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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February 11-20, 2006

February 21-28, 2006

February 1-10, 2006

[PCB] Fox River cleaning bill gets expensive - Feb 10, 2006 MJS
Ice isn't too nice for sturgeon spearing - Feb 10, 2006 PG
Sturgeon spearers cut to the chase - Feb 10, 2006 PC
Man, DNR clash on wildlife feeding: Agency defends action that man says was overkill - Feb 10, 2006 MJS
[Dioxin] Dow still collecting information on dioxin - Feb 10, 2006 Saginaw News
[Dioxin] Maintenance dredge permits approved - Feb 10, 2006 Eureka Reporter

[PCB] Lobbyists Spent $30 Million On Wisconsin Lawmakers - Feb 9, 2006 WFRV CBS 5
Lobbyists spend record sums: $30M directed to try to influence state lawmakers - Feb 9, 2006 PC
Sturgeon spearers face risky conditions - Feb 9, 2006 PG
Hazardous conditions will greet spearers - Feb 9, 2006 PC
'green Tier' Law Has Its Critics And Defenders: Can 'polluters' Fund Watchdogs Ethically? - Feb 9, 2006 CapTimes
Half Of Recyclable Paper Ends Up In A Landfill - Feb 9, 2006 WSJ
Great outdoors almanac - Feb 9, 2006 PG
[PCB] Cast iron or plastic? Both pipes have merits - Feb 9, 2006 Staten Island Advance
[PCB] PCB cleanup is topic of talks in St. Clair Shores - Feb 9, 2006 Detroit Free Press
[PCB] Old PCB contamination case settled - Feb 9, 2006 Hartwell Sun
[PCB] More dioxin contamination found - Feb 9, 2006 ABC12
[Dioxin] Toxic waste ends fishing in Sydney - Feb 9 (10), 2006 Stuff
[Dioxin] New Technical Developments at Eurofins Make Dioxin Analyses Fast and Affordable - Feb 9, 2006 Genetic Engineering News
Green Gifts for Your Valentine - Feb 9, 2006 ENN
Bush Budget Cuts Back on Energy Efficiency Programs - Feb 9, 2006 ENN
Global Warming Pushes Ski Industry Downhill - Feb 9, 2006 AlterNet
US evangelicals launch green plan - Feb 9, 2006 BBK
Global Warming a Major Health Risk - Scientists - Feb 9, 2006 Common Dreams
Sail of the century - Feb 9, 2006 BBC

[PCB] Public forum to focus on river property study - Feb 8, 2006 SP
Utility to study plant options: Wisconsin Energy considers selling Point Beach - Feb 8, 2006 MJS
Utilities want to build gas pipeline from SE Wisconsin to Green Bay - Feb 8, 2006 MHT
Morrison water tests show E. coli - Feb 8, 2006 PG
Wayside's well water found contaminated - Feb 8, 2006 PC
Suamico board delays water fee vote - Feb 8, 2006 PG
Linking input to trail system - Feb 8, 2006 PC
Sturgeon spearers face ice hazards - Feb 8, 2006 PC
Kaukauna restricts use of furnaces - Feb 8, 2006 PC
Budget initiatives may doom toxins study: U.S. cuts may end effort that included Waukesha children - Feb 8, 2006 MJS
Senate to debate asbestos fund: Proposal could shake up Wisconsin suits - Feb 8, 2006 MJS
DNR Has Questions To Answer - Feb 8, 2006 CapTimes
Weekly fishing report - Feb 8, 2006 MJS
Carter Was Right On Energy All Along - Feb 8, 2006 CapTimes
[PCB] River Cleanup Update Offered - Feb 8, 2006 Voices
[PCB] Water cleanup may get budget boost - Feb 8, 2006 MiningJournal
[PCB] New Global Chemicals Strategy Given Green Light by Governments - Feb 8, 2006 Harold Dohn
[PCB] Next challenge for Ramapoughs: litigation - Feb 8, 2006 NorthJersey
Eco-Activists Fight the 'Terrorist' Label - Feb 8, 2006 AlterNet
B.C. sets aside park twice as large as Yellowstone - Feb 8, 2006 Seattle Times
Evangelical Leaders Join Global Warming Initiative - Feb 8, 2006 Truthout
US Christian group presses government on climate change - Feb 8, 2006 MSNBC
Christians Link Against Global Warming - Feb 8, 2006 CBSNews
Evangelical Mutiny - Feb 8, 2006 TomPaine
Seven Years to Save Planet, Says Prime Minister - Feb 8, 2006 Truthout

Green Bay riverfront project taking shape - Feb 7, 2006 PG
Learn about gypsy moth spraying - Feb 7, 2006 PG
Spray allows users to Fool-A-Fish - Feb 7, 2006 PG
New pipeline stretch could open in 2008 - Feb 7, 2006 MJS
Alternative Energy Gets Legislators Fired Up - Feb 7, 2006 CapTimes
Letter: Water; What conservation? - Feb 7, 2006 MJS
Letter: Trash from humans also needs to be picked up on beaches - Feb 7, 2006 SP
Wisconsin’s Promising Bio-Refining Future Won’t Run on Ethanol Alone - Feb 7, 2006 WisOpinion
People's Plan Is Best For Pier Rules - Feb 7, 2006 CapTimes
[PCB] Edgewater faces suit over sports complex - Feb 7, 2006 NorthJersey
[PCB] Research group studies state's bald eagles - Feb 7, 2006 MaineToday
[PCB] India panel on toxic waste divided over French ship - Feb 7, 2006 ABC News
[PCB] Speaker's Stand ... Defining PCB group’s role - Feb 7, 2006 Anniston Star
[Dioxin] German farms test negative for dioxin, still closed - Feb 7, 2006 Reuters
Exposed: The Secret Corporate Funding Behind Health Research - Feb 7, 2006 Common Dreams
The Age of Corporate Environmentalism - Feb, 2006 Reason
Against the Grain: the Ecological Footprint - Feb 7, 2006 AlterNet
The hunt for alternate energy - Feb 7, 2006 NorthJersey
Bush Plan to Add Foreign Nuclear Garbage to Growing U.S. Waste Pile Digs Deeper Hole for Nuclear Waste Problem - Feb 7, 2006 Common Dreams

Menominee revitalize sturgeon-spearing ritual - Feb 6, 2006 PC
Suamico weighs water-main bill - Feb 6, 2006 PG
Making solar power mainstream - Feb 6, 2006 GLRC
Commentary: Who owns Great Lakes water? - Feb 6, 2006 Detroit Free Press
[PCB] Judge Says Government Misled Public on 9/11 Air Quality - Feb 6, 2006 CNSNews
[PCB] Symbol of river recovery since '69 gets facelift - Feb 6, 2006 Poughkeepsie Journal
[PCB] 25 years ago, small fire became big problem
State office tower closed for 13 years - Feb 6, 2006 Press & Sun Bulletin
[PCB/Dioxin] EU sets dioxin and PCB levels for food and feed - Feb 6, 2006
[Dioxin] South Korea bans Belgian pork in dioxin crisis - Feb 6, 2006 AP-FoodTechnology
Next Steps on Energy - Feb 6, 2006 NYTimes
Bush 2007 Budget Underwrites Nuclear, Cuts Environmental Programs - Feb 6, 2006 ENS
Winds of Climate Change Are about to Make Their Impact Felt in Many a Boardroom: Top science adviser sounds death knell for theory that insists growth is good - Feb 6, 2006 Truthout

Wisconsin Energy looks into whether to sell Point Beach - Feb 5, 2006 Duluth News Tribune
Asbestos victims oppose trust-fund plan - Feb 5, 2006 PG
Point Beach could be sold - Feb 5, 2006 MJS
They're fishing for sturgeon spearers' tales - Feb 5, 2006 PG
Editorial: Cheap energy is our true addiction - Feb 5, 2006 MHT
Bottled Water: Nectar of the Frauds? - Feb 5, 2006 Common Dreams
[PCB] Brockport tributary clean up deemed a success - Feb 5, 2006 West Side News
[PCB] Opinionist: Don’t Bother Doubting the E.P.A. (Cough, cough . . . ) - Feb 5, 2006 Gothamist
[Dioxin] An ocean of troubles - Feb 5, 2006 Ocala

Legislators seek to end nuclear 'moratorium': Leibham wants state to repeal restrictive criteria for new plants - Feb 4, 2006 MHT
Senator Alan Lasee: Hearing wasn't 'trial by anecdote' (Scroll down) - Feb 4, 2006 PG
Biofuel race begins: Bush's ethanol timetable may be too ambitious, critics say - Feb 4, 2006 MJS
Fuel for debate: Backers want more ethanol at pumps, but some experts disagree - Feb 4, 2006 MJS
Muffled Warnings on Global Warming - Feb 4, 2006 Common Dreams
Outdoor notes - Feb 4, 2006 MJS

Growth, pollution threaten nation's coastlines: Efforts under way on Great Lakes to fix past problems and prevent further damage to ecosystem - Feb 3, 2006 MHT
Ice conditions concern spearers - Feb 3, 2006 PC
Bottled Water: Pouring Resources Down The Drain - Feb 3, 2006 ENN
Editorial: EPA gives factory farms unnecessarily sweet deal - Feb 3, 2006 PC
Editorial: Bush energy 'initiatives' need additional scrutiny - Feb 3, 2006 PC
[Dioxin] Phaseout of Teflon Is Rare Win Against Chemical Companies - Feb 3, 2006 Truthdig
EPA program offers carrots to polluters and takes away sticks - Feb 3, 2006 Truthout
U.S. given D+ for protecting oceans: ‘Irreversible situation’ within a decade, commissions warn - Feb 3, 2006 MSNBC

Stormwater bills headed up in Appleton - Feb 2, 2006 PC
DNR wants to kill deer around infected farm - Feb 2, 2006 MJS
Drop PSC a line on transmission - Feb 2, 2006 PG
Manure Looms Big For Small Dairy Farmers - Feb 2, 2006 CapTimes
Bill Could Stir Fiscal Windfall: A Minimum Level Of Renewable Fuel Use Is Proposed - Feb 2, 2006 WSJ
Feingold: I Am Committed, Serious About Global Warming, Environment - Feb 2, 2006 CapTimes
Warming Warning: Global Warming Is A Reality, Most Agree, So What Are We In Wisconsin Going To Do About It? - Feb 2, 2006 WSJ
The Other Nuclear Option: If nuclear energy is as safe and clean as Bush says it is, why does the United States have so much trouble safely disposing of its nuclear waste? - Feb 2, 2006 AlterNet
New Scuffles over Water - Feb 2, 2006 Truthout

January's warmth melts rec trails: Temperatures reach record levels for month - Feb 1, PC
Meeting addresses gypsy-moth spraying - Feb 1, 2006 PG
22 jobs cut at Point Beach - Feb 1, 2006 PG
Weekly fishing report - Feb 1, 2006 MJS
Clean Wisconsin, Sierra Club: Statement in Support of AB 15, E-10 Mandate - Feb 1, 2006 WisPolitics
Wisconsin Safe Energy News: New Report, Study Outline Path to U.S. Energy Security - Feb 1, 2006 WisPolitics
Timeline set for $25M trails plan - Feb 1, 2006 SP
Report: Alternative Energy Could Be Big Benefit For County - Feb 1, 2006 CapTimes
Editorial: Tapping into Lake Michigan - Feb 1, 2006 MJS
Editorial: Before pointing the finger at Exxon, look in the mirror - Feb 1, 2006 PC
[PCB] US efforts to rescue Chesapeake Bay stalled - Feb 1, 2006 Macon Daily
[PCB] BAN denounces export of aircraft carrier Clemenceau as criminal act - Feb 1, 2006 BYMNews
[PCB] 'Clemenceau likely to contain cancer-causing PCBs' - Feb 1, 2006 Manorama
[PCB] Backlash at GE - Feb 1, 2006 CNN
[PCB/Dioxin] Pigs tested for dioxin, 650 EU farms quarantined - Feb 1, 2006 Reuters
[Dioxin] Japan halts imports of Dutch pork - Feb 1, 2006 Expatica
[Dioxin] Will your sofa make you sick? - Feb 1, 2006 SFGate
[Dioxin] Toxic fish advice kept secret - Feb 1 (2), 2006 Sydney Morning Herald
Suing the Pants Off SpongeBob - Feb 1, 2006 AlterNet
Environmental Activism's Missed Opportunity - Feb 1, 2006 GreenBiz
Bush energy specifics, and reaction - Feb 1, 2006 MSNBC
State of the Union, Sliced and Diced - Feb 1, 2006 AlterNet
Bush Would Break US Oil Addiction With Renewables, Nuclear, Coal - Feb 1, 2006 ENS

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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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