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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Jan 1-10, 2006

Jan 21-31, 2006

January 11- 20, 2006

Task force urges following good manure practices: Group opts to not recommend adding tougher penalties - Jan 20, 2006 PC
Manure task force shuns stiffer penalties - Jan 20, 2006 MHT
Group fails to agree on manure regulations - Jan 20, 2006 PG
Only 4 deer were found on infected preserve - Jan 20, 2006 MJS
Senate May Determine Ethanol Proposal's Fate - Jan 20, 2006 WSJ
Bioeconomy: Wisconsin Can Lead the Nation to Energy Independence - Jan 20, 2006 WisOpinion
[PCB] Fire a potential problem in ship breaking - Jan 20, 2006 Newport News-Times
[PCB] Gulf seafood doing just fine after storms - Jan 20, 2006 Sun Herald
[Dioxin] Details are important - Jan 20, 2006 Daily Nonpareil
'Green' Measures Key to Earth's Future, Report Says - Jan 20, 2006 LATimes

[PCB] Ship in the harbor: Sight for sore eyes or eyesore? - Jan 19, 2006 SP
New Math Would Ease Farm Rules: Environmentalists Warn Of More Manure Spills - Jan 19, 2006 CapTimes
Spearers aren't worried — yet - Jan 19, 2006 PG
76 deer are killed over CWD concerns - Jan 19, 2006 PG
Science takes up residence in Omro - Jan 19, 2006 ON
Patrick Durkin column: Hearing on deer rules might be entertaining - Jan 19, 2006 PG
Madison plant gets green-minded: Plans call for more wind power, less reliance on coal - Jan 19, 2006 MJS
Mandatory launch fees forthcoming - Jan 19, 2006 ON
Great Outdoors Almanac - Jan 19, 2006 PG
More than 200 Conservationists to Descend on State Capitol on Jan 25 - Jan 19, 2006 WisPolitics (PDF)
[PCB] Families sue Ford over waste dumping - Jan 19, 2006 NorthJersey
[PCB] Group requests more PCB tests - Jan 19, 2006 Berkshire Eagle
[PCB] St. Paul Port Authority transforms eyesores to assets - Jan 19, 2006 Finance and Commerce
[PCB] From French flagship to national embarrassment - Jan 19, 2006 NZHerald
[PCB] Over 220 Czech companies use equipment containing PCBs - Jan 19, 2006 Prague Daily Monitor
[PCB] Don't hide Zip testing report - Jan 19, 2006 Argus Leader
[PCB] Proxy Battles Heating Up - Jan 19, 2006 CFO.com
[Dioxin] Get that dredging under way -Jan 19, 2006 Times-Standard
[Dioxin] Greenpeace Founder Reviews Personal Odyssey from Radical Environmentalist to Scientist - Jan 19, 2006 Hawaii Reporter
[Dioxin] Council does not have a Plan B - Jan 19, 2006 Driffield Today
[Dioxin] Proposal to build Athens incinerator should go up in smoke - Jan 19, 2006 MaineToday
Ex-heads of EPA blast Bush on global warming: Republicans, Democrat say president is neglecting environment - Jan 19, 2006 MSNBC
Alito Threatens Health and Clean Water - Jan 19, 2006 Common Dreams
New Law Forces Manufacturers to Pick Up Recycling Costs - Jan 19, 2006 Truthout
Warmer Seas Will Wipe Out Plankton, Source of Ocean Life - Jan 19, 2006 Truthout

[PCB] Plan to add contaminated soil to Renard Isle criticized - Jan 18, 2006 PG
Letter by Rebecca Katers: Lawmakers threaten state's environment - Jan 18, 2006 PC
Today's tip: Go green with trees - Jan 18, 2006 PG
Early-season walleye fishing - Jan 18, 2006 PG
Thaw won't freeze sturgeon season - Jan 18, 2006 PG
'Boundaries' angle: Everyone can fish - Jan 18, 2006 MJS
Weekly fishing report - Jan 18, 2006 MJS
Advocates for Clean Water Oppose Factory Farm Exemption Bill: Proposal Means Some Manure Doesn’t Count When Applying DNR Standards - Jan 18, 2006 WisPolitics (PDF)
Car Buyers Must Beware Of Hollow' Hybrid Vehicles - Jan 18, 2006 CapTimes
Editorial: Wisconsin's muskie pride intact despite challenge - Jan 18, 2006 ON
[PCB] Monsanto, Solutia, Pharmacia Targets Of Lawsuit - Jan 18, 2006 KSDK NewsChannel
[PCB] Leftover explosives neutralized - Jan 18, 2006 Hawk Eye
[Dioxin] Illinois aluminum maker cited for air violations - Jan 18, 2006 Waste NewsCape Fear - Jan 18, 2006 AlterNet
Is It Warm in Here? - Jan 18, 2006 Truthout
When Red Goes Green - Jan 18, 2006 Truthout
Curbs on Dust in the West Targeted: The EPA wants to drop the clean-air rules for rural areas - Jan 18, 2006 Truthout
Chytrid Fungus, Toxic Fundamentalism, and the Mass Extinction of Frogs and Freedoms - Jan 18, 2006 Common Dreams
Warmer Al Gore Finds a New Stump: Former vice president asserts his global warming warnings in a documentary - Jan 18, 2006 Truthout

[PCB] enard Isle issues on table - Jan 17, 2006 PG
Rebecca Katers: Three state senators stacked hearing (Scroll down) - Jan 17, 2006
Letters: DNR Forum - Jan 17, 2006 PG
[PCB] Letter: Don’t drink the Willamette waters - Jan 17, 2006 Corvallis Gazette
[PCB] SC bans entry to French toxic ship before Feb 13 - Jan 17, 2006 Gulf Times
[PCB] Indian court bars French 'asbestos ship' - Jan 17, 2006 Gulf Daily News
[PCB] 'Seagrass? Me Neither,' says sign toted by activist - Jan 17, 2006 Richmond TimesDispatch
[PCB] Interview - Free enterprise takes on corporate responsibility - Jan 17, 2006 Ethical Corporation
[PCB] Toxic waste reporting: Congress should reject attempt to reduce emissions standards - Jan 17, 2006 Journal News
[Dioxin] Bennett Environmental Inc.: Amended Dioxin and Furan Permit Issued/Management Change - Jan 17, 2006 CCNMatthews
Environmentalists face off in wind saga: Robert F. Kennedy challenged by others over proposed turbines - Jan 17, 2006 MSNBC
Media Advisory - World's 100 Most Sustainable Companies to be Announced at Davos - Jan 17, 2007 Presseportal

Rare Sights, But Still Beautiful - Jan 16, 2006 CapTimes
Musky mark stands test of time - Jan 16, 2006 MJS
Combating inland invasives - Jan 16, 2006 GLRC
Letter: Dumped water could have been used - Jan 16, 2006 PC
[PCB/Dioxin] AG: Fed change in toxin reporting helps polluters, not communities - Jan 16, 2006 Times Argus
[PCB/Dioxin] Maintain rules on toxic wastes - Jan 16, 2006 Times-Tribune
Environment in Crisis: James Lovelock states 'We Are Past the Point of No Return' - Jan 16, 2006 Truthout
The Boiling Point is Coming for the Fight Against Climate Change - Jan 16, 2006 Common Dreams

An environmental approach to music - Jan 15, 2006 PC
Sludge-filled semi tips over in Neenah - Jan 15, 2006 PC
To The Point: America must find energy solutions - Jan 15, 2006 SP
Ethanol; if you can't sell it, mandate it - Jan 15, 2006 Wisconsin Conservative Digest
[PCB] Desktop diners should keep food safety in mind - Jan 15, 2006 ToledoBlade
[PCB] New Paltz college dealing with PCBs 14 years after spill - Jan 15, 2006 TimesUnion
[Dioxin] Sumter should rethink cement plant permit - Jan 15, 2006 Orlando Sentinel
[Dioxin] The frauds, distortions, when science turns political - Jan 15, 2006 Washington Times
Global Warming to Speed Up as Carbon Levels Show Sharp Rise - Jan 15, 2006 Common Dreams

Ice conditions dangerous: DNR urges caution out on lakes - Jan 14, 2006 MJS
Outdoors notes - Jan 14, 2006 MJS
Lester R Brown: Business As Usual Simply Won't Work As World's Consumption Increases - Jan 14, 2006 CapTimes
Letter: Renewable energy needs to be top priority - Jan 14, 2006 PC
[PCB] Ringwood nears Superfund relist - Jan 14, 2006 North Jersey
[PCB] Sound officials find runoff a big problem - Jan 14, 2006 Daily News
[PCB] So it's rained for 27 days straight: where does it all go? - Jan 14, 2006 SeattlePI

[PCB] Ags Say New Toxic Waste Plan To Hurt Communities: Wisconsin Part Of 12-state Complaint - Jan 13, 2006 CapTimes
[PCB] 12 states oppose EPA plan for toxics reporting - Jan 13, 2006 MSNBC
Energy ideas touted: State should pursue renewable sources, governor says - Jan 13, 2006 MJS
Opinions sought on power lines - Jan 13, 2006 PG
Think twice fishing: Today's ice fishing derbies call for caution after unusually warm spell - Jan 13, 2006 MJS
McCabe Sees Tipping Point On Horizon In State Politics - Jan 13, 2006 CapTimes
Editorial: Fewer voices for utility ratepayers bad change for state - Jan 13, 2006 ON
Editorial: Savings and cleaner water? - Jan 13, 2006 MJS
Editorial: How Gop Twists Science - Jan 13, 2006 CapTimes
[PCB] Chemical sneaks into Great Lakes - Jan 13, 2006 Detroit Free Press
[PCB] Toll from 9/11 climbs, albeit too quietly - Jan 13, 2006 Toronto Star
[PCB] School Committee receives controversial PCB petition - Jan 13, 2006 Berkshire Eagle
[PCB] Gas has Meade families fleeing - Jan 13, 2006 BaltimoreSun
Building a house that eats less energy - Jan 13, 2006 Mortgage 101
Green is Good - Jan 13, 2006 San Francisco Bay Garden
Environmental Groups Counter Industry Demand for Blank Check to Pollute Waters: Clean Water Act cases in Supreme Court could have far-reaching consequences - Jan 13, 2006 Earthjustice

Crane on the way for Fox locks restoration - Jan 12, 2006 PG
G-P points to a bright future - Jan 12, 2006 PG
Fall fishing violations fall - Jan 12, 2006 PG
Great Outdoors Almanac - Jan 12, 2006 PG
Letter to the editor: Dairy wrong about area activists - Jan 12, 2006 MHT
Letter: Maple Leaf Dairy trying to shift blame for manure spills - Jan 12, 2006 SP
Letter: Hybrid Car Is Fine For Freeways - Jan 12, 2006 CapTimes
[PCB] Running up quite a cleaning bill - Jan 12, 2006 Berkshire Eagle
[PCB] Certain fish from river remain unsafe to eat - Jan 12, 2006 LJWorld
[PCB] EPA: Fish in Hocking, Dow Lake contaminated - Jan 12, 2006 Athens News
[PCB/Dioxin] The Pros and Cons of Eating Fish - Jan 12, 2006 Christian Post
[Dioxin] Sierra Club's New Green Screen - Jan 12, 2006 AlterNet
State of the World 2006: China, India, the U.S., Europe, and Japan by the Numbers - Jan 12, 2006 Common Dreams
China and India Set to Steer Global Sustainability - Jan 12, 2006 ENS
China, India Seen Setting Stage for Environment-Friendly World - Jan 12, 2006 Common Dreams
Climate-Change Fungus is Wiping out Frogs - Jan 12, 2006 ENN

Residents air concerns at DNR hearing: Hundreds turn out in Green Bay to speak to senators - Jan 11, 2006 PG
Task force studies manure rules: New regulations will target spreading, risk of spills - Jan 11, 2006 PC
Trees cleared for pipeline - Jan 11, 2006 MHT
Imagination on display at science fair - Jan 11, 2006 SP
For First Time, Trees Chopped In Leopold's Forest - Jan 11, 2006 CapTimes
Weekly fishing report - Jan 11, 2006 MJS
[PCB] GE's anti-cleanup spending slammed: $122 million used for PR, legal fees - Jan 11, 2006 Poughkeepsie Journal
[PCB] Activists say they made GE confess tactics - Jan 11, 2006 Boston Herald
[PCB] PCBs roll up $432M price - Jan 11, 2006 Berkshire Eagle
[PCB] Oriskany sinking cleared - Jan 11, 2006 Navy Times
[Dioxin] Fears over increased incinerator output - Jan 11, 2006 Newry Democrat
[Dioxin] White House Proposes Guidelines to Control Agency Risk Assessments - Jan 11, 2006 OMB Watch
Natural Food Grocer to be largest wind power backer - Jan 11, 2006 MSNBC
Advice from Alito to the Public: Don't Drink the Water - Jan 11, 2006 Truthout
Robert F. Kennedy Jr: Attack Polluters, Not Environmental Leaders - Jan 11, 2006 Common Dreams
Frog deaths tied to warmer Earth: Study ‘first clear evidence’ of extinction and warming link, authors say - Jan 11, 2006 MSNBC
Rapidly Shrinking Arctic Ice Could Spell Trouble for the Rest of the World - Jan 11, 2006 Common Dreams
Major Polluters Launch Controversial Global Warming Talks - Jan 11, 2006 Common Dreams
U.S.: Children will check industry on climate; Executives can be trusted to voluntarily cut emissions, official says - Jan 11, 2006 MSNBC

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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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