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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.)
 
Back to Current Media Feb 1- 10, 2007  Feb 21- 28, 2007 

February 11-20, 2007

Open house held at Brillion Nature Center to discuss whitetail deer - Feb 20, 2007 PG
Outdoors: Huge sturgeon highlights quiet day - Feb 20, 2007 PG
Focus on renewable energy: Johnson Controls assembles team to expand business - Feb 20, 2007 MJS
DNR News: Feb 20, 2007 - Feb 20, 2007 WDNR
Our Working Lands Need Protection Too - Feb 20, 2007 CapTimes
[PCB/Dioxin] Toxic backlash to Thai-Japan FTA - Feb 20, 2007 Asia Times
Canned tuna exceeds guidelines on mercury: CBC investigation - Feb 20, 2007 CBC
Humans' beef with livestock: a warmer planet: American meat eaters are responsible for 1.5 more tons of carbon dioxide per person than vegetarians every year - Feb 20, 2007 Christian Science Monitor
Warning on Warming - Feb 20, 2007 Truthout
Is It Good that Big Businesses Are Going Green? Can Americans retain their bad habits of overconsumption but simply switch to earth-friendly products? In truth, we are not going to spend our way out of a social and ecological crisis 500 years in the making - Feb 20, 2007 AlterNet
Scientists alarmed at fishing in deeper waters: What was renewable resource becoming nonrenewable, one expert says - Feb 20, 2007 MSNBC

Renewable energy gets a big boost- Feb 19, 2007 StarTribune
High-risk Meat Plants To Get A Closer Look - Feb 19, 2007 WSJ
Spearing harvest light on Sunday - Feb 19, 2007 PC
Sturgeon season could go maximum 16 days - Feb 19, 2007 PC
Editorial: Don't Dump Shoreline Rules For Developers' Profit - Feb 19, 2007 CapTimes
Letter: Children shouldn't see circus misery, animal cruelty - Feb 19, 2007 PG
Letter: Many questions remain in the ethanol debate (Scroll down) - Feb 19, 2007 PG
OpEd: Research Advances Can Keep Rural Life Sustainable - Feb 19, 2007 CapTimes
Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters: Conservation Notices of the Week - Support DNR Nominee, Oppose AJR 17 - Feb 19, 2007 WisPolitics (PDF)
[Dioxin] Environmental Groups Say Pigeon River Still Dirty - Feb 19, 2007 WRAL
One Great Big Plastic Hassle: Disturbing health trends indicate our passion for plastic may be threatening our reproductive survival - Feb 19, 2007 AlterNet
Study Sees Harmful Hunt for Extra Oil - Feb 19, 2007 Common Dreams
Call to Halt Deep Sea 'Plunder' - Feb 19, 2007 Common Dreams
Climate Change: Scientists Warn It May Be Too Late to Save the Ice Caps - Feb 19, 2007 Common Dreams

State puts off action on utilities: 12 private water systems have dangerously high levels of radium - Feb 18, 2007 MJS
Bear population grows on secluded Apostle Islands - Feb 18, 2007 PG
Editorial: Increased spending on land needs oversight - Feb 18, 2007 PG
[PCB] Contaminated Soils Found at Hill Air Force Base - Feb 18, 2007 KSL


Outagamie County case linked to national salmonella outbreak - Feb 17, 2007 PC
Local grocers respond to peanut butter recall - Feb 17, 2007 PG
Rescuers take wing to help stranded loon - Feb 17, 2007 MJS
Residents will get chance to vote on killing swans - Feb 17, 2007 MJS
Sturgeon spearers get another weekend - Feb 17, 2007 PG
Ice fishing trip an eventful one - Feb 17, 2007 MJS
Sturgeon spearers get more big fish - Feb 17, 2007 PC
Nuclear Comeback Heats Uw Classroom - Feb 17, 2007 CapTimes
OpEd: Stewardship Fund helps state, and its businesses - Feb 17, 2007 MJS
Sunday Symposium: Global Warming - Feb 17, 2007 MJS
Letter: Here's an idea: Make, use energy wisely (Scroll down) - Feb 17, 2007 MJS
[PCB] N.J. water-supply report finds pollution, toxins - Feb 17, 2007 Home News Tribune
[PCB/Dioxin] Permit renewal plan worries residents - Feb 17, 2007 Statesman Journal
Global Warming: It's About Energy - Feb 17, 2007 AlterNet
 

Bill would let state limit greenhouse gases: Feds won't act, so others must, lawmaker says - Feb 16, 2007 PG
Joint Finance Committee to hold hearings [on April 12] - Feb 16, 2007 PG
Mystery Disease Killing The Bees: Honey Production And The Livelihood Of Beekeepers Are Threatened - Feb 16, 2007 WSJ
Power Line Foes Aren't Letting Up - Feb 16, 2007 CapTimes
Sturgeon season take has modest day - Feb 16, 2007 PG
Weekly Outdoors notes - Feb 16, 2007 MJS
[PCB] Fish in Mother's Diet Benefits Child, Study Finds - Feb 16, 2007 Washington Post
[PCB/Dioxin] N.J. waterways fail pollution standards - Feb 16, 2007 NorthJersey
January Weather Hottest by Far - Feb 16, 2007 Truthout
 

Bill Calls For 25% Emissions Cut - Feb 15, 2007 CapTimes
City Lakes Offer Lesson In Climate Change: This Winter's Freeze Was Second Latest - Feb 15, 2007 CapTimes
Conservation group backs call for Stewardship Fund's renewal - Feb 15, 2007 PG
Conservation Heads Praise Plan For Stewardship Fund - Feb 15, 2007 WSJ
Ashwaubenon recycling program not yielding returns, yet - Feb 15, 2007 PG
Oil spill tainted water table: Recent pipeline leak seeped into deep hole in northern Wisconsin - Feb 15, 2007 MJS
DNR advocates earn-a-buck plan: Coyotes also impacting deer population  - Feb 15, 2007 PG
Fish weigh heavily on spearers - Feb 15, 2007 PC
Wisconsin Outdoor Report - Feb 15, 2007 WDNR
Great Outdoors Almanac - Feb 15, 2007 PG
Editorial: Nasty Sealant On Way Out - Feb 15, 2007 CapTimes
[PCB/Dioxin] Solutions murky for tainted water - Feb 15, 2007 Houston Chronicle
Wind vs. Coal: False Choices in the Battle to Resolve Our Energy Crisis - Feb 15, 2007 AlterNet
 

Expanded Stewardship Fund In Doyle's Proposed Budget - Feb 14, 2007 CapTimes
Doyle seeks land funds: Proposed increase in state program would cost $1.6 billion in next 10 years - Feb 14, 2007 MJS
Women sturgeon spearers hold their own with sport - Feb 14, 2007 ON
Weather hampers sturgeon pursuit - Feb 14, 2007 PC
2006 deer harvest could be third best for state - Feb 14, 2007 PG
Howard DNR office wins building honor - Feb 14, 2007 PG
When it comes to improving your view of Lake Michigan, is there a right way and a wrong way? - Feb 14, 2007 MJS
U.S. bill seeks $9 million to halt Asian carp - Feb 14, 2007 MJS
Moratorium to continue - Feb 14, 2007 MJS
Spearing continues on Lake Winnebago - Feb 14, 2007 MJS
Weekly fishing report - Feb 14, 2007 MJS
Editorial: The demise of science - Feb 14, 2007 MJS
[PCB] Deal set: Ship to get new home as reef, lab off Fla. Keys - Feb 14, 2007 Virginia Pilot
[PCB/Dioxin] Bloomberg Urges More Aid for Those Ailing After 9/11 [Smoke and dust contained PCBS & Dioxins] - Feb 14, 2007 NYTimes
[PCB/Dioxin] Dioxin listing for bay legit, says state - Feb 14, 2007 Times-Standard
[PCB/Dioxin] Jury’s out on omega-3 for depression? - Feb 14, 2007 FoodNavigator
Saying Goodbye to Cheap Airfare - Feb 14, 2007 AlterNet
Businesses grow more socially conscious - Feb 14, 2007 USA Today
Green Buildings Need More Incentives in U.S. - Feb 14, 2007 ENN

Energy Symposium and trade fair at KI - Feb 13, 2007 PG
It's twice the fun for upriver spearers - Feb 13, 2007 PG
DNR: Hunters kill nearly 500,000 deer in 2006 - Feb 13, 2007 MJS
Pabst Farms' impact on key water supply, recharge area studied - Feb 13, 2007 MJS
Conservation NOW: Weekly Bulletin - Feb 13, 2007 WisPolitics (PDF)
Gathering Waters Conservancy: Gov. Doyle Unveils Stewardship Fund Reauthorization Plan - Feb 13, 2007 WisPolitics
[PCB] Hard to Tell What Causes Fatal Disease of the Lungs - Feb 13, 2007 NYTimes
[PCB] Top 10 most common environmental toxins - Feb 13, 2007 Vancouver Sun
[Dioxin] Midland dioxin results lead to no surprises - Feb 13, 2007 Bay City Times
[Dioxin] Worries over dumped chemical waste - Feb 13, 2007 icWales
Patenting Life - Feb 13, 2007 Common Dreams
Unhealthy Flowers: Why Buying Organic Should Not End With Your Food - Feb 13, 2007 AlterNet
Activists list threatened bird habitats in U.S. - Feb 13, 2007 MSNBC
Is the Deadly Crash of Our Civilization Inevitable? - Feb 13, 2007 AlterNet
US Energy Secretary Opposes Caps, Profits From Emissions - Feb 13, 2007 Truthout
Climate Change Heats Up Washington - Feb 13, 2007 AlterNet
Companies' Support Goes against the Environment - Feb 13, 2007 Common Dreams
Push for New Climate Treaty Intensifies; Hope Seen - Feb 13, 2007 Truthout


Task force issues recommendations on dealing with groundwater contamination - Feb 12, 2007 MHT
Oconto Co. landowners set sites on wolves after attacks - Feb 12, 2007 PG
Sturgeon update: Spearers bag hundreds on Winnebago opener - Feb 12, 2007 PG
Letter: Ethanol means cleaner air for all (Scroll down) - Feb 12, 2007 PG
Commentary: Senseless acts show no respect for natural beauty of rural environment - Feb 12, 2007 ON
Letter: Pay Attention! Global Warming Is Really Happening - Feb 12, 2007 CapTimes
[PCB] Monsanto dumped toxic waste in UK: Inquiry after chemicals found at site 30 years after their disposal - Feb 12, 2007 Guardian
[PCB] What are PCBs? - Feb 12, 2007 Guardian
[PCB] Oregon may mandate onshore shipbreaking: Dry docks keep contaminants from infiltrating local waters - Feb 12, 2007 ContraCostaTimes
[PCB/Dioxin] Britain investigates chemical dumping - Feb 12, 2007 UPI
[PCB/Dioxin] Monsanto Dumped Toxic Waste in UK - Feb 12, 2007 Common Dreams
Renewables Can Turn the Tide on Global Warming - Feb 12, 2007 AlterNet
 

Task force wants special water zone created - Feb 11, 2007 MHT
Town-rights bill continues to fuel debate on growth - Feb 11, 2007 PC
Sturgeon spearers cash in on upriver lottery - Feb 11, 2007 PG
Sturgeon spearers share fish tales - Feb 11, 2007 PC
Wild turkeys make themselves at home - Feb 11, 2007 PG
Beauty behind blight: Oak Creek wants to clean up and rejuvenate its lakefront - Feb 11, 2007 MJS
Editorial: Food inspections need to be priority - Feb 11, 2007 PG
Is God 'green?' A Group Of Scientists Has Been Trying For Years To Convince Evangelical Leaders That They're On The Wrong Side Of Issues Like The Environment. But Conservative Scholar And Author Doug Bandow Warns Religious Conservatives: Don't Jump Off An Environmental Cliff. Bridging The Divide Between Science, Faith - Feb 11, 2007 WSJ
Is God 'green?' A Group Of Scientists Has Been Trying For Years To Convince Evangelical Leaders That They're On The Wrong Side Of Issues Like The Environment. But Conservative Scholar And Author Doug Bandow Warns Religious Conservatives: Don't Jump Off An Environmental Cliff. Use Prudence, But Question Orthodoxies - Feb 11, 2007 WSJ
[PCB] Midland dioxin results to be released next month - Feb 11, 2007 Midland Daily News
 


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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