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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March 1-10, 2006

March 21-31, 2006

March 11-20, 2006

Kewaunee Nuclear plant to get more U.S. inspections: At issue are 2 Kewaunee violations - March 20, 2006 MJS
Little Guys Fight Big Power Line Firm - March 20, 2006 CapTimes
No More Gone With The Wind: Alternative Energy Advocates Want To See Manufacturing Money Stay In State - March 20, 2006 CapTimes
Renewable Energy -- A Reality in Wisconsin - March 20, 2006 WisOpinion
[PCB] Clean up PCBs by homes first - March 20, 2006 Asbury Park Press
[PCB] Coastal growth spells disaster - March 20, 2006 News-Press
[PCB] Why no Federal officials want to say it is safe in New Orleans - March 20, 2006 TPMCafe
[PCB/Dioxin] Fish on Fridays? Not if it's full of contaminants - March 20, 2006 Jackson Sun
[Dioxin] Sierra Club Chronicles - March 20, 2006 Grist
[Dioxin] Pesticides more influential in causing cancer than previously thought - March 20, 2006 News-Medical
Court Rejects Bush Administration Power Plant Pollution Rule - March 20, 2006 ENN
Clean Air Victory - March 20, 2006 TomPaine
Fighting Back Against GE Crops - March 20, 2006 AlterNet
Being Like Brockovich - March 20, 2006 AlterNet
Chilling Proof That Glacier Meltdown is Getting Faster - March 20, 2006 Common Dreams
Life's Diversity "Being Depleted" - March 20, 2006 Truthout
World's Water Problems, and Solutions, Can Be Found on the Farm - March 20, 2006 ENN
Market Forces Seek to Control the Essence of Life -- Water - March 20, 2006 Common Dreams

[PCB] Specialty paper companies see plenty of change - March 19, 2006 PC
[PCB] Fox River cleanup of PCBs hits full stride - March 19, 2006 PC
[PCB] Ed Culhane column: Anglers heed call of the walleye - March 19, 2006 PC
Fox yields big walleyes - March 19, 2006 PG
Tree-planting workshop Thursday - March 19, 2006 PG
Point Beach faces easier federal oversight - March 19, 2006 PG
Sturgeon guards needed for fish spawning run - March 19, 2006 ON
[PCB] Shuck and awe: Shelled out - March 19, 2006 TorontoSun
[PCB] Detoxifying the Duwamish - March 19, 2006 Oregonian
[Dioxin] TV Review: The Sierra Club Chronicles, Dioxin, Duplicity and DuPont - March 19, 2006 Blogcritics
[Dioxin] Doctor follows through on offer to buy Tittabawassee River land - March 19, 2006 Monterey Herald
Rewriting the Science - March 19, 2006 Truthout

Debate on huge dairies heats up - March 18, 2006 PC
Law Ends Raids In Energy Funds - March 18, 2006 CapTimes
Raids On Energy Fund To Stop - March 18, 2006 WSJ
Bill signed to overhaul energy rules - March 18, 2006 PG
Lawmakers limit seizures of land: Eminent domain bill awaits Doyle's signature - March 18, 2006 MJS
EPA Clears The Way For Small Engine Regulation - March 18, 2006 WSJ
Outdoor notes - March 18, 2006 MJS
Whatever happened to clean government in Wisconsin? - March 18, 2006 MJS

Great Lakes Funding In Doubt: Bush Budget Seeks Cuts - March 17, 2006 CapTimes
U.S. appeals court favors tougher pollution control - March 17, 2006 MJS
Gov. Doyle: Signs Senate Bill 459, Bipartisan Energy Efficiency and Renewables Legislation - March 17, 2006 WisPolitics
Nuisance-odor rules OK'd for Brown Co - March 17, 2006 PG
Point Beach showing signs of improvement - March 17, 2006 MJS
Gray Wolves Safe, U.S. Says - March 17, 2006 WSJ
Recovery of wolf could endanger its image on license plates: Will the whooping crane take its place? - March 17, 2006 MJS
This fish story really is true: Man reels in 42 trout in 7 minutes - March 17, 2006 MJS
Annual 'Musky Magic' set Sunday - March 17, 2006 PC
Grant boosts Fox locks restoration - March 17, 2006 PG
Wisconsin’s Green Built Home Named Green Building Program of the Year! - March 17, 2006 WisPolitics (PDF)
Public records: What is and is not available - March 17, 2006 MHT
EPA to regulate small engines: Lawn mowers, watercraft to get catalytic converters - March 17, 2006 MJS
State paper industry poised for comeback - March 17, 2006 PG
Letter: Wind turbine safety rules are needed - March 17, 2006 MHT
[PCB] Company fined for improper storage of toxic materials - March 17, 2006 Charleston Daily Mail
[PCB] PCB tests at arsenal take shape - March 17, 2006 Beacon Journal
[PCB] Rambler cleanup underway - March 17, 2006 CBC
[PCB] Another PCB site in Edison - March 17, 2006 Home News Tribune
[PCB] Ford submits plan for removing PCBs - March 17, 2006 Home News Tribune
[PCB] Studies to help chart course - March 17, 2006 Berkshire Eagle
[PCB] Bald Eagle Lays 1st Egg on Island in 50 Years - March 17, 2006 LATimes
[Dioxin] Rethinking incineration: How long can Toronto keep exporting its trash? - March 17, 2006 CBC News
[Dioxin] Purifying light of openness - March 17, 2006 Saginaw News
[Dioxin] Some Harbour fish species cleared of dioxin fears - March 17, 2006 ABC
Water summit starts with mass protest: 10,000 blocked from global talks in Mexico City - March 17, 2006 MSNBC
Court Rejects Bush Administration Plan To Gut Key Clean Air Act Safeguard - March 17, 2006 Common Dreams
Water, water everywhere: As long as you can afford it - March 17, 2006 AlterNet
Nuclear Reactors Found to Be Leaking Radioactive Water - March 17, 2006 Truthout

Brown County to recognize great recyclers - March 16, 2006 PG
Wind turbine ordinance crafting continues - March 16, 2006 MHT
Discuss ship canal dredging - March 16, 2006 PG
Wind project's price reaches $346 million - March 16, 2006 MJS
Gray wolves take a big step: Proposal would remove federal protection of resurgent species - March 16, 2006 MJS
Letter: Nuclear Energy Can't Pass Safety Measures - March 16, 2006 WSJ
Nuclear Power: A Ticking Time Bomb - March 16, 2006 WSJ
Editorial: Don't let guard down on lake restoration - March 16, 2006 SP
Editorial: Congress needs to pass open government bill - March 16, 2006 PC
[PCB] DEP: 2 Brick sites received contaminated fill - March 16, 2006 Brick Township Bulletin
[PCB] Cleanups vying for attention - March 16, 2006 Boston Globe
The False Promise of 'Clean Coal' - March 16, 2006 AlterNet
Countries Increasingly at Odds Over Water Sharing - March 16, 2006 Truthout

Yellow perch numbers growing - March 15, 2006 MHT
Lifetime Dedicated To Wildlife - March 15, 2006 CapTimes
River Alliance of Wisconsin: Word on the Stream - March 15, 2006 WisPolitics
A great lake for chinook fishing - March 15, 2006 MJS
Editorial: Preserving natural asset important - March 15, 2006 PG
Where the sun should shine - March 15, 2006 FightingBob
[PCB] Officials, residents await report on PCB-laced concrete - March 15, 2006 Asbury Park Press
[PCB] Contamination a concern in W. Deptford - March 15, 2006 Gloucester County Times
[PCB] Hamilton warned earlier of PCBs - March 15, 2006 The Times
[PCB] One land mass, one language, one pile of garbage - March 15, 2006 City Pulse
[PCB/Dioxin] Epax lowers dioxin, dioxin-like limits in omega-3 - March 15, 2006 Food Navigator
[Dioxin] Cancer fears over cod liver oil capsules - March 15, 2006 Daily Mail
[Dioxin] Waste to energy technology a most advantageous option for Mauritius - March 15, 2006 lexpress
NASA: Smog chemical tied to Arctic warming - March 15, 2006 MSNBC
The Eternal Summer Reading List - March 15, 2006 AlterNet
Greenhouse gases at record high - March 15, 2006 MSNBC

Arborist links Baird Creek, area's history - March 14, 2006 PG
Menasha may move on its $12.7M water plant - March 14, 2006 PC
WPS to draw down reservoir - March 14, 2006 PG
Feds Investigate Latest Mad Cow - March 14, 2006 CapTimes
Third Mad Cow Case Identified In Alabama - March 14, 2006 WSJ
Letter: Energy bill key to state's future - March 14, 2006 PG
Opinion: Safeguard landowners' rights [Environmental Deregulation] - March 14, 2006 MJS
How to Reform Farming - March 14, 2006 Common Dreams
[PCB] Iowa changes fish consumption advisory system - March 14, 2006 WCFCourier
[PCB] Residents riled about toxic cleanup - March 14, 2006 RecordOnline
[PCB] Are the Fish Safe to Eat? - March 14, 2006 Chattanoogan
[PCB] WESD site evacuated because of air quality - March 14, 2006 Statesman Journal
[Dioxin] Commentary: Blowing Smoke At Us - March 14, 2006 Berkeley Daily Planet
A climate change of heart - March 14, 2006 LATimes
Chernobyl: A Poisonous Legacy - March 14, 2006 Common Dreams
International Grassroots Activists Join Forces to Create an Alternative to the 4th World Water Forum - March 14, 2006 Common Dreams

[PCB] Milwaukee River cleanup moves ahead: But funding PCB removal could be challenging, costly - March 13, 2006 MJS
Cleanup slow for county's most polluted sites - March 13, 2006 MHT
Yellow perch might be recovering from decimation - March 13, 2006 MJS
Manufacturers aim to reduce use of toxins: Two state companies join national EPA program that targets plants - March 13, 2006 MJS
Conservation club turns 70 - March 13, 2006 SP
Wildlife Biologists Warn on Feeding Deer - March 13, 2006 ENN
Sunshine Week: Your Right To Know - March 13, 2006 CapTimes
Open Government In Peril? - March 13, 2006 CapTimes
DNR Warden Seeks Lid On His Records - March 13, 2006 CapTimes
It's time to unload on Illinois - March 13, 2006 MJS
Editorial: Open government is the best government - March 13, 2006 SP
[PCB] City gardens a tougher row to hoe - March 13, 2006 TimesUnion
[PCB] Use of Ford plant's debris yields pile of controversy - March 13, 2006 The Times
[PCB] Dredging plan debate goes green - March 13, 2006 Philadelphia Inquirer
[PCB] Cabinet to be pushed on regulating ban on carcinogens - March 13, 2006 Hill Times
[Dioxin] Study Finds Deadly Toxin in Mineral Water Bottled in Plastic Containers - March 13, 2006 NewsInferno
[Dioxin] New York's Port, Beyond Dubai - March 2006 Gotham Gazette
[Dioxin] Sydney fishos to protest - March 13, 2006 Daily Telegraph
NASA puts its weight behind warming signs - March 13, 2006 MSNBC
Environmentalism's Shadow History - March 13, 2006 AlterNet
Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai Urges Individual Action to Protect Environment - March 13, 2006 ENN

Weekly outdoor notes - March 11, 2006 MJS
Scary times: Government secrets vs. freedom of the press - March 11, 2006 MJS
The right to know belongs to the public, not just the media - March 11, 2006 MJS
[PCB] Trucks with dangerous cargo cause concern - March 11, 2006 Le Soleil
[PCB] HazMat Crews Warns Bostonians of ¨Toxic Cruelty¨ - March 11, 2006 Desastres
[PCB] Trash gives Alameda an energy boost - March 11, 2006 Oroville Mercury Register
[PCB] Scientist says dredging best option for river - March 11, 2006 RecordOnline
[PCB] Union wants filters answer - March 11, 2006 Berkshire Eagle
[Dioxin] DEP fines firm $60G for river spill - March 11, 2006 NorthJersey
[Dioxin] Eating fish, game from river can boost dioxin exposure, state warns - March 11, 2006 Detroit News
The Coming Resource Wars - March 11, 2006 AlterNet

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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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