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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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January 21-31, 2005

Pipeline route clashes with WPS - Jan 31, 2005 PG
New York project tries to boost anti-carcinogen in cow's milk - Jan 31, 2005 NC
In mostly small steps, fund aids land stewardship in county - Jan 31, 2005 SP
Conservation team to meet Feb. 15 - Jan 31, 2005 SP
Volunteers monitor water quality - Jan 31, 2005 MilwJS
Letter: Turbines don’t belong in area - Jan 31, 2005 MHT
[PCB] PCBs, Fungicide Open Brain Cells To Parkinson's Assault - Jan 31, 2005 ScienceDaily
[PCB] 'Paradise' lost? Despite efforts, Kearny Marsh isn't bouncing back - Jan 31, 2005 Jersey Journal
[PCB] UR studies find clues to Parkinson's - Jan 31, 2005 Rochester & Chronicle
[PCB] AK Steel responds to Sierra Club - Jan 31, 2005 BG News
[PCB] Sierra Club praises AK Steel's efforts - Jan 31, 2005 Cincinnati Post
[Dioxin] Contamination fears fuel ACE conference - Jan 31, 2005 Mercury
[Dioxin] How far will Dow Chemical cleanup go? - Jan 31, 2005 GLRC
For Earth's Sweetest Valentine Gifts, Check The Green Guide - Jan 31, 2005 ENN
Living entirely off the grid - Jan 31, 2005 GLRC
Fingerprinting of hazmat truckers begins - Jan 31, 2005 CNN
Viruses, X-Rays Join List of Cancer Agents - Jan 31, 2005 Reuters
US Plans Opening Arctic Area to Oil & Gas Exploration - Jan 31, 2005 Planet Ark
Arctic ozone layer is thinning, scientists report - Jan 31, 2005 MSNBC
Lester Brown: The Short Path to Oil Independence; Gas-electric hybrids and wind power offer winning combination - Jan 31, 2005 Truthout
The Axis of Oil - Jan 31, 2005 In These Times
German Farmers Championing 'Flower Power' for Cleaner Energy - Jan 31, 2005 Common Dreams
Global Warming: Grim News Expected from Scientists' Council of War  - Jan 31, 2005 Common Dreams


[PCB] Committee limits Renard Isle’s height - Jan 30, 2005 PC
Manitowoc boilers on list of oldest, dirtiest plants - Jan 30, 2005 PG
Rules changes for hazmat drivers - Jan 30, 2005 NC
Trout questions fly on Wolf - Jan 30, 2005 Wisconsin Outdoors
DNR official says some muskies should end up on dinner table - Jan 30, 2005 Wisconsin Outdoors
'Freedom fuel' - Jan 30, 2005 FightingBob
Excellent ice conditions lead to excellent fishing - Jan 30, 2005 Wisconsin Outdoors
Fishing organization elects new officers - Jan 30, 2005 MHT
Kothari to serve as VP of AWWA again - Jan 30, 2005 MHT
The Paper Report: Power costs will take toll on industry - Jan 30, 2005 PC
Off the ground: Industry’s authentic mill showcase readies for February opening - Jan 30, 2005 PG
Editorial: Great Lakes are ours to save - Jan 30, 2005 PG
[PCB] Calumet Container cleanup reports due soon - Jan 30, 2005 NWITiems
Nuclear Backers Modify Stance on Waste - Jan 30, 2005 NYTimes
'Dangerous' Global Warming Possible by 2026 - WWF - Jan 30, 2005 Common Dreams


Report hits MPU plant on air quality - Jan 29, 2005 MHT
Coast Guard to keep Fox, Wolf bridge duties - Jan 29, 2005 PG
Lawmakers push state ethanol mandate - Jan 29, 2005 MilwJS
Salt alternative too expensive - Jan 29, 2005 MHT
Lead removed from 27 homes in county - Jan 29, 2005 SP
Culling put on hold - Jan 29, 2005 MilwJS
Outdoors notes - Jan 29, 2005 MilwJS
Letter: The environment must be protected (Scroll down) - Jan 29, 2005 PG
[PCB] EPA will take control of city park for one year - Jan 29, 2005 Berkshire Eagle
[PCB] PCBs found in school soil - Jan 29, 2005 Journal News
[Dioxin] Dioxin Cleanup: Public must bird-dog process at every step - Jan 29, 2005 Detroit Free Press


[PCB] Fair or foul? Cormorants may be threat to fishery - Jan 28, 2005 Racine Journal Times
Pipeline comments due Feb. 4 - Jan 28, 2005 PG
Wetlands conference looks at bay - Jan 28, 2005 NC
Will wind farm be built? - Jan 28, 2005 Fond du Lac Reporter
Sierra Club: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources extends WPDES public comment period (Oak Creek) - Jan 28, 2005 Wheeler Report (PDF)
Ocean advocates cite Wisconsin plant as part of mercury problem - Jan 28, 2005 Racine Journal Times
Zebra mussels likely suspects in Great Lakes algae ills - Jan 28, 2005 MilwJS
Green Tier Gets Green Light from Builders - Jan 28, 2005 WisBusiness
DATCP: Alice in Dairyland to Tour Badger State Ethanol Plant - Jan 28, 2005 WisPolitics
Editorial: Coal plant ruling needed soon - Jan 28, 2005 PG
Editorial: A Warming Climate - Jan 28, 2005 Truthout
Tax Credit Uncertainty Slowed US Wind Growth In '04 - Jan 28, 2005 Planet Ark
[PCB] Rochester researchers identify risks for Parkinson's disease - Jan 28, 2005 10NBC
[PCB] UR links Parkinson's to PCBs, fungicide - Jan 28, 2005 Rochester Democrat & Chronicle
[PCB] EPA critical of PCB study - Jan 28, 2005 TimesUnion
[PCB] Texas Speckled Trout Consumption Limit Advised - Jan 28, 2005 All American Patriots
[PCB] Toxic fears over Baltic fish - Jan 28, 2005 Green Consumer Guide
[PCB] Warning over toxic nature of Baltic fish - Jan 28, 2005 EDIE
[Dioxin] 9/11 cleanup urged - Jan 28, 2005 NY Daily News
Log smaller sequoias? Plan draws lawsuit - Jan 28, 2005 MSNBC
Scientists Say Valdez Spill Impacts Slow To Fade - Jan 28, 2005 Planet Ark
Kennedy Bashes Bush for 'Crimes Against Nature' - Jan 28, 2005 Common Dreams
Rewriting The Rules - Jan 28, 2005 TomPaine
Rewriting the Rules: The Bush Administration’s First-Term Environmental Record - Jan, 2005 NRDC (PDF)
Species loss: Biodiversity conference calls for top global panel - Jan 28, 2005 Yahoo


[PCB] Committee limits Renard Isle’s height - Jan 27, 2005 PG
Judge upholds PSC approval for Arrowhead-Weston power line - Jan 27, 2005 NC
Judge upholds power line ruling - Jan 27, 2005 PC
Salt use sparks environmental concerns - Jan 27, 2005 PG
Ashwaubenon riverfront development suit dismissed - Jan 27, 2005 PG
Funds ID’d to operate lift bridges - Jan 27, 2005 PC
Governor: Lift schedule won’t budge; Bridge operations on Fox River will be fully funded - Jan 27, 2005 ON
Mayor hopefuls divided by river revival - Jan 27, 2005 ON
Alliant one subject of regulatory hearing - Jan 27, 2005 CapTimes
Editorial: Web site uncovers conflicts - Jan 27, 2005 PG
Mad Cows a Symptom of a Sick Food System - Jan 27, 2005 ENN
[PCB] Bigger cap to cover lot advised - Jan 27, 2005 Berkshire Eagle
[PCB] Over the Limit? PCBs may prompt a first-ever warning against bay speckled trout fishing - Jan 27, 2005 HoustonPress
[PCB] Threats to our food supply are pervasive - Jan 27, 2005 Fort Worth Weekly
[Dioxin] Dow to argue for reduced cleanup - Jan 27, 2005 BayCityTimes
[Dioxin] Activists Oppose Plan to Dredge Up Agent Orange Residue in NJ Bay - Jan 27, 2005 NewStandard
Let Them Eat Rocket Fuel - Jan 27, 2005 TomPaine
Scientists Say Valdez Spill Impacts Slow To Fade - Jan 27, 2005 ENN
Rejected Last Year, Bush Anti-Environmental Judicial Nominees Are Back - Jan 27, 2005 Bush GreenWatch
Global Warming is 'Twice as Bad as Previously Thought' - Jan 27, 2005 Common Dreams


[PCB] Renard Isle dredge disposal site has recreational potential, some say - Jan 26, 2005 PG
[PCB] Home hazmat program off to good start - Jan 26, 2005 La Crosse Tribune
Francis Creek eyes Water Authority pipeline plans - Jan 26, 2005 PG
Judge upholds state's OK of power line - Jan 26, 2005 MilwJS
City Council OKs condo project along the Fox River - Jan 26, 2005 PG
Anglers discuss panfish rules: Concern is raised over declining populations of fish - Jan 26, 2005 MHT
‘Disease Detectives’: Lincoln High School class assignment focuses on mock food poisoning case - Jan 26, 2005 MHT
DATCP: CWD-Positive Whitetail Found On Crawford County Farm; New Portage County Herd Quarantined - Jan 26, 2005 WisPolitics
DNR sets gypsy moth meeting - Jan 26, 2005 NC
A.G. Lautenschlager: Announces Settlement Reached with Texas Corporation over Asbestos Handling Violations in Racine County - Jan 26, 2005 WisPolitics
Group targets chemical plants as a source of mercury pollution - Jan 26, 2005 MilwJS
Chlorine factories a mercury mess? - Jan 26, 2005 MSNBC
Global warming debate heats up - Jan 26, 2005 WSJ
Midwest city acquires water utility - Jan 26, 2005 WaterTech
Study to examine regional water supply - Jan 26, 2005 MilwJS
State to develop plan for growing ATV use : DNR board responds to demand for trails - Jan 26, 2005 MilwJS
Doctor to discuss hypothermia at Fish & Game meeting - Jan 26, 2005 MHT
Weekly fishing report - Jan 26, 2005 MilwJS
Letter: Where was mayor’s concern for neighborhood earlier? - Jan 26, 2005 SP
Editorial: Spin can't fix sewage woes - Jan 26, 2005 MilwJS
Rhonda Vlasak Bingham: Don't drill in Arctic Wildlife Refuge - Jan 26, 2005 CapTimes
John Kinsman: CAFTA's a new disaster - Jan 26, 2005 CapTimes
Shell executive: Climate needs shift from oil - Jan 26, 2005 MSNBC
[PCB] Senator weighs in on Ford cleanup - Jan 26, 2005 NorthJersey
[PCB] Devens water passes tests - Jan 26, 2005 Harvard Hillside
[PCB] Waste of effort: Davis' energy better spent on other issues - Jan 26, 2005 
[PCB] Resident's soil sample spurs investigation - Jan 26, 2005 JournalNews
[Dioxin] The 10 Worst Corporations of 2004 - Jan 26, 2005 AlterNet
[Dioxin] MPCA deals setback to tire burning plant - Jan 26, 2005 Minnesota Public Radio
[Dioxin] ACE to discuss Oxychem effects on environment - Jan 26, 2005 Mercury
[Dioxin] Burying a burning issue - Jan 26, 2005 Haaretz
Bad Boys, Bad Boys, Whatcha Gonna Do? - Jan 26, 2005 AlterNet
Public often unaware of nearby dangerous chemicals - Jan 26, 2005 Macon Telegraph
Contaminants found near WTC site - Jan 26, 2005 CNN
Neglecting Mother Earth - Jan 26, 2005 Boston Globe
48 Groups Refute President's Claim That Nuclear Energy Is " A Renewable Source of Energy" - Jan 26, 2005 Common Dreams


[PCB] Neighbors want cap included in Renard Isle plan - Jan 25, 2005 PG
[PCB] Questions and answers about Renard Isle - Jan 25, 2005 PG
[PCB] Editorial: Tecumseh steps up on PCB cleanup - Jan 25, 2005 SP
River erosion lowers water levels on Lakes Michigan and Huron, report says - Jan 25, 2005 NC
River Erosion Affecting Mich. Lakes - Jan 25, 2005 Yahoo
DNR: News and Outdoor Report (Lake Winnebago sturgeon spearing season opens Feb. 2nd, other stories - Jan 25, 2005 WisPolitics
Letter: Wind farms not yet a done deal - Jan 25, 2005 MHT
Bill Berry: Which legacy do you favor: conserving or exploiting? - Jan 25, 2005 CapTimes
[PCB] Thoughts on PCBs in creek? Tell FWP - Jan 25, 2005 Great Falls Tribune
[PCB] Hidden Hazards: Plants must report chemical risks, but oversight is weak - Jan 25, 2005 Macon Telegraph
[PCB] Ontario - Cormorants slated for mass slaughter - Jan 25, 2005 CommunityPress
[PCB] Baltic fish too toxic for the EU: WWF - Jan 25, 2005 EUBusiness
[PCB] Baltic fish toxins warning - Jan 25, 2005 Fishupdate
Web Harnesses Storm Of Environmental Data - Jan 25, 2005 ScienceDaily
Changing the Climate-Change Climate - Jan 25, 2005 Grist
A Warm Unwelcome: Seabirds suffer as climate change unravels North Sea food web - Jan 25, 2005 Grist


Groups challenge new power line - Jan 24, 2005 MilwJS
Save Our Unique Lands.  Conservationists challenge most recent DNR decisions on Arrowhead-Weston power line project - Jan 24, 2005 Wheeler Report (PDF)
Utilities, consumer groups collaborate on power issues - Jan 24, 2005 MilwJS
MMSD seizing on positive report about it - Jan 24, 2005 MilwJS
Drain in Great Lakes is open, report says - Jan 24, 2005 MilwJS
A Big To-Doo-Doo: EPA offers air-pollution immunity to factory farms - Jan 24, 2005 Grist
EPA offers to limit fines to factory-style farms in exchange for data - Jan 24, 2005 PlanetSave
Editorial: Great Lakes plan still not watertight - Jan 24, 2005 TorontoStar
Anti-Bacterial Additive Widespread In U.S. Waterways - Jan 24, 2005 ScienceDaily
EPA offers air-pollution immunity to factory farms - Jan 24, 2005 Grist
[PCB] Con-Ed to remove old plant after two decades - Jan 24, 2005 New York Newsday
[Dioxin] The 10 Worst Corporations of 2004 - Jan 24, 2005 Common Dreams
Fish farming's bounty not without barbs - Jan 24, 2005 MSNBC
Nations Ranked As Protectors of the Environment: US #45 - Jan 24, 2005 Truthout
Report: Global warming approaching critical point - Jan 24, 2005 CNN


[PCB] Renard Island closing opposed - Jan 23, 2005 NC
[PCB] Small-engine maker to chip in $15.7M to Calumet Co. PCB cleanup - Jan 23, 2005 NC
Trail advocacy group sets annual meeting - Jan 23, 2005 PC
Black bear study yields wealth of information - Jan 23, 2005 WRDT
UWSP keeps eye on black bear population - Jan 23, 2005 Wisconsin Outdoors
Outdoors in brief - Jan 23, 2005 Wisconsin Outdoors
Ed Culhane column: Fish keep everyone guessing - Jan 23, 2005 Wisconsin Outdoors
Letter: Water: Better development planning needed - Jan 23, 2005 MilwJS
[PCB] Saving Devil's Swamp: Activists push to clean up hazardous waste site near Baton Rouge - Jan 23, 2005 Times-Picayune
[PCB] Living in a Dump: Building Plan on Toxic Site Rattles Queens - Jan 23, 2005 New York Post Online


[PCB] Hayton project moves forward: Tecumseh sets up PCB cleanup in Calumet County - Jan 22, 2005 PC
Governor Doyle Announces Restoration of PCB Contaminated Sediment From Hayton Area Remediation Project Near New Holstein - Jan 22, 2005 All American Patriots
Local company charged with violating pollution rules - Jan 22, 2005 SP
Council says to tear down incinerator - Jan 22, 2005 SP
Bid to boost high school math, science requirements faces battle - Jan 22, 2005 MilwJS
PSC reopens Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant sale - Jan 22, 2005 KCN
Breaking the ice on Fox Lake - Jan 22, 2005 MilwJS
Midwest Environmental Advocates: DNR budget: Public pays, pollution stays - Jan 23, 2005 SP
Editorial: Support new Fisk Park Pool - Jan 22, 2005 PG
Joel McNally: Don't ugly-up the lakefront  - Jan 22, 2005 CapTimes
[PCB] Study finds fish in creek too tainted to eat - Jan 22, 2005 Birmingham News
[PCB] EPA cleaning old APCO Mossberg site in Attleboro - Jan 22, 2005 Providence Business News
Courting Disaster: Bush judicial nominees could shake the foundations of environmental law - Jan 22, 2005 AlterNet
Outcry Over Creation of GM Smallpox Virus - Jan 22, 2005 Common Dreams


[PCB] Governor Doyle Announces Restoration of PCB Contaminated Sediment From Hayton Area Remediation Project Near New Holstein - Jan 21, 2005 All American Patriots
Ship’s arrival creates dangerous ice conditions - Jan 21, 2005 PG
Water Authority decides to begin new user fees April 1 - Jan 21, 2005 PG
Omro trying to prevent geese from returning - Jan 21, 2005 ON
River basin group to meet Jan. 25 - Jan 21, 2005 SP
State buys nearly 3,000 acres of northern forest - Jan 21, 2005 St Paul Pioneer Press
Editorial: It’ll take regional effort to make most - Jan 21, 2005 PC
Letter: Mayor has flip-flopped on police station site - Jan 21, 2005 SP
Alliant wants to add more wind power - Jan 21, 2005 CapTimes
Senate GOP resists resources board appointee - Jan 21, 2005 MilwJS
From luxurious to earth-conscience building - Jan 21, 2005 NC
Conserving not just land but a way of life - Jan 21, 2005 MilwJS
Hotel project violated asbestos rules, DNR says - Jan 21, 2005 MilwJS
Crop of kilowatts Corn-fed generator to plug into power grid - Jan 21, 2005 MilwJS
How now organic cow? - Jan 21, 2005 WSJ
Bill to set ethanol minimum proposed - Jan 21, 2005 Racine Journal Times
State grass designation proposed - Jan 21, 2005 Janesville Gazette
Sierra Club Response to EPA's Backroom Deal with the Meat Industry - Jan 21, 2005 Common Dreams
[PCB] Editorial: Airport clean-up in slow motion - Jan 21, 2005 Canton Journal
Oil drilling planned for Alaska preserve - Jan 21, 2005 CNN
Deleting Hazardous Waste: Environmental rules and the proliferation of discarded devices push firms to design gadgets that are easier to recycle and safer to dispose of - Jan 21, 2005 Truthout
U.S. Seeks to Scuttle Conference Text Linking Climate Change to Disasters - Jan 21, 2005 Truthout


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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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