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 11-20, 2006

March 21-31, 2006

March 1-10, 2006

Morrison farmers banned from spreading manure until April 1 - March 10, 2006 PG
Manure spreading banned in Morrison - March 10, 2006 PC
[MTBE] Freedom residents with contaminated wells can join suit - March 10, 2006 PC
Legislature Oks Public Lands Bill - March 10, 2006 CapTimes
Senate-OK'd pier bill won't get Assembly vote, Gard says - March 10, 2006 PG
Senate shelves ethanol bill - March 10, 2006 PG
Ethanol Bill Dies In Senate After Sharp Debate - March 10, 2006 WSJ
Senate postpones action on ethanol bill - March 10, 2006 MHT
Fishing and hunting licenses go on sale today - March 10, 2006 MHT
Letter: Deer were here before people built homes - March 10, 2006 MHT
Wetlands: DNR certainly played a part in permit mess (Scroll down) - March 10, 2006 MJS
[PCB] Viewpoint: Defining a new U.S.-Japan security relationship - March 10, 2006 World Peace Herald
[Dioxin] Fish, game consumption along river can boost dioxin exposure - March 10, 2006 MLive
'Surveillance, Infiltration, and Harassment of Environmental Organizations' - March 10, 2006 Truthout
Putting Conversation Back Into Conservatism -- A Guest Commentary - March 10, 2006 ENN
U.N. Reports a Fifth of World Lacks Clean Drinking Water Despite Abundant Supplies - March 10, 2006 ENN

Farmers urged to avoid manure spreading - March 9, 2006 MHT
Farming practices focus of Hilbert event - March 9, 2006 PC
Senators narrowly reject ethanol bill - March 9, 2006 MJS
Panel Oks Pier Bill - March 9, 2006 CapTimes
Wis. Board of Commissioners of Public Lands: Legislature Passes Bipartisan Bill to Protect Natural Areas - March 9, 2006 WisPolitics
Freecycle: Save Landfills, Build Communities - March 9, 2006 CapTimes
Salmon catch grows, but fish shrink - March 9, 2006 PG
Great Outdoors Almanac - March 9, 2006 PG
[PCB] Massachusetts AG Fines Companies for Clean Up Costs - March 9, 2006 Recycling Today
5,700 biologists urge protecting species act - March 9, 2006 MSNBC
Senate Urged to Safeguard Species Act - March 9, 2006 Truthout

WPS reports plant violations: Fuel oil use at issue at Weston site - March 8, 2006 PG
[MTBE] Well problems subject of Freedom meeting - March 8, 2006 PC
Weekly fishing report - March 8, 2006 MJS
Letter: Energy independence is an urgent priority (Scroll down) - March 8, 2006 PG
Letter: Recycling aluminum best thing for the state - March 8, 2006 PC
[PCB] PCB-tainted concrete used at developer's 2 Brick sites - March 8, 2006 Asbury Park Press
[PCB] Tarp to cover tainted fill - March 8, 2006 Home News Tribune
[PCB] Food-labeling bill has distinctly bitter taste - March 8, 2006 HeraldNet
Hard Push for Offshore Drilling From Congress and Bush Administration - March 8, 2006 Truthout
Hidden Ties: Big Environmental Changes Backed by Big Industry - March 8, 2006 Truthout
The Planet Can't Wait: Climate change is real and must be addressed now - March 8, 2006 Truthout

Law opens funds for new wells in Morrison - March 7, 2006 PG
Governor signs bill aiding Morrison residents - March 7, 2006 PC
UWO leads state in renewable energy use - March 7, 2006 ON
Sturgeon spearers look ahead to 2007 season - March 7, 2006 PC
Harvest caps discussion topic for annual sturgeon meetings - March 7, 2006 ON
Sharpshooters kill 19 deer to thin herd - March 7, 2006 PG
Can A Mega-dairy Be Organic? - March 7, 2006 CapTimes
Nuclear plant spills trigger water worries: Locals complain company was slow to disclose low-level radiation releases - March 7, 2006 MSNBC
Gulls getting the heave-ho again in Sheboygan - March 7, 2006 SP
DNR News - March 7, 2006 WDNR
Guest commentary: Wind farms need good regulations - March 7, 2006 MHT
[PCB] Ford site PCB probe sought - March 7, 2006 Home News Tribune
[PCB] Flood control or urban eyesore? - March 7, 2006 Roanoke Times
[PCB] BC Hydro Still no answers on PCB leak - March 7, 2006 Peace Arch News
[Dioxin] Dioxin cleanup plan falls short - March 7, 2006 Saginaw News
[Dioxin] The Feminine Care Industry and Alternatives - March 7, 2006 EpochTimes
Is Organic Boom Healthy for Small Farmers? - March 7, 2006 Common Dreams
Coca-Cola and Water - An Unsustainable Relationship - March 7, 2006 Common Dreams
Stopping the Next Extinction Wave - March 7, 2006 Common Dreams
Plan for new nuclear programme approaches meltdown after report - March 7, 2006 Independent

Tosa protects piece of geologic history - March 6, 2006 MJS
Union of Concerned Scientists: Renewable Energy Plan Benefits Wisconsin - March 6, 2006 WisPolitics
AG Lautenschlager: Files Objections to Federal Fish and Wildlife Service Upper Mississippi River Plan - March 6, 2006 WisPolitics
Eateries, Inns Can Be Certified As Green - March 6, 2006 WSJ
Build On Momentum For Cleaner Energy - March 6, 2006 WSJ
[PCB] Wilderness Lecture at UM Features Inuit Leader, Global Warming Expert - March 6, 2006 New West
[PCB] Tire-burning plant plan submitted for OK - March 6, 2006 The Record
[Dioxin] Kill Van Kull Dredging Bothers Residents, Environmentalists - March 6, 2006 NY1
[Dioxin] The burning question: What are effects of breathing smoke? - March 6, 2006 Lufkin Daily News
U.S. fleet of climate satellites is shrinking - March 6, 2006 MSNBC
Top UK Advisers Say 'No' to Nuclear Power - March 6, 2006 Common Dreams
Will Christians Save the Planet? - March 6, 2006 Truthout

Price of pipe for possible water link jumps $10K - March 5, 2006 PG
Hands-on science awe-inspires - March 5, 2006 PC
Paper industry to be topic of innovation meeting - March 5, 2006 PC
Editorial: We can't afford to take our water quality for granted - March 5, 2006 MHT
What Do You Think? Should The U.s. Forest Service Auction 300,000 Acres Of National Forestland To Pay For Rural Schools And Roads? - March 5, 2006 WSJ
A Sensible Sell-off? A Bad Idea - March 5, 2006 WSJ
A Sensible Sell-off? A Good Idea - March 5, 2006 WSJ
[PCB] Westinghouse Workers Have the Highest Levels of PCBs Ever Recorded - March 5, 2006 IndyBay News
[PCB] You are what you eat ... breathe ... scrub ... lather ... spray - March 5, 2006 Ottawa Citizen
[PCB] Top 10 most common environmental toxins - March 5, 2006 Edmonton Journal
[PCB] Critics of VX plan 'a lot more comfortable' - March 5, 2006 DelawareOnline
[PCB] Marine mammals in the Hudson - March 5, 2006 Poughkeepsie Journal
[Dioxin] The baby in the bathwater - March 5, 2006 Ottawa Citizen
[Dioxin] How to Build a Low-PVC, Reduced-Plastic, Polar-Bear-Sensitive House - March 5, 2006 NYTimes

Bill expands aid for well replacement - March 4, 2006 PG
60 Farm Deer Test Positive For CWD - March 4, 2006 CapTimes
Pesticides Common In Water: A Study Found Trace Levels Of Carcinogenic Pesticides In Most Rivers And Streams - March 4, 2006 WSJ
Dawn of a new diesel: Changes mandated by the EPA will make engines cleaner in 2007 but also costlier for trucking companies - March 4, 2006 MJS
Outdoors notes - March 4, 2006 MJS
Oil independence is possible, but does U.S. really want it? - March 4, 2006 MJS
State panel either 'manure Gestapo' or 'a real platform' - March 4, 2006 La Crosse Tribune
[PCB] Dying for Their Work: Westinghouse Workers Have the Highest Levels of PCBs Ever Recorded - March 4-5, 2006 CounterPunch
[PCB] Health issue hits Edison - March 4, 2006 Home News Tribune
[PCB] City takes hefty loss in sale of polluted land - March 4, 2006 Hamilton Spectator

Well testing to continue in Morrison - March 3, 2006 PG
Baird Creek meeting, dinner set - March 3, 2006 PG
Doyle announces $1.7M for brownfield clean-ups - March 3, 2006 PG
79% of deer herd was ill: Game farm spreads fear in Portage County - March 3, 2006 MJS
An unnecessary mess: Landowner, DNR differ over building - March 3, 2006 MJS
Opinion: Tag Livestock To Stop Disease - March 3, 2006 WSJ
Letter: Glatfelter loan should have had some strings - March 3, 2006 PC
[PCB] New Treatment Technology for Sediments Impacted by PCBs, Heavy Metals and Related Compounds Available From Adventus Americas - March 3, 2006 Business Wire
[PCB] State orders criminal probe of tainted fill - March 3, 2006 The Times
[PCB] PCB cleanup slated in St. Clair Shores - March 3, 2006 Detroit Free Press
[PCB] St. Clair Shores PCB cleanup plan still being developed - March 3, 2006 Detroit Free Press
[PCB] Risk Management cautions fairgrounds unfit for events - March 3, 2006 DailyTimes
[Dioxin] DEQ critiques Dow cleanup plans - March 3, 2006 Saginaw News
[Dioxin] Selective reporting - March 3, 2006 Saginaw News
[Dioxin] Steelworkers union challenges air permit at Tenn. plant - March 3, 2006 Waste News
For Thirsty Farmers, Old Friends at Interior Department - March 3, 2006 Truthout
Loss of Antarctic Ice Increases - March 3, 2006 NYTimes

Water-well safety meeting called in Morrison - March 2, 2006 PG
Bush Plan to Sell Public Lands Assailed [Langlade Co land in plan]- March 2, 2006 Truthout
Ease pollution rules to make more ethanol? - March 2, 2006 MSNBC
DATCP: Manure Task Force Presents Recommendations to Agriculture and Natural Resources Secretaries - March 2, 2006 WisPolitics
Editorial: Renewable energy secures our future - March 2, 2006 SP
[PCB] Officials have new plan to rid canals of PCBs - March 2, 2006 Macomb Daily
[PCB] Public may profit from Housatonic restoration ideas - March 2, 2006 NewsTimesLive
[PCB] Dredging contrary for creek - March 2, 2006 Fredericksburg
[PCB] Senior homes nixed - March 2, 2006 Home News Tribune
[PCB] Tainted fill stirs fears - March 2, 2006 The Times

Clean Wisconsin: Repeal of Law Restricting Nuclear Construction Would Place Wisconsin at Risk; Assembly Bill 1053 Would Remove Consumer and Safety Protections - March 1, 2006 WisPolitics
Sierra Club: In Opposition to AB 1053, Approval of Nuclear Power Plants - March 1, 2006 WisPolitics
Door Reopens For Nuclear Energy, If Only Slightly: A Bill To Lift The Ban On New Nuclear Power Plants Here Likely Won't Pass, But Advocates Hope It's A Start - March 1, 2006 WSJ
Senators balk at plan to sell U.S. forest land [Langlade Co land in plan] - March 1, 2006 MSNBC
Local dairy successful in manure spill cleanup - March 1, 2006 MHT
Utility's permit appealed: Sierra Club seeks better anti-pollution methods - March 1, 2006 MJS
Sturgeon spearing slow on Lake Winnebago - March 1, 2006 MJS
Editorial: Humans, animals foul drinking water - March 1, 2006 PG
Editorial: A qualified yes on mandate - March 1, 2006 MJS
Editorial: Energy Efficiency Nonpartisan, Could Be Shot In Arm - March 1, 2006 CapTimes
Letter: Legislature Is Far Bigger Problem For State Than DNR - March 1, 2006 CapTimes
OpEd: Fuels Must Change, But So Should Consumption - March 1, 1006 CapTimes
Letter: Power line agreement with state smells fishy - March 1, 2006 PC
Letter: Renewable energy must be part of state's future - March 1, 2006 SP
State Bike Trails Endangered by High-voltage Lines - March 1, 2006 WisOpinion
Letter: State of the union should worry more Americans - March 1, 2006 PC
[PCB] Fish of the future? - March 1, 2006 MercuryNews
[PCB] Foss Waterway dirty again? - March 1, 2006 NewsTribune
[PCB] City testing for PCBs at NBHS, Keith sites - March 1, 2006 SouthCoastToday
[PCB] New housing with tainted concrete - March 1, 2006 Star-Ledger
[PCB] Ford, developer blame each other in sale of contaminated debris - March 1, 2006 Press of Atlantic City
[PCB] Cause of cancerous tumors on South River catfish a mystery - March 2006 Bay Journal
[Dioxin] Warning over `deadly' toxins from pulp mill - March 1 (2), 2006 Examiner
[Dioxin] Stelco chokes off toxic emissions from sinter plant - March 1, 2006 Hamilton Spectator
Mild winters loose beetle on Canada’s forests - March 1, 2006 MSNBC
Flying is Dying - March 1, 2006 AlterNet
Climate Change: No Doubt It's Us - March 1, 2006 TomPaine
Consensus grows on climate change - March 1, 2006 BBC
The Fate of the Ocean - March 1, 2006 Common Dreams

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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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