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, 2006

July 21-31, 2006

July 11-20, 2006

Beach funds running dry? Cost of testing for bacteria is challenging budget - July 20, 2006 MHT
Second bird tests positive for West Nile in Door Co. - July 20, 2006 PG
Celebration begins for Rush Lake restoration project - July 20, 2006 ON
County Committee Announces Hearings on Power Lines and Energy - July 20, 2006 WisPolitics (PDF)
Beyond Oil: Hybrid Festival Touts Alternative Vehicles - July 20, 2006 CapTimes
Hydrogen Gets A Test Drive - July 20, 2006 CapTimes
Power line won't cross wildlife area loved by Leopold - July 20, 2006 MJS
Insulated panels cut energy costs - July 20, 2006 PG
Paperfest pads its entertainment offerings - July 20, 2006 PC
State duck, goose numbers up - July 20, 2006 PG
Consumers Union says USDA cut in Mad Cow testing puts public health at risk - July 20, 2006 Common Dreams
US to Scale Back Mad Cow Surveillance Program - July 20, 2006 Common Dreams
Wisconsin Outdoor Report as of July 20, 2006 - July 20, 2006 WDNR
Great Outdoors Almanac - July 20, 2006 PG
[PCB] Broad-Based Coalition Forms to Oppose Bill
Threatening Public Health and States’ Rights - July 20, 2006 Center for Biological Diversity
[PCB] Dredging quandary - July 20, 2006 TimesUnion
[PCB] Lawmakers: GE should drop disputed dredging issues - July 20, 2006 Poughkeepsie Journal
[PCB] State puts fish advisory online - July 20, 2006 South Bend Tribune
[PCB] Pollution up in local streams - July 20, 2006 Potomac News
[PCB] Camp Parks has polluted history - July 20, 2006 ContraCostaTimes
[PCB] State lacks funds to check if fish are safe to eat - July 20, 2006 NewMexican
[PCB] Stormwater Controls Recommended for New York City's Jamaica Bay - July 20, 2006 ENS
[PCB] NDP Leader Jack Layton Gives Blood for Toxic Chemical Tests - July 20, 2006 CNW Telbec
[PCB] Morris presents plans for mobile home park - July 20, 2006 Brick News Township
[PCB/Dioxin] National Research Council Rejects EPA Risk Assessment Methodology - July 20, 2006 STATS
[Dioxin] Cleanup of former rocket test site in Simi Valley delayed - July 20, 2006 MontereyHerald
[Dioxin] Removal of Polluted Soil Is Put Off Until Hearing - July 20, 2006 LATimes
[Dioxin] Tests show elevated levels of dioxin - July 20, 2006 ABC
'Energy Security' Plan Panned over Climate, Nuclear Concerns - July 20, 2006 Common Dreams
Earth Faces 'Catastrophic Loss of Species' - July 20, 2006 Truthout
Earth Faces 'Catastrophic Loss of Species' - July 20, 2006 Common Dreams

[PCB] Georgia-pacific Suspends Plan To Bury Dredged Waste - July 19, 2006 WSJ
[PCB] Editorial: What's next for PCB disposal plans? - July 19, 2006 PG
Guest column: State leaders poised for role as alternative energy leader - July 19, 2006 PG
Five beaches test unsafe for E. coli bacteria - July 19, 2006 MHT
Wind farm gets county OK: Emerging Energies step closer to Mishicot facility - July 19, 2006 MHT
Christian group seeks permit for wind turbines - July 19, 2006 PG
West Nile re-emerges in Brown County: For fourth year, birds test positive for virus - July 19, 2006 PG
Contamination near police station site concerns some - July 19, 2006 SP
Two Rivers wants more control over grooming of beaches - July 19, 2006 MHT
'Estimate' stressed in Appleton water plant fix - July 19, 2006 PC
Swan song nears for lake's 'invasive' birds: Department of Natural Resources plans to kill mute swans in Phantom Lake, upsetting some neighbors - July 19, 2006 MJS
Lake Michigan's Ecoystem Changing: Trout, Salmon Relatively Stable' - July 19, 2006 CapTimes
A.G. Lautenschlager: State Settles Well-Contamination Lawsuit in Dodge County - July 19, 2006 WisPolitics
Weekly fishing report - July 19, 2006 MJS
Editorial: Ratify the water pact - July 19, 2006 MJS
[PCB] Latest maneuvers appear certain to delay dredging: EPA now admits Hudson River project probably won't start in 2007 in light of recent challenges - July 19, 2006 TimesUnion
[PCB] Hudson River Dredging May Be Delayed Again - July 19, 2006 Newswatch50WWTI
[PCB] Author's engaging style does justice to serious topic - July 19, 2006 St. Paul Pioneer Press
[PCB] Moreau water project moving forward - July 19, 2006 Saratogian
[PCB] Layton to be first politician to give blood for toxic pollutant tests - July 19, 2006 Canada.com
[Dioxin] Sydney fishermen exposed to high dioxin - July 20, 2006 DailyIndia
[Dioxin] Toxic tests a family poison - July 20, 2006 NineMSN

[PCB] PCB dump proposal suspended: Local outcry factors into Georgia-Pacific decision - July 18, 2006 PG
[PCB] Georgia Pacific Asks EPA to Postpone Landfill Decision - July 18, 2006 WBAY-TV
[PCB] Georgia-Pacific to Announce Landfill Plans - July 18, 2006 WBAY-TV
[PCB] Georgia-Pacific suspends plan to dump Fox River chemicals - July 18, 2006 Janesville Gazette
Riverfront project in Appleton no easy sell: Battles loom over green space versus housing - July 18, 2006 PC
Appleton cracks magazine's top 100 'Best Places to Live' - July 18, 2006 PC
Oshkosh in top 100 best places to live - July 18, 2006 ON
Bellevue board, Walton league to discuss suggested trail today - July 18, 2006 PG
Turbine request weighed in Town of Menasha - July 18, 2006 PC
Allouez residents don't dig second sewer job - July 18, 2006 PG
State funds to help promote Tall Ship fest - July 18, 2006 PG
Council OKs planning to make parks 'pet friendly' - July 18, 2006 SP
Waukesha might fix aquifer by tapping lake, report says - July 18, 2006 MJS
Drinking Water Advisory Is Lifted: Manganese Levels Found To Be Safe - July 18, 2006 WSJ
DNR News - July 18, 2006 WDNR
Letter:: New rules needed to manage manure better - July 18, 2006 PC
[PCB] Water bills a concern in dredging: GE letter to EPA has Waterford, Halfmoon wondering who might cover potential costs - July 18, 2006 TimesUnion
[PCB] Hollow reassurance on state’s rivers - July 18, 2006 PilotOnline
[PCB] Runaway crane KOs power poles - July 18, 2006 ChronicleHerald
[PCB] Unlearned lessons - July 18, 2006 Frontline
Soot Science Showdown: Why Industry Is Just Blowing Smoke -- And Why It Matters Now - July 18, 2006 Common Dreams

[PCB] Neighbors leery of proposed PCB dump: Possibility of pollutant getting into air among west-side residents' concerns - July 17, 2006 PG
Guest column: See 'An Inconvenient Truth' and help change the world - July 17, 2006 PG
Opinion: Renewable Fuels Can Energize Wisconsin - July 17, 2006 WSJ
Editorial: Bush's 'signing Statement' Power Grab Is Out Of Line - July 17, 2006 CapTimes
[PCB] New York Governor Announces More Than $1 Million For The Investigation And Cleanup Of Brownfield Sites - July 17, 2006 All American Patriots
[PCB] Cascades cleanup progressing - July 17, 2006 Tallahassee Democrat
[PCB] 'Chemical soup' leaves lingering bad aftertaste - July 17, 2006 Pocono Record
[Dioxin] "Culture of Life"? Aren't you forgetting THIS? - July 17, 2006 ePluribus Media
[Dioxin] EPA's Dioxin Review Is Criticized: National Research Council report says agency may have overstated cancer risks - July 17, 2006 Chemical and Engineering News
Our Planet's Future Isn't Dead - July 17, 2006 AlterNet
The Weather Channel Unlocks The Climate Code This Fall - July 17, 2006 ENN
Eating the Amazon: The Fight to Curb Corporate Destruction - July 17, 2006 Common Dreams
Drought Threatens Amazon Basin - July 17, 2006 Common Dreams
G8 Document Shows Splits on Nuclear, Climate Issues - July 17, 2006 ENN
Rebuilding a better, greener New Orleans: Global Green and Brad Pitt join forces to help bring housing to the Gulf Coast region. Check out the eco-conscious designs and video - July 17, 2006 MSNBC

[Dioxin] Lake Superior Binational Program celebrates 15 years of lake protection and restoration - July 16, 2006 BusinessNorth
Who should be able to tap Great Lakes? - July 16, 2006 - MJS
Cities confident in water plants - July 16, 2006 PC
Central Brown County Water Authority pipeline update - July 16, 2006 PG
Rest in peace the green way - July 16, 2006 MJS
Kohler-Andrae plans nature programs - July 16, 2006 SP
Local anglers find bite, overtake 'a legend' in FLW walleye final - July 16, 2006 PG
Editorial: Tell Congress that lakes are worth protecting - July 16, 2006 PG
Letter: Minergy's advances good, but not enough - July 16, 2006 PC
Letter: See Gore's movie, writer recommends (Scroll down) - July 16, 2006 PG
Letter: We must protect Wisconsin forests (Scroll down) - July 16, 2006 PG
Betty Smedlund column: Northwoods home is no Golden Pond - July 16, 2006 PC
[PCB] Maryland firefighters think cancer is a 'cluster': They all inhaled carcinogenic fumes during training - July 16, 2006 Lexington Herald-Leader
[PCB] Water report spurs sound-off meeting - July 16, 2006 Richmond Times-Dispatch
[PCB] The Health of the Nation's River - July 16, 2006 Washington Post
[PCB] Sonic moves into oil sands - July 16, 2006 Canada Mining Journal
[PCB] Ecology willing to talk about trail sign language - July 16, 2006 Peninsula Daily News
[PCB] Airport working towards EPA compliance - July 16, 2006 KUAM News
[PCB] Oswego River off the list of polluted waterways - July 16, 2006 Plain Dealer
[PCB] Bald eagles appear - July 16, 2006 UticaOD
[PCB] Blue Crush - July 16, 2006 Boston Globe
[PCB] GE land cleanup continues - July 16, 2006 Rome News-Tribune

[PCB] EPA seeks comment on PCB proposal - July 15, 2006 PC
[PCB] EPA seeks comment on PCB proposal - July 15, 2006 ON
[PCB] Fox waste plan gets EPA hearing: West-side landfill has many critics - July 15, 2006 PG
[PCB] PCB Landfill Project Moves Forward - July 15, 2006 WBAY-TV
Utility to drill into lake bed for city's new water intake pipe - July 15, 2006 SP
'clean Air Action Day' Looms - July 15, 2006 CapTimes
Waterfowl proposal on hold: Closing of Big Lake area delayed until 2009 - July 15, 2006 MJS
Easy pickings: Silver Lake swimming in largemouth bass - July 15, 2006 MJS
Weekly outdoor notes - July 15, 2006 MJS
Editorial: Southern Route For Transmission Line Would Indeed Be Harmful To Residents - July 15, 2006 CapTimes
Movie Casts the Electric Car as Hero, GM as Bad Guy - July 15, 2006 Common Dreams
[PCB] Tracing cancer’s cause: Firefighters exposed to PCBs 20 years ago seek roots of their illness - July 15, 2006 MSNBC
[PCB] Firefighters in Maryland trace cause of cancer - July 15, 2006 Peninsula
[PCB] Tracing Cancer's Cause - July 15, 2006 Washington Post
[PCB] State issues annual warning about fish - July 15, 2006 Times-Mail
[PCB] Blemished waters run deep in James - July 15, 2006 DailyPress
[PCB] Grave conclusions - July 15, 2006 Vancouver Sun
[PCB] City widens scope in search for PCBs - July 15, 2006 SouthCoastToday
[PCB] Popping Off: It's time to think about the stuff we buy - July 15, 2006 SeattlePI
[PCB] Cluster buster - July 15, 2006 Australian
[Dioxin] Judge orders fish meal plant shut down - July 15, 2006 Daily World
[Dioxin] Weekend catch-up - July 15, 2006 Saginaw News
[Dioxin] If you go out in the woods today . . . you'll be lucky to find any bears - July 15, 2006 Globe and Mail
Seventh Case Of Mad Cow Disease Confirmed In Canada - July 15, 2006 Medical News Today
US Tuna Industry's Dolphin-safe Fishing Practices Result in Tuna with the Lowest Mercury Levels - July 15, 2006 Common Dreams
G8 Leaders Should Reject Dangerous and Costly Expansion of Nuclear Power and Reprocessing - July 15, 2006 Common Dreams

[PCB] DNR suspends Georgia-Pacific landfill review: State agency waiting for federal word on PCB dumping - July 14, 2006 PG
[PCB] DNR delays review on PCB plan: EPA also looking into idea to put waste in landfill - July 14, 2006 PC
[PCB] U.S. Rep. Green: Statement on Proposed Green Bay PCB Storage Site - July 14, 2006 WisPolitics
Propane leak cause of fatal blast - July 14, 2006 PC
Property owners must keep track of propane lines - July 14, 2006 PG
Cut Gas Line Caused Blast - July 14, 2006 CapTimes
Newton firm to pay $110,000 in deal with EPA: Deal to resolve air pollution complaint - July 14, 2006 SP
State will test birds for avian flu - July 14, 2006 MJS
Canada Confirms Mad Cow Case - July 14, 2006 WSJ
Conserve Energy while Staying Cool This Weekend - July 14, 2006 WisPolitics (PDF)
Grand opening nears for Fox River Trail extension - July 14, 2006 PG
Editorial: Ratepayers need protection from water plant costs - July 14, 2006 PC
Editorial: Small changes will cut fuel dependence - July 14, 2006 PG
Letter: Mayflies are not June bugs (Scroll down) - July 14, 2006 PG
[PCB] Sewage report finally out - July 14, 2006 Oak Bay News
[PCB] Port authority moves to cap controversial waste cell - July 14, 2006 Mountain News
[PCB] Panel picks tar ponds containment - July 14, 2006 CBC
[PCB] Northwest states assess effects of river contamination - July 14, 2006 Duluth News Tribune
[PCB] LANL, DOE might face dumping fines - July 14, 2006 Free New Mexican
[PCB] PCBs found in soil at AME church site - July 14, 2006 SouthCoastToday
[Dioxin] EPA Slammed, Sued for Lowering Pollution Regs - July 14, 2006 New Standard
[Dioxin] Delays over Dioxin - July 14, 2006 Living on Earth
Supermarkets And Service Stations Now Competing For Grain - July 14, 2006 ENN
First half of 2006 warmest on record in U.S - July 14, 2006 MSNBC

[PCB] McCormick seeks PCB landfill delay (Scroll down) - July 13, 2006 MJS
Truck carrying radioactive material burns - July 13, 2006 PG
Truck carrying radioactive material burns - July 13, 2006 PC
Bellevue board puts ban on new billboards - July 13, 2006 PG
Door County geology may have part in explosions - July 13, 2006 PG
Forum on 'big box' stores set in Door County - July 13, 2006 PG
The bay is giving up more perch, walleyes - July 13, 2006 PG
Unused Bait Belongs In The Garden, Not The Lake - July 13, 2006 WSJ
Eco-store Strives To Retail Hemp, Dissolve Myths - July 13, 2006 WSJ
Great Outdoors Almanac - July 13, 2006 PG
Opinion: Ethanol Industry Deserves Support; Biofuels Like Ethanol Can Enhance U.s. Energy Security And Boost Wisconsin's Economy - July 13, 2006 WSJ
Wisconsin Trout Unlimited: Queries Candidates on Conservation Issues - July 13, 2006 WisPolitics
[PCB] House eyes national toxics law: GOP lawmakers would forbid states from passing tougher pesticide bills - July 13, 2006 SFGate
[PCB] Anniston residents uneasy about PCB dump - July 13, 2006 MontgomeryAdvisor
[PCB] Not loving that dirty water - July 13, 2006 Roanoke Times
[PCB] Spending a hot summer in the cold Antarctic - July 13, 2006 DailyPress
[PCB] 46,000 pieces of plastic in every mile of ocean - July 13, 2006 Point Reyes Light
[Dioxin] UN Commission Adopts New Limits on Disease-Causing Contaminants in Food - July 13, 2006 News Blaze
[Dioxin] Experiments on prisoners recommended - with limits - July 13, 2006 Philadelphia Inquirer
[Dioxin] Prisoners need more research protection -US report - July 13, 2006 Reuters AlertNet
[Dioxin] A hazardous neighbor? North Salt Lake families live in subdivision next to medical incinerator - July 13, 2006 DeseretNews
Al Gore Is Back and Greener Than Ever - July 13, 2006 Common Dreams
Gore praises Wal-Mart on environment - July 13, 2006 MSNBC

[PCB] DNR Delays Review of PCB Permit - July 13, 2006 WBAY-TV
[PCB] Oneida tribe awaits DNR answer on PCB dumping in landfill - July 12, 2006 PG
[PCB] Kagen favors alternative Fox River cleanup (Scroll down) - July 12, 2006 MJS
[Dioxin] EPA fines Newton firm for clean-air violations - July 12, 2006 MHT
Two beaches at Point Beach S.F. declared unsafe - July 12, 2006 MHT
Princeton advises residents to boil water: Warning issued after Highway 23 construction breaks main - July 12, 2006 ON
New gas detections at Ellison Bay - July 12, 2006 PC
Ellison Bay closure goes on as more gas is found - July 12, 2006 MJS
Appleton water plant fix may cost $9M - July 12, 2006 PC
Bellevue seeks complete ban on new billboards - July 12, 2006 PG
Doyle touts renewable energy - July 12, 2006 SP
Wolf Population Growing Too Fast? - July 12, 2006 CapTimes
Waterfowl Numbers On Upswing - July 12, 2006 CapTimes
Ice Cream Activists Target Nukes - July 12, 2006 WSJ
Weekly fishing report - July 12, 2006 MJS
Some thoughts to consider - July 12, 2006 MJS
Letter: Gulls are only doing what nature tells them to do - July 12, 2006 SP
[PCB] Good Morning Lowcountry - July 12, 2006 Post and Courier
[PCB] Miles of dirty water up nearly 30 percent - July 12, 2006 Fredericksburg Free Lance Star
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[PCB] Big bucks behind fish-farming - July 12, 2006 Outer Banks Sentinel
[Dioxin] Study Concludes Dioxin is Toxic - July 12, 2006 HuntingtonNews
[Dioxin] Reassess dioxin risk, top panel urges EPA - July 12, 2006 MSNBC
[Dioxin] New assessment of dioxin cancer risk needed: report - July 12, 2006 Reuters
[Dioxin] Environmentalists applaud academy critique - July 12, 2006 Saginaw News
Would You Eat Lab-Grown Meat? - July 12, 2006 AlterNet
No Energy Security without Climate Security - July 12, 2006 ENN
Green group moving into Wal-Mart's backyard - July 12, 2006 MSNBC

Fuel spill reported in Lakeside Park harbor - July 11, 2005 PC
Aldermen mindful of users in water dispute - July 11, 2006 PC
Group presents energy options for fifth high school - July 11, 2006 PG
City solicits proposals to create storm water model - July 11, 2006 MHT
Energy Talk At Cross Purposes - July 11, 2006 CapTimes
Study: Ethanol Use No Savior' - July 11, 2006 CapTimes
Experts: Ethanol Won't Solve Energy Problems - July 11, 2006 WSJ
Government releases final river refuge plan - July 11, 2006 MJS
County has ownership of troubled landfill, court rules - July 11, 2006 MJS
Wolf pups sent back to father in wild - July 11, 2006 PG
A rare chance to see the kids: Biologist tags osprey chicks in Muskego - July 11, 2006 MJS
Backpacking it all in - July 11, 2006 MJS
Village moves faster than turtles - July 11, 2006 MJS
DNR News - July 11, 2006 WDNR
[PCB] Republican Majority -- Choosing Chemical Industry Over Public Health - July 11, 2006 Huffington Post
[PCB] 9,000 miles of Va. waters polluted - July 11, 2006 Richmond Times-Dispatch
[PCB] PCBs found in air at city high school - July 11, 2006 SouthCoastToday
[PCB] Ecology to post warning signs on trail through Rayonier site - July 11, 2006 Peninsula Daily News
[PCB] PCB fears close Bedford Little League fields - July 11, 2006 Union Leader
[PCB] Sensor networks plug into Hudson River, other ecosystems - July 11, 2006 Detroit News
[PCB] More support that fish oil could reduce AMD - July 11, 2006 NutraIngredients
[PCB] Adequate monitoring required - July 11, 1006 Abbotsford News
[Dioxin] Panel clears way for tougher cleanup of dioxin - July 11, 2006 ABC News
[Dioxin] River remains toxic, but not quite as bad - July 11, 2006 Saginaw News
[Dioxin] Chicken litter sparks lawsuit - July 11, 2006 Washington Times
[Dioxin] Cancer-causing dioxin in potential Salem redevelopment area - July 11, 2006 Corvallis Gazette-Times
Energy Marshall Plan Needed, WWF Tells G8 - July 11, 2006 Truthout
Energy Security Yes, But Climate Security Too - July 11, 2006 Common Dreams
Smog Damage to Crops Costing Billions - July 11, 2006 Truthout
Asia has appetite for nuclear energy: No permanent storage for high-level waste doesn't slow boom - July 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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