Feb 4, 2005 ScienceDaily
Audit: EPA minimized mercury
risks - Feb 4, 2005 MSNBC
EPA
Inspector Finds Mercury Proposal Tainted: Agency Staff Was Told to Set
Limits Backing Bush's 'Clear Skies' Initiative, Report Says - Feb 4, 2005
WashingtonPost
EPA
broke mercury rule, report says - Feb 4, 2005 Plain Dealer
Greetings From
the New Flat Earth - Feb 4, 2005 AlterNet
U.S. Businesses
Falling Behind in Green Technologies: If American companies fail to invest
in clean energy and carbon-neutral technologies, they will lose out in
the global marketplace - Feb 4, 2005 Planetizen
Opinion:
Ignoring the Smoke - Feb 4, 2005 Washington Post
[PCB]
Proposed bill would require insurers to pay for PCB cleanup - Feb 3, 2005
PG
[PCB]
PCB Press Conference To Be Held Monday February 7, 2005 10:30 a.m. at the
Outagamie County Courthouse - Feb 3, 2005 Wheeler Report (PDF)
North Woods
power line hits snag: County board refuses to let it cross forest land
- Feb 3, 2005 MilwJS
Board
continues to oppose power line - Feb 3, 2005 Duluth News Tribune
Transmission
project proceeds despite Douglas County no vote:
Vote
likely results in use of more private land to complete Arrowhead-Weston
line - Feb 3, 2005 American Transmission Company
Pollutants
trapped in air trigger region health alert - Feb 3, 2005 PG
Hearings
will address laws for large livestock operations - Feb 3, 2005 PG
Shipyard
project may get state aid - Feb 3, 2005 MilwJS
Appeal
to stop construction of cell phone tower denied - Feb 3, 2005 Shawano Leader
G-P’s
earnings down for fourth quarter - Feb 3, 2005 PG
DNR
aims to discuss next deer season - Feb 3, 2005 PG
Conservancy
acquires more acreage - Feb 3, 2005 ON
Leaking
gasses from tanker caused Highway 51 closure - Feb 3, 2005 Rhinelander
Daily News
WE Energies:
DNR air permit for Oak Creek expansion affirmed - Feb 3, 2005 WisBusiness
Great
Outdoors Almanac - Feb 3, 2005 Wisconsin Outdoors
[PCB] 9/11
the Sequel: The Toxic State of Lower Manhattan - Feb 3, 2005 CounterPunch
[PCB]
Burning questions in Jacksonville - Feb 3, 2005 KnoxStudio
[PCB]
Measures to save Kearny Marsh OK'd - Feb 3, 2005 Jersey Journal
[PCB]
GreenWorks' Innovative Solvent Extraction Technology Is USEPA SITE Approved
- Feb 3, 2005 Yahoo
Study: Governments Increasingly
Seize Property as First Resort, Not Last - Feb 3, 2005 Reason
Free Bags May Get the
Sack - Feb 3, 2005 ENN
Bush
Seeks $867 Million Budget for Forest Thinning - Feb 3, 2005 Yahoo
Hawken Challenges Soundness
of New Sustainability Ranking - Feb 3, 2005 ENN
Bush
Team Prepares to Weaken Clean Air Act at Expense of States - Feb 3, 2005
Bush GreenWatch
Statement
of Michael Mariotte Executive Director Nuclear Information and Resource
Service on State of the Union Speech by President George Bush - Feb 3,
2005 Common Dreams
Reaction
to State of the Union Address, Statement of Carl Pope, Sierra Club Executive
Director - Feb 3, 2005 Sierra Club
Archbishop
tells Church to help save the planet with green policies - Feb 3, 2005
Common Dreams
Global warming:
scientists reveal timetable - Feb 3, 2005 Truthout
Commentary: The 51
Percent Solution - Feb 3, 2005 ENN
[PCB]
Cleanup bill targets insurers - Feb 2, 2005 MilwJS
[PCB]
Letter: Renard Isle must be capped (Scroll down) - Feb 2, 2005 PG
[PCB] Residual
Contaminants Threaten BAAP Wildlife - Feb 2, 2005 CSWAB
Save
Our Unique Lands (SOUL): Douglas County holds the line on Arrowhead Weston
- Feb 2, 2005 Wheeler Report (PDF)
Council
affirms riverfront proposal - Feb 2, 2005 NC
Work
to restore Rush Lake may start in summer - Feb 2, 2005 ON
WPS
settles suit over wind turbines - Feb 2, 2005 PG
County
eyes trail extension - Feb 2, 2005 SP
Sturgeon
Bay bridge issue may head to voters - Feb 2, 2005 PG
Wind
energy questions come to the forefront - Feb 2, 2005 MHT
DNR
loosens logjam of air-quality permits - Feb 2, 2005 PG
Doyle
eliminates backlog of permits to state’s polluters - Feb 2, 2005 PC
DOJ:
Environmental protection case filed against Baraboo well driller - Feb
2, 2005 Wheeler Report (PDF)
Science
expo gives Coolidge students a close look - Feb 2, 2005 PC
Judge
rules federal government wrong to downgrade wolf from endangered to threatened
- Feb 2, 2005 NC
Ruling
makes state's gray wolves safer - Feb 2, 2005 MilwJS
Weekly
fishing report - Feb 2, 2005 MilwJS
Editorial:
DNR earns state anti-developer rap for Pioneer fiasco - Feb 2, 2005 ON
Letter:
Water: Waukesha knew this was coming - Feb 2, 2005 MilwJS
Letter:
CARES president is for ethical treatment of rural residents - Feb 2, 2005
MHT
West Wing's Ethanol
Problem - Feb 2, 2005 AlterNet
[PCB]
Contamination cleanups and a focus on duality fuel the environmental consulting
business - Feb 2, 2005 Czech Business Weekly
[Dioxin]
Dangers lurking in cozy winter fire - Feb 2, 2005 Philippine News
[Dioxin]
Dutch dioxin fodder seized, minister denies health risk - Feb 2, 2005 Expatica
[Dioxin]
Netherlands probes animal feed threats - Feb 2, 2005 Reuters
Big
investors turn up the heat on carbon - Feb 2, 2005 World Business Council
for Sustainable Development
Nine new environmental 'hot
spots' listed: Global list of regions to protect grows to 34 - Feb 2, 2005
MSNBC
Land
trust group looks at northern part of county - Feb 1, 2005 NC
Board
to take up power line stance - Feb 1, 2005 Duluth News Tribune
Douglas
County Board to discuss power line issues Wednesday - Feb 1, 2005 Duluth
News Tribune
County
leaders to create plan for waterfront - Feb 1, 2005 PG
Ice
Age Trail group to meet Thursday - Feb 1, 2005 SP
Pioneer
halted by DNR - Feb 1, 2005 ON
Wal-Mart
clears DOT’s hurdle - Feb 1, 2005 SP
Hollenberg
takes paper sciences center helm - Feb 1, 2005 PG
Lt.
Governor Lawton Presents Governor’s Awards Recognizing Contributions to
Energy-Efficient Homebuilding - Feb 1, 2005 WisPolitics (PDF)
Sierra
Club: WI DNR Says Air is Unsafe to Breathe as Bush and Congress Work to
Weaken Clean Air Protections - Feb 1, 2005 WisPolitics
DATCP:
Comments Requested fo Special Strawberry Pesticide Registration - Feb 1,
2005 WisPolitics
Editorial:
Water pipeline glitches should rarely happen - Feb 1, 2005 PG
Curt
Kindschuh: Wind farm would be harmful to Horicon wildlife refuge - Feb
1, 2005 CapTimes
[PCB]
GE to judge: Superfund violates our due process - Feb 1, 2005 Troy Record
[PCB]
GE pushes to scrap part of Superfund law - Feb 1, 2005 Times Argus
[PCB]
South Waterfront's Zidell segment cleanup costs tagged at $7 million -
Feb 1, 2005 Oregonian
[PCB]
Report: Chemical mixes can affect nerve growth - Feb 1, 2005 APP.com
[PCB]
Better days predicted for landfill, but it will take plenty of time, money
- Feb 1, 2005 JerseyJournal
[PCB]
Fear land poisoned - Feb 1, 2005 New York Daily News
[PCB]
UC, Campus Bay Developer Plot Richmond Field Station Future - Feb 1, 2005
Berkeley Daily Planet
[PCB/Dioxin]
Study: Mix of olestra, cutting calories helps reduce toxins - Feb 1, 2005
News-Leader
Wind Energy Gains Momentum
in Europe: How the Dutch Have Made it Possible - Feb 1, 2005 ENN
How Green Was My Vacation?
- Feb 1, 2005 ENN
Great Coffee is Grounds
for a Promotion - Feb 1, 2005 ENN
NIH
limits scientists' outside work - Feb 1, 2005 USAToday
Uncle Sam's Lame
Diet Tips - Feb 1, 2005 AlterNet
Rumsfeld
Seeks to Revive Burrowing Nuclear Bomb - Feb 1, 2005 Washington Post
Environmentalists
Offer Own "State of the Union" - Feb 1, 2005 Bush GreenWatch
How
Cancer Rose to the Top of the Charts - Feb 1, 2005 NYTimes
Climate
Change Already Here, Conference Told - Feb 1, 2005 Common Dreams
Climate
Wise - Feb 1, 1005 GreenBiz
UK
urges U.S. action on climate - Feb 1, 2005 CNN
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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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