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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, 2007

Fish-killing virus nears: Ugly disease seeping inexorably toward Lake Michigan - Jan 31, 2007 MJS
Glenmore wind power plan advances - Jan 31, 2007 PG
Wolf Urine Might Keep Deer Off Road: Researchers Are Considering Using The Scent Of A Predator To Cut Car-deer Crashes - Jan 31, 2007 WSJ
Weekly fishing report - Jan 31, 2007 MJS
Habitat improvement restores trout stream - Jan 31, 2007 MJS
Corn prices boosted by ethanol industry - Jan 31, 2007 MHT
Hearings Focus On Global Warming - Jan 31, 2007 WSJ
Opinion: Hike Gas Tax To Curb That Addiction, Too - Jan 31, 2007 WSJ
Editorial: Group research on car-deer collisions good use of tax dollars - Jan 31, 2007 MHT
State of the State: Clean Wisconsin’s top issues among Governor’s priorities; Organization working on solutions to meet goal of energy independence and protect Great Lakes - Jan 31, 2007 WisPolitics (PDF)
Sierra Club: Renewable Energy Report Gives the Governor's Global Warming Task Force a Leg Up on Clean Affordable Solutions - Jan 31, 2007 WisPolitics
Gathering Waters Conservancy: Praises Gov. Doyle - Stewardship Fund to Be Extended - Jan 31, 2007 WisPolitics
[PCB] Contractor is cited for safety - Jan 31, 2007 NY Daily News
EPA scientists urge tighter smog standards - Jan 31, 2007 MSNBC
Bush Administration Accused of Doctoring Scientists' Reports on Climate Change - Jan 31, 2007 Truthout
ExxonMobil's War on Science - Jan 31, 2007 AlterNet
Bush tightens control over regulatory process: Business sees it as helpful; activists fear environmental, health impacts - Jan 31, 2007 MSNBC

[PCB] Part of river to be clean by fall: Some residents disagree with DNR's approach - Jan 30, 2007 MJS
Gray wolf taken off endangered species list: Hunters, residents able to shoot predatory animals under change - Jan 30, 2007 PG
Scientists: We Were Pressured; Climate Experts Coerced To Alter Reports - Jan 30, 2007 CapTimes
Malt plant wins habitat award - Jan 30, 2007 MHT
DNR News - Jan 30, 2007 WDNR
Letter: Don't mess up lakefront with warship - Jan 30, 2007 SP
I Design Landfills In 3 States; What I Do: Environmental Engineer - Jan 30, 2007 WSJ
Editorial: Everyone wins when nature is preserved - Jan 30, 2007 PG
[PCB] PCB removal might threaten park: Cleanup plan for a former GE salvage yard puts Glens Falls site at risk - Jan 30, 2007 TimesUnion
Bush administration in hot seat over warming: Lawmakers get survey of scientists, half of whom report political pressure - Jan 30, 2007 MSNBC
U.S. grade on oceans raised — to a C- - Jan 30, 2007 MSNBC
A Faith-Based Fuel Initiative - Jan 30, 2007 NYTimes
Apple Computers: Fun for You, Toxic for the Environment - Jan 30, 2007 AlterNet
Bush Directive Increases Sway on Regulation - Jan 30, 2007 Truthout
10 Years to Save the Planet - Jan 30, 2007 Common Dreams 

Doyle To Set Warming Task Force: Wider Renewable Energy Use Seen - Jan 29, 2007 CapTimes
State wolves may lose federal protection: DNR officials anticipate delisting announcement today - Jan 29, 2007 PG
Wolves lose U.S. protection: State will allow killing of animals if they threaten livestock or pets - Jan 29, 2007 MJS
A lack of ice melts away at fisheree fundraiser: Club's Fisheree canceled for second straight year - Jan 29, 2007 ON
Malt plant wins habitat award - Jan 29, 2007 MHT
National parks case may affect access - Jan 29, 2007 MJS
Editorial: The gathering storm - Jan 29, 2007 MJS
Editorial: Looking for alternatives - Jan 29, 2007 MJS
Let Green Light Shine For Ethanol: Higher Corn Prices Are No Reason To Slow The Drive To Increase Ethanol Production, Especially In Wisconsin - Jan 29, 2007 WSJ
[PCB] Cleanup set for Valley Forge: Contaminated soil from an old dump at the national park will be removed - Jan 29, 2009 Philadelpha Inquirer
[PCB] N.S. tar ponds to be buried: Ottawa and province to pay $400-million - Jan 29, 2007 Globe and Mail
[PCB] Investor uses NAFTA to sue Ottawa over landfill site: Chapter 11 of agreement allows recourse if a law unfairly damages an investment - Jan 29, 2007 Globe and Mail
New Climate Report Too Rosy, Experts Say - Jan 29, 2007 Common Dreams
US Urges Scientists to Block Out Sun [Absolute Insanity!!!] - Jan 29, 2007 Truthout


Gov. Doyle: Proposes Major Investment to Achieve Energy Independence and Fight Global Warming - Jan 28, 2007 WisPolitics
River walkway proposal treads water in De Pere - Jan 28, 2007 PG
Wetlands grant aims to preserve estuary: Money to fund land purchase along Mink River shoreline - Jan 28, 2007 PG
$1 Million Grant to Protect Door County Land - Jan 28, 2007 WBAY
Over-eager birders threaten whooping cranes - Jan 28, 2007 PG
Catfish make river home - Jan 28, 2007 PG
Fishery gets second chance - Jan 28, 2007 PG
Landscape design business for the birds - Jan 28, 2007 PC
Losing land, opportunity: As farms shrink, so does state's economic potential - Jan 28, 2007 MJS
Pastor's green ideas could renew Gothic Revival church - Jan 28, 2007 MJS
[PCB] Nature adds to oceans' pollutant mix - Jan 28, 2007 New Scientist
 

Morrison residents face more tests before well woes clear up - Jan 27, 2007 PG
Boring finished under Manitowoc River: Pipe work next for water project - Jan 27, 2007 PG
Under the river, finally - Jan 27, 2007 MHT
Doyle seeks more biofuels, less emissions; Use of renewable power would be greatly increased by 2025 - Jan 27, 2007 MJS
Wolves May Be Taken Off Endangered List - Jan 27, 2007 CapTimes
Outdoors notes - Jan 27, 2007 MJS
Guest commentary: Snowmobilers show no respect for land - Jan 27, 2007 MHT
Letter: New energy system is vital for future - Jan 27, 2007 PG
Another sorry sign: Global warming and climate change - Jan 27, 2007 MJS
Closer to midnight: Global warming joins nukes as frightening indicators - Jan 27, 2007 MJS
 

Great Lakes scare over fish-killing virus: Fishing industry threatened as viral hemorrhagic septicema spreads - Jan 26, 2007 MSNBC
Fond du Lac wind project OK'd - Jan 26, 2007 PG
DNR Acts On CWD In Parks: Sharpshooters At Devil's Lake - Jan 26, 2007 CapTimes
Biorefinery To Use Pulp Byproducts - Jan 26, 2007 WSJ
Editorial: Using Fox River Trail year-round is worthy of study - Jan 26, 2007 PG
Letter: Slaughter of horses must be stopped (Scroll down) - Jan 26, 2007 PG
[PCB] When Superfund expenses go mega: Many toxic cleanups are expected to cost more than $50 million, but come with no guarantee of success - Jan 26, 2007 L A Times
Calif. bans toxic dry-cleaning chemical - Jan 26, 2007 MJS
Report Warns of Obstacles to Sustainable Biofuels Sector - Jan 26, 2007 ENN
Warming to Raise Seas for 1,000 Years - Jan 26, 2007 ENN

Deer disease found at Waukesha County's edge: Sharpshooters thin herd in Kettle Moraine forest as chronic wasting spreads - Jan 25, 2007 MJS
Jury still out on mixed Brown County recycling efforts - Jan 25, 2007 PG
Kiwanis Club donates to Little Chute windmill project - Jan 25, 2007 PC
High Cliff State Park acquires 40-acre island of private land - Jan 25, 2007 PC
State manure rules finalized - Jan 25, 2007 MHT
New controls on spreading liquid manure OK'd by Wis. board - Jan 25, 2007 MJS
Regulators back large wind farm: We Energies gets OK for 88-turbine project - Jan 25, 2007 MJS
Hit road to test new walleye waters - Jan 25, 2007 PG
Entry dates set for FLW walleye league - Jan 25, 2007 PG
Great Outdoors Almanac - Jan 25, 2007 PG
Editorial: It's past time to focus some attention on Manitowoc River- Jan 25, 2007 MHT
Editorial: Recycling laudable but 'throwaway' computers could help those without - Jan 25, 2007 ON
Editorial: Conservation Funds Must Be Restored - Jan 25, 2007 CapTimes
Letter: Private enterprise will find solutions to energy issues - Jan 25, 2007 SP
[PCB] Recent EPA Enforcement in New England Underscores Need for Careful Waste Handling - Jan 25, 2007 EPA
[Dioxin] Burning questions on boilers - Jan 25, 2007 Star-Ledger
Government Food Safety System a Sham - Jan 25, 2007 AlterNet
Energy Rhetoric, and Reality - Jan 25, 2007 Truthout
Bush's "Clean Fuel" Move May Cause More Harm, Say Environmentalists - Jan 25, 2007 Truthout
Who Will Hold Science Teachers Association Accountable? The world's largest science teachers association has rejected "An Inconvenient Truth." Who will hold them accountable at their annual national conference? - Jan 25, 2007 Truthout

[PCB] River stewardship: Seminars will focus on future of the Manitowoc River - Jan 24, 2007 MHT
Bush pitches energy proposal - Jan 24, 2007 MJS
State board approves making utilities slash foul emissions - Jan 24, 2007 MJS
As sturgeon season nears, Winnebago ice is thin - Jan 24, 2007 PG
Opportunity awaits at former Mirro plant - Jan 24, 2007 PG
Farm Bureau Federation: DNR Board Approves Rules for Large Livestock Operations - Jan 24, 2007 WisPolitics
PSC to Hold Public Hearings on Proposed Transmission Line from Madison to Waunakee: Public Encouraged to Provide Comments - Jan 24, 2007 WisPolitics (PDF)
Ice fishing clinics aim to lure kids - Jan 24, 2007 MJS
DNR Will Allow Some To Adopt Mute Swans: DNR Trying To Eliminate Mute Swans - Jan 24, 2007 WISC-TV
Weekly fishing report - Jan 24, 2007 MJS
Editorial: No reason to exclude computers from recycling - Jan 24, 2007 PC
Editorial: Good news on air quality, but lungs still must breathe - Jan 24, 2007 MHT
Opinion: Eagles And People Can Coexist - Jan 24, 2007 WSJ
Opinion: State Has Long Way To Go On Global Warming - Jan 24, 2007 WSJ
Editorial: Corporate Push Welcome To Get Action On Climate - Jan 24, 2007 CapTimes
[PCB] Old cotton mill home to a host of hazards - Jan 24, 2007 Athens Banner Herald
[PCB] Fish advisory stays - Jan 24, 2007 Parsons Sun
[PCB/Dioxin] Some arsenic with your eel? - Jan 24, 2007 The Age
Mercury found in every fish surveyedMercury found in every fish surveyed - Jan 24, 2007 MSNBC
World's Waterbirds in Decline, Study Warns - Jan 24, 2007 Common Dreams
Running the rule over Stern's numbers - June 24, 2007 BBC
Green agenda for global leaders - June 24, 2007 BBC
 

State aims to go beyond Bush plans: Doyle to push for more environmental, fuel initiatives - Jan 23, 2007 MJS
Biofuels not enough, critics say: Goal is 20% drop in oil consumption - Jan 23, 2007 MJS
Petition seeks to speed state mercury emission cuts - Jan 23, 2007 PG
Petition Calls For Mercury Reduction - Jan 23, 2007 WSJ
Runoff from Development Threatening Wisconsin’s Waters: Better Implementation and Enforcement of 2002 Runoff Prevention Law Needed - Jan 23, 2007 WISPIRG
Town of Menasha rejects wind turbine permit - Jan 23, 2007 PC
Registry alerts to harmful sprays: State contacts residents when pesticides are used - Jan 23, 2007 PC
TR receives wildlife grant - Jan 23, 2007 MHT
Middleton Wind Firm Powered Again - Jan 23, 2007 CapTimes
Warming To Reality: 'smoking Gun' Said To Be In International Climate Report - Jan 23, 2007 CapTimes
Rep. Black, Sen. Wirch: Bill Will End Political Control of DNR - Jan 23, 2007 WisPolitics
DNR News - Jan 23, 2007 WDNR
Letter: Global warming theory supported by facts - Jan 23, 2007 PC
[PCB] Pulling out the big guns - Jan 23, 2007 NorthJersey
[Dioxin] U.S. Prisoners Exposed to Deadly Chemicals in Toxic Sweatshops - Jan 23, 2007 AlterNet
[Dioxin] Toxic town waits; cleanup goes on - Jan 23, 2007 Baltimore Sun
Navy can keep using sonar for two years - Jan 23, 2007 MSNBC
Finding Hope in a Post-Oil Society - Jan 23, 2007 AlterNet
Half of waterbird species declining, study finds - Jan 23, 2007 MSNBC
‘Smoking gun’ for human-caused warming: Draft of upcoming U.N. climate report raises the bar to 'very likely' - Jan 23, 2007 MSNBC

Pesticide registry offers advance warning: Letter, phone call gives notice when spraying is planned - Jan 22, 2007 PG
Freedom stormwater management plan to gather input - Jan 22, 2007 PC
Another kind of green: New bank branch friendly to people, environment - Jan 22, 2007 MJS
Bill introduced for Great Lakes carp barrier - Jan 22, 2007 PG
Green means promise of profits, GE boss says - Jan 22, 2007 MJS
Fulfill Commitment To Reduce Pollution: The State Should Provide The Money Promised To Help Farmers Comply With Rules To Keep Polluted Runoff Out Of Lakes And Rivers - Jan 22, 2007 WSJ
Editorial: Breathing healthier - Jan 22, 2007 MJS
[PCB] A 'warm and fuzzy' icon of climate-change threat - Jan 22, 2007 Salt Lake Tribune
[PCB] Lawmaker: High PCB levels found on former U.S. bases - Jan 22, 2007 Stars and Stripes
Pioneering US Renewable Energy Lab Is Neglected - Jan 22, 2007 Truthout
EPA Okays "Cause Marketing" Labels for Pesticides and Poisons - Jan 22, 2007 Common Dreams
Programs Let Homes Produce Green Power - Jan 22, 2007 Common Dreams
Companies spell out warming strategy: Alliance gets Wal-Mart's backing in its push for caps on carbon emissions - Jan 22, 2007 MSNBC
Calls to Act on Global Warming Precede Bush Speech - Jan 22, 2007 ENN
Experts: Alps glaciers will vanish by 2050 - Jan 22, 2007 MSNBC
Global Warming: the Final Verdict: A study by the world's leading experts says global warming will happen faster and be more devastating than previously thought - Jan 22, 2007 Common Dreams
World Is Running Out of Water, Says UN Adviser - Jan 22, 2007 Truthout


County to start computer recycling program - Jan 21, 2007 ON
More communities urged to join talks over water: Catalyst is Waukesha's push to get resource from Lake Michigan - Jan 21, 2007 MJS
8 counties might see pollution restrictions eased - Jan 21, 2007 MJS
Closing of private lands presents public dilemma - Jan 21, 2007 PG
[PCB] PCB fallout: Union wants city to pay for blood tests for NBHS teachers - Jan 21, 2007 SouthCoastToday
[PCB] Baird: Banking on Hudson for drinking water - Jan 21, 2007 Journal News
[PCB/Dioxin] Multiplication problems: What's to blame for the rise in infertility? - Jan 21, 2007 Ottawa Citizen
[PCB] Testing may determine use of Boise site - Jan 21, 2007 Statesman Journal 

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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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