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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May 1-10, 2006

May 21-31, 2006

May 11-20, 2006

Kewaunee nuclear plant procedure investigated - May 20, 2006 PG
NRC eyeing Kewaunee nuke plant - May 20, 2006 MHT
Keep an eye on area bird population - May 20, 2006 PG
DNR ready to begin gypsy moth control - May 20, 2006 MHT
Central Brown County Water Authority Pipeline Update - May 20, 2006 PG
E-mails Urge DNR To Spare Wolf's Life - May 20, 2006 CapTimes
Cultivating ideas on rural future - May 20, 2006 MJS
Testing river water immerses county students in science - May 20, 2006 SP
Weekly outdoors notes - May 20, 2006 MJS
Letter: UWGB deer hunt was poorly timed - May 20, 2006 PG
[PCB] State warns of PCB levels in Utah Lake carp - May 20, 2006 Casper StarTribune
[PCB] Ships waiting to come in - May 20, 2006 WorldLink
[Dioxin] Dioxin cleanup spans a decade - May 20, 2006 Saginaw News
[Dioxin] Blister packs harmful to health, environment - May 20, 2006 TimesUnion
Clinton: We Must "Get Off Our Butts" to Stop Warming - May 20, 2006 Truthout

Kewaunee plant faces scrutiny again: Nuclear agency says start-up procedures were not followed - May 19, 2006 MJS
On The Bottle: City Water Woes Has Consumers Reacting - May 19, 2006 CapTimes
County Wants Own Power Line Study: Supervisors Wary About Transmission Firm's Data - May 19, 2006 CapTimes
Editorial: Congress needs to pass invasive-species bill - May 19, 2006 PG
Letters: Let's not fool with Mother Nature over roads - May 19, 2006 SP
[PCB] News Brief: EPA Posts Additional Sampling of Sediment in Flood Impacted Areas - May 19, 2006 AutoChannel
[PCB] Few options for scrapping obsolete ships - May 19, 2006 Telegraph
[PCB] Obsolete fleet hardly shipshape, called environmental `time bomb' - May 19, 2006 HeraldToday
[Dioxin] China: A Troubled Dragon - May 19, 2006 Global Politician
TV Ad Blitz Targets Gore, Warming "Alarmists" - May 19, 2006 Truthout

Fishing gives class a new angle - May 18, 2006 ON
Appleton OKs water plant study - May 18, 2006 PC
Falcon chicks will get names on May 25 - May 18, 2006 PG
Georgia-Pacific's Broadway mill earns energy efficiency award - May 18, 2006 PG
Prospects look good for bay perch opener - May 18, 2006 PG
A Changing Game: Despite Impending Environmental Regulations, Wisconsin's Utilities Are Staying The Course With New Coal-fired Plants - May 18, 2006 WSJ
Great Outdoors Almanac - May 18, 2006 PG
Editorial: Taxpayers benefit from renewable energy effort - May 18, 2006 SP
[PCB] EPA approves dump for toxic sediment from Willamette - May 18, 2006 KATU 2
[PCB] A veteran of two wars, ship surrenders to sea - May 18, 2006 Pensacola News Journal
[PCB] Toxic hulk turned away from Alang - May 18, 2006 EDIE
[Dioxin] With landfills running out of room, recycling becomes more urgent - May 18, 2006 DelawareOnline

County board confused over wind system - May 17, 2006 MHT
High Manganese Prompts Warning On Drinking Water In 2 City Areas - May 17, 2006 CapTimes
Trout Unlimited Takes On Resource Challenges - May 17, 2006 CapTimes
DARE to Restore Driftless Area Waterways - May 17, 2006 WisPolitics
Weekly fishing report - May 17, 2006 MJS
[PCB] Milking It: Moms find industrial chemicals in their breast milk an outrage -- and a call to action - May 17, 2006 SFGate
[PCB] Clean Air Watch: New Government Report on Children Underscores Folly of Weakening Public Right-to-Know Standards for Toxics - May 17, 2006 U.S. Newswire
[PCB] .S. seeks court approval on dredging agreement with GE - May 17, 2006 Hudson Valley News
[PCB] Beware PCB-laden Utah Lake carp - May 17, 2006 Salt Lake Tribune
[PCB] Health Officials: Don't Eat Too Much Carp - May 17, 2006 KUTV
[PCB] S.F. power plant's permit to tap the Bay at risk - May 17, 2006 Inside Bay Area
Environmental Battles - May 17, 2006 Truthout
Study: Exxon Valdez Oil Lingers in Alaska - May 17, 2006 Common Dreams
Water/Approps: 111 Million Americans' Drinking Water at Risk: State-by-State Numbers - May 17, 2006 Common Dreams

$600K will help city assess, cleanup riverfront - May 16, 2006 ON
A Powerful Warning: Cub Claims Major Flaws With New Transmission Line - May 16, 2006 CapTimes
Group raises concerns about power line - May 16, 2006 MJS
[PCB] Agencies To Truck Contaminated Soil From Old Silo - May 16, 2006 CBS4Denver
[PCB] Fish oil is trendy, but supplements aren't for everyone - May 16, 2006 Charlotte Observer
[Dioxin] GTA must halt Michigan garbage shipments by 2010 - May 16, 2006 CBC Toronto
How the Drug Companies Want Us to Be Sick - May 16, 2006 AlterNet
Global Warming Turns Pristine Coral into Rubble - May 16, 2006 Common Dreams

Quagga Mussels Threaten Lake Michigan - May 15, 2006 WSJ
Oakwood students learn about environment - May 15, 2006 ON
Independent DNR Still a Good Idea, Splitting the DNR Still Isn’t; Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters Responds to Rep. Green’s Proposal - May 15, 2006 WisPolitics (PDF)
Back to ancestral waters - May 15, 2006 MJS
Preserving Our Rural Heritage Is Test Of Our Will As Citizens - May 15, 2006 CapTimes
Too Late to Shut the Gate on [Mad Cow] This Killer - May 15, 2006 Common Dreams
[PCB] 'Ghost ship' fleet identified as toxic threat - May 15, 2006 Macon.com
[PCB] Power plant must prove cooling system safe - May 15, 2006 Daily Review
Budget Cut Would Shutter EPA Libraries - May 15, 2006 Washington Post
West's Failure over Climate Change 'Will Kill 182m Africans' - May 15, 2006 Common Dreams

Forgotten town ordinance covers waste management - May 14, 2006 MHT
Anglers net mixed bags on opener - May 14, 2006 PG
More invasive mussel appears to be taking hold in Lake Michigan - May 14, 2006 MJS
E-mailers campaign to save wolf - May 14, 2006 PG
Optimism reigns as perch numbers rise in Green Bay - May 14, 2006 PG
[PCB] Bigmouth gobies vs. smallmouth bass - May 14, 2006 Toledo Blade
[PCB] Contaminants May Cause Renal Lesions in Polar Bears - May 14, 2006 Newswise
[PCB] Power plan to tap Bay endangered - May 14, 2006 San Mateo County Times
The Great Coral Reef Disaster - May 14, 2006 Truthout

Forgotten Morrison ordinance covers town waste management - May 13, 2006 PC
Hybrids: Love 'em or hate 'em? - May 13, 2006 PG
A new invasion: Quagga mussels take over lake - May 13, 2006 MJS
Green revives talk of splitting DNR - May 13, 2006 PG
Candidates divided on DNR split - May 13, 2006 PC
Green Proposes Splitting State DNR - May 13, 2006 WSJ
Schools shine in solar-powered games - May 13, 2006 PG
Board approves new rules - May 13, 2006 MJS
Central Brown County Water Authority Pipeline Update - May 13, 2006 PG
Weekly outdoor notes - May 13, 2006 MJS
[PCB] SF power plant's permit to tap into the Bay at risk - May 13, 2006 Tri-Valley Herald
[PCB] Some still fear PCBs - May 13, 2006 Home News Tribune
[PCB] Precision biochemistry tracks DNA damage in fish - May 13, 2006 Yubanet
[Dioxin] Environmentalists encouraged by Dow plan - May 13, 2006 Midland Daily News
[Dioxin] Dow: Numbers distort risk - May 13, 2006 Saginaw News

Forgotten Morrison ordinance covers waste management - May 12, 2006 PG
DNR Takes Stand On Controversial Power Line - May 12, 2006 WISCTV
Gray wolf policy may get studied - May 12, 2006 PC
Residents offer gray wolf plans - May 12, 2006 PG
Green says 'cumbersome' DNR should be split in two - May 12, 2006 MJS
H2 uh-ohs: Work crews' miscues, mishaps add to water woes - May 12, 2006 MJS
GM drives push for ethanol use - May 12, 2006 MJS
Alliant defends plans for coal plant - May 12, 2006 MJS
City wins $200,000 EPA cleanup grant - May 12, 2006 MJS
New Panel Would Eye Impact Of Sewers - May 12, 2006 WSJ
Editorial: Don't string along city on pier issue - May 12, 2006 ON
Doyle's Pier Power Sets Bad Precedent - May 12, 2006 WSJ
[PCB] USEPA Awards Almost $2 Million In Assessment Grants - May 12, 2006 Pacific
[PCB] Tribes tell of fish decline to state oceans panel - May 12, 2006 PeninsulaDailyNews
[PCB] MSU center earns $17.3 million NIH Superfund grant - May 12, 2006 MSUToday
[Dioxin] Company hired to map river's behavior - May 12, 2006 Saginaw News
[Dioxin] EPA awards over $10.3 million in grants to Pacific Southwest groups, governments, tribe to clean up, redevelop abandoned properties - May 12, 2006 EPA
Huge offshore wind farm OK’d in bird area - May 12, 2006 MSNBC

[PCB] Company asks to put toxic waste in landfill - May 11, 2006 St. Paul Pioneer Press
Plan gives Appleton arboretum new image - May 11, 2006 PC
Nuclear industry steps up its hiring - May 11, 2006 PG
Pier pressure mounts - May 11, 2006 ON
Anglers eagerly await Michigan's walleye opener - May 11, 2006 PG
Great Outdoors Almanac - May 11, 2006 PG
[PCB] School can't remove tainted soil - May 11, 2006 San Mateo County Times
[PCB] Fired official prompts landfill, shredder probe - May 11, 2006 Tennessean
[PCB] Fish oil capules aren't for everyone - May 11, 2006 NewsObserver
[Dioxin] Judge refuses to block dredge project on Saginaw River - May 11, 2006 Saginaw News
[Dioxin] China: A Troubled Dragon - May 11, 2006 FPIF
The World's Riches and the Poor: Dark Side of the Gold Rush - May 11, 2006 Truthout
Freecycling: Reducing Waste and Landfills - May 11, 2006 Truthout

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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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