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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July 1-10, 2005

July 11-20, 2005

July 21-31, 2005

Wildlife Sanctuary to teach about salamanders - July 31, 2005 PG
Keep your hands off my backyard - July 31, 2005 MJS
Energy bill OK by lots - July 31, 2005 ON
Editorial: Cleaning up lakes is worth investment - July 31, 2005 PG
Letter: Current limit is safer and conserves gas (Scroll down) - July 31, 2005 MJS
Jim Lee column: Moviegoers march to reality of outdoors - July 31, 2005 WO
[PCB] Lawmakers pressing for full study of cancer in firefighters - July 31, 2005 Capital
[PCB] Think Global, Eat Local - July 31, 2005 LATimes
[Dioxin] Still paying for the spraying - July 31, 2005 Newsday

Glatfelter to expand, add jobs - July 30, 2005 PC
Midwest Embraces Push For More Ethanol - July 30, 2005 CapTimes
Kipp Tiff Spurs Air Test At School: Monitoring Is Win For Neighbors - July 30, 2005 CapTimes
Dane County Commuter Rail Gets Boost From Highway Bill - July 30, 2005 WSJ
Plant Dane Grants Total $130,000 In Plants, Seeds: Awards To Groups And Individual Landowners Encourage Rain Gardens And Natural Landscapes - July 30, 2005 WSJ
State deer herd, 'parcelization' of forest undercutting timber industry - July 30, 2005 MJS
Today’s tips: How to minimize ATV damage to the outdoors - July 30, 2005 PG
Water quality improves - July 30, 2005 MHT
A Superior challenge: Athlete tackles new quest, cause with swim across greatest of Great Lakes - July 30, 2005 MJS
Turning the ship around: County parks director's hands-on style is winning praise - July 30, 2005 MJS
Editorial: Alternate Energy Options Not As Dangerous - July 30, 2005 CapTimes
Spring's Harbinger May Herald West Nile, Too - July 30, 2005 WSJ
Outdoors notes - July 30, 2005 MJS
OpEd: Legislators, it's your duty to hear us - July 30, 2005 MJS
[PCB] EPA To Clean Up Lake Crabtree - July 30, 2005 WRAL
[PCB] Energy bill OKs plan to clean up UA reactor site - July 30, 2005 NWAnews
Oil Companies Discover 'Sustainability': The companies have yet to admit that no scheme for providing sustainable energy can rely on petroleum - July 30, 2005 AlterNet

Property may serve as link to parks - July 29, 2005 PC
Great Lakes Plan Needs Funds: Cleanup Would Cost Billions - July 29, 2005 CapTimes
Beach closings way up in state - July 29, 2005 CapTimes
Door County beaches no longer bummin’ due to testing system - July 29, 2005 PC
Door County gains ‘Beach Buddy’ status - July 29, 2005 PG
Injured bald eagle soars to freedom - July 29, 2005 PC
State park to host nature programs - July 29, 2005 SP
City utility issues 'boil water' advisory - July 29, 2005 RDN
[Dioxin] The Dawn of the Domestic Superbug - July 29, 2005 RedNova
Military probes 'green' bullets - July 29, 2005 CNN

[PCB] Editorial: Saving a river can happen - July 28, 2005 ON
Debate crashes on shoreline rules: Meeting on protection program gets heated - July 28, 2005 PC
Hearing to be held Aug 25 on manure runoff - July 28, 2005 PG
Hunters, anglers caught off guard by fee increases - July 28, 2005 PG
E. coli levels prompt closure of six beaches - July 28, 2005 PG
City sets sights on urban deer herd - July 28, 2005 MHT
Fingers start to point after tire fire: AG's office denies it would have done nothing if asked - July 28, 2005 CapTimes
Great Outdoors Almanac - July 28, 2005 WO
Clean Wisconsin: Rotten Smell at Milwaukee Lakefront Demands Action - July 28, 2005 WisPolitics (PDF)
Sierra Club: Water Pollution Forces more Wisconsin Beach Closings - July 28, 2005 WisPolitics
Mad money: Cash and craziness are the two threads running through everything happening in state government these days - July 28, 2005 FightingBob
Editorial: Great Lakes drilling ban needed to protect resource - July 28, 2005 SP
[PCB] Hudson cleanup delay is decried - July 28, 2005 TimesUnion
[PCB] Ongoing harm seen from river dredging delay - July 28, 2005 Poughkeepsie Journal
[PCB] PCB fish study could get underway - July 28, 2005 San Antonio Current
[PCB] Lake in 'fair' health - July 28, 2005 TriCities
[Dioxin] Drinking water near plant may be tainted - July 28, 2005 ScienceDaily
[Dioxin] Dioxin not to disrupt school start - July 28, 2005 Charleston Daily Mail
After Oil: Alternative energy slow to take hold: Weaning the world from petroleum will take decades [But it must be done] - July 28, 2005 MSNBC
Light emerging: Reverse – or renew? A commitment to sustainable energy, argues Andrew Simms , is about justice – and survival - July 28, 2005 Green Futures
Like learning to read... It’s the new literacy – and it’s sorely needed for the 21st century. Everyone should understand something about sustainability - July 28, 2005 Green Futures
Significant 'discovery' for oil companies -- sustainability - July 28, 2005 SFGate

DNR A Winner In Doyle's Budget - July 27, 2005 WSJ
A Bird's-eye View - July 27, 2005 WSJ
Congress could stop Great Lakes drilling - July 27, 2005 PC
Great Lakes Drilling Ban Backed - July 27, 2005 CapTimes
Interstate power line work could start in two weeks - July 27, 2005 MJS
James Rowen: Environment still needs an advocate like Nelson - July 27, 2005 CapTimes
Letter: Wind farm ruling was inappropriate (Scroll down) - July 27, 2005 MHT
[PCB] American Babies Born Polluted, Study Says - July 27, 2005 EMagazine
[Dioxin] New technology combats paper mill pollution - July 27, 2005 ChinaDaily
[Dioxin] Dioxin Found in Dust in Nitro Schools - July 27, 2005 WVNSTV
[Dioxin] Gagetown tests may take until fall - July 27, 2005 CBC New Brunswick
Group claims plutonium production threatens public health, environment - July 27, 2005 KTVB
Ongoing challenges of nuke waste disposal - July 27, 2005 World Peace Herald

Board turns trash cash into treasure: Supervisors divert portion of recycling program income to general fund - July 26, 2005 MJS
Senate includes funds for waterfront work - July 26, 2005 PG
Media as if people mattered: The Media Reform Ownership Act of 2005 would break up Big Media and start us down the road to reform - July 26, 2005 FightingBob
Write To Rep In Congress -- It Really Can Work - July 26, 2005 CapTimes
Letter: Economic health relies on environment (Scroll down) - July 26, 2005 PC
Letter: Spider serves as a warning - July 26, 2005 MHT
MaryBeth Matzek column: Greenville clinic goes ‘green’ with energy-efficient focus - July 26, 2005 PC
[PCB] Aspen's water might be fine, but 'lurking menaces' prevail - July 26, 2005 Aspen Times
[PCB] Team 4 Investigation: River Fish Tested - July 26, 2005 Pittsburgh Channel
[PCB] Old Macs Don't Just Fade Away - July 26, 2005 TidBits
[PCB] Team 4 Investigation: River Fish Tested - July 26, 2005 PittsburghChannel

[PCB] PCB cleanup at lake advances - July 25, 2005 PC
DNR wary of fluridone to clear lakes of weeds - July 25, 2005 WSJ
Printers offered pilot enviro programs - July 25, 2005 CapTimes
Regulatory changes lure P&G machine - July 25, 2005 PC
Beaches test clear for swimming - July 25, 2005 MHT
City to discuss deer problems - July 25, 2005 PC
Governors Act To Iron Out Energy Wrinkles: Midwestern Governors Aim To Even Discrepancies Between The Generation And Delivery Of Electricity - July 25, 2005 WSJ
New Mining Operation Worries Lake Superior Neighbors - July 25, 2005 GLRC
Smith: Why not try magic potion on our lakes? - July 25, 2005 WSJ
[PCB] Firefighting families await cancer study - July 25, 2005 Capital
[Dioxin] Americans tested for toxic chemicals in blood, urine - July 25, 2005 World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Planet of the Plants: In a world changed by global warming, crops may grow more abundantly, but be unable to nourish us - July 25, 2005 AlterNet
Clean and Green - July 25, 2005 World Business Council for Sustainable Development

State budget has bonuses for region - July 24, 2005 PG
P-G plant will use much more energy to keep running - July 24, 2005 PG
Say what? - July 24, 2005 FightingBob
Court ruling jeopardizes farming - July 24, 2005 MHT
[PCB] EPA plans to bury, seal PCB waste - July 24, 2005 Kalamazoo Gazette
[PCB] Fish kill heralds a troubled Shenandoah - July 24, 2005 Boston Globe
[Dioxin] The beloved dark fuel that drives the world - July 24, 2005 Miami Herald
[Dioxin] Dioxin fuels Nitro fears - July 24, 2005 Charleston Gazette
[Dioxin] Court cautious in dioxin case - July 24, 2005 Saginaw News
[Dioxin] Will Environmental Fear Stick to DuPont's Teflon - July 24, 2005 NYTimes

[PCB] Paper firms, insurers clash over Fox River cleanup bill - July 23, 2005 CapTimes
Land group upset by Doyle's power-line bill - July 23, 2005 WDH
CDC touts new report on contaminants - July 23, 2005 RJT
Tomahawk flowage good spot for fishing - July 23, 2005 MJS
Outdoors notes - July 23, 2005 MJS
Letter: Shoreland rules have wide support (Scroll down) - July 23, 2005 PG
[PCB] Fouled dirt heads out of county - July 23, 2005 Olympian
[PCB] Soil Fertility Management Strategies on the Jos Plateau - July 23, 2005 RedNova News
[PCB] A focus on our present and future, not origins - July 23, 2005 Kansas City Star
[PCB] Payments from PCBs fund going to plantiffs - July 23, 2005 Decatur Daily
[Dioxin] `Mount Dioxin' Standard Lowered - July 23, 2005 TheLedger
From Eco-Chumps to Champs: With even Doritos toting a 'natural' label, are we suckers for anything green -- or are we really making a difference? - July 23, 2005 AlterNet

Local Governments Must Sell To Utilities: Doyle Signs Into Law Several Bills, Including One Governing The Sale Of Public Land To Utilities - July 22, 2005 WSJ
This beach tale is a real mystery: Scientists still searching for the source of befouling bacteria along lakeshore - July 22, 2005 MJS
SOUL: Blasts Complicity of Legislature and Governor in Passing Bill That Erodes Local Government Control and Use of Eminent Domain in Protecting Public Lands - July 22, 2005 WisPolitics
Letter: Smart Growth law important to Wisconsin (Scroll down) - July 22, 2005 MJS
[PCB] Yankee Rowe cleanup pact concluded - July 22, 2005 North Adams Transcript
[PCB] Toxics: Mixed news on the body burden - July 22, 2005 USNews
[PCB] Poisonous Chemicals or Poisoned Media Coverage? - July 22, 2005 STATS
[Dioxin] Waste energy facility gets green light - July 22, 2005 Mountain News
[Dioxin] Palo Alto company helps put E-waste in its place - July 22, 2005 SFGate
[Dioxin] ‘Wait ‘til next year’ likely for Fiterman Hall demo - July 22, 2005 Downtown Express

Veto set for power plant sale - July 21, 2005 CapTimes
Green roof a cool investment in environment - July 21, 2005 WRDT
Governors Urge Bush to Support Renewable Energy
- July 21, 2005 Wisconsin Ag Connection
DNR slates grassland meetings - July 21, 2005 CapTimes
State printers offered environmental incentives - July 21, 2005 PG
Great outdoors almanac - July 21, 2005 WO
Pat Durkin column: Welcome back, Smart Growth - July 21, 2005 WO
[PCB] Turkey, Mexico could get ships: U.S. trying to secure deal to have the 'ghost fleet' taken to nations for dismantling - July 21, 2005 TimesDispatch
[PCB] Residents want EPA to move quickly - July 21, 2005 Flint Journal
[PCB] Connecticut Says Navy Underestimates Costs of Cleaning Up Groton Sub Base - July 21, 2005 RedNova News
[PCB] Don't use federal money for amphitheater, opponents say - July 21, 2005 MSNBC
[PCB] Data reveal dredge options - July 21, 2005 Times Leader
[Dioxin] Court rules for Dow in dioxin case - July 21, 2005 Detroit News
Living off the Grid - July 21, 2005 E Magazine
Hands-On Environmentalism - July 21, 2005 FrontPage
Sustainability in Housebuilding Iniative - July 21, 2005 Green Building Press
House Panel Issues Subpoena Tied to Nuclear Waste Plan - July 21, 2005 NYTimes
Scientists: Humans cause global warming - July 21, 2005 CNN

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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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