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November, 2001

EPA pushed to finish landfil cleanup (NCR Corp.) - Nov. 30, 2001 (Ohio)
IFI AND IFIL GROW IN 2001 (Appleton Coated) - Nov. 2001 (Italy)
Global Commitment to Protect Marine Environment Renewed - Nov. 30, 2001 ENN
Milwaukee County to seek source of PCBs  - Nov. 30, 2001 MilwJS
Ontario Provincial Police - Fatal PCB truck accident - Nov.30 (Ontario)
Former DNR chief to lecture at Lawrence after retirement - Nov. 30, 2001 PC
Waste trade group sues to block new per-ton fee - Nov. 30, 2001 MilwJS
GP revamps pay at West Mill - Nov. 30, 2001 PG
Europe Sets Binding Limits on Dioxin in Foods - Nov. 29, 2001 ENS
Changes to law dishonor country - Nov. 29, 2001 PC
EPA'S CITIZEN COMPLAINT OFFICE PAIRED WITH INSPECTOR GENERAL - Nov. 29, 2001 ENS
Scientists: Anthrax 'almost certainly' from U.S. defense lab - Nov. 2001 (Geneva)
Monsanto dioxin case headed to Supreme Court - Nov. 29, 2001 (West Virg.)
G-P CEO to Speak at Global Paper & Forest Products Conference Nov. 29 - Nov. 21, 2001 (Georgia)
'Conservation IS Conservative' a Proud History - Nov. 29, 2001 ENN
Industry Council Urges Importance of Depreciation Incentive (NCR) - Nov. 29, 2001 (Washington)
Fox River Paper names Buchanan’s successor - Nov. 29, 2001 PC
EPA shuffles citizen advocate within agency after irking Bush, Clinton officials --- Nov.29, 2001 ENN
Scientists Study PCBs effects in Hmong - Nov. 29, 2001 PG
Green Bay water part of proposed Scott pact - Nov. 29, 2001 PG
Georgia Pacific talks focusing on pay - Nov. 29, 2001 PG
Earth's bag of M&M's will run out - Nov. 29, 2001 PG
New weapon to control gypsy moths may replace toxic sprays - Nov. 29, 2001 ENN
Incentives protect stream banks - Nov. 29, 2001 PC
Lessons for the river  from 'Great Gatsby' - Nov 28, 2001 PC
Water pipeline refinancing proposed - Nov 28, 2001 PG
Startling New Evidence of Declines in Global Fisheries - Nov. 28, 2001 ENN
Fishing Report - Nov. 28, 2001 MilwJS
Teradata [NCR] Offers Solution for Insurance Claims - Nov. 28, 2001 (Ohio)
Half-penny slash cuts grants for history, arts non-profits - Nov. 28, 2001 ON
Organization opposes sale of WPS land - Nov. 27, 2001 Eagle
No Perrier, but a cattle slaughterhouse possible - Nov. 27, 2001 MilwJS
Fox River Trail may be state's busiest - Nov. 27, 2001 PG
Gilbert Mill 'going dark', but business will continue - Nov. 27, 2001 PG
Polluter-Friendly Think Tank The Clean Air 'Villain' (G-P, GE, P&G) - Nov. 27, 2001 (Washington)
Friends of Riverside opens with a winner - Nov. 27, 2001 PC
DIOXIN PLAN DRAWS FLAK IN PENSACOLA - Nov. 27, 2001
114-year-old Gilbert Paper Co. production comes to a halt Friday - Nov. 26, 2001 PC
Mill closure saddens Gilbert family member - Nov. 26, 2001 PC
Age of terror calls for phasing out nuke plants  - Nov. 26, 2001 (Chicago)
Ships Pose Inviting Targets, But They Remain Unprotected - Nov. 26, 2001 (Paris)
Property along canal could become ‘aquatic industrial park’ - Nov. 26, DCA
Cormorants may lose in conflict over fish - Nov. 26, 2001 ENN
Campaign to eliminate mercury gains popularity - Nov. 26, 2001 ENN
Ancient mines cause modern pollution - Nov. 26, 2001 ENN
New plastics seen as a growing concern for recyclers - Nov. 26, 2001 MilwJS
Group wants to stop sale of WPS land - Nov. 26, 2001 PG
Memory of DePere High grad will live on - Nov. 26, 2001 PG
Vanderperren was an active conservationist - Nov. 26, 2001 NC
Law would quadruple sturgeon license fees - Nov. 25, 2001 PC
How we trigger global warming, and what we can do about it - Nov. 25, 2001 ENN
EU: Environment talks no hurdle for enlargement - Nov. 25, 2001 (Europe)
Kaftan was an early defender of the Fox - Nov. 25, 2001 PG
Green Bay Civic Leader Vanderperren dies at age 86 - Nov. 25, 2001 PG
Price hike sought for sturgeon licenses - Nov. 25, 2001 PG
State strives to protect sturgeon - Nov. 25, 2001 ON
Algoma officals don’t think town will rush water decision - Nov. 25, 2001 ON
Georgia-Pacific says no to storing PCBs - Nov. 25, 2001 PC
Search on for PCB disposal site - Nov. 25, 2001 PG
Georgia-Pacific's 1st year smooth with few hitches - Nov. 25, 2001 PG
Mills keep tissue rolling - Nov. 25, 2001 PG
Employees: road not so rocky after this merger - Nov. 25, 2001 PG
National executives satisfied with merger - Nov. 25, 2001 PG
Voith Paper, Boldt Co. reap benefits of keeping paper machines rolling - Nov. 25, 2001 PC
Front-page identity crisis - Nov. 24, 2001 MilwJS
Water storage plans could sink - Nov. 24, 2001 PG
How a bill becomes law: It's not what you think - Nov. 24, 2001 MilwJS
Bay Beach goose numbers down - Nov. 23, 2001 PG
University seeks local involvement in fight for kids' health - Nov 23, 2001 Anniston Star
Judge refuses to sign MMSD deal - Nov. 22,2001 MilwJS
Registry requires warning of pesticide use - Nov. 22, 2001 MilwJS
Great Lakes shipping down - Nov. 22, 2001 PC
Pristine, polluted: Choccolocco Creek is constantly in flux - Nov 22, 2001 Anniston Star
Industry goes to bat for river/bay polluters - Nov. 21, 2001 NC
SCA Tissue buys New York mill - Nov. 21, 2001 PC
Salmon farms' toxic time bomb - Nov. 21, 2001 (Glasgow)
Providence River Dredge Project - Nov. 21, 2001 (Rhode Island)
SCIENTISTS STUDY SEDIMENTS IN LAKE MENDOTA
Fishing Report - Nov. 21, 2001 MilwJS
Judge seeks high court opinion: ; Ruling hinges on whether law exists to monitor land - Nov. 20, 2001 (West Virginia)
DECISION DELAYED ON HUDSON DREDGING  - Nov. 20, 2001 (New York)
Appleton Papers employees take a leap of faith with plan - Nov. 20, 2001 PG
Paper industry icon gets state Hall of Fame honor - Nov. 20, 2001 PC
Green Bay Port avoids downturn - Nov. 20, 2001 PG
State antes up for part of Fox River Trail downtown - Nov. 20, 2001 PG
Children's Immune System May Be Influenced in Womb - Nov. 19, 2001 (New York)
Lab handles more than white powder - Nov. 19, 2001 PG
Packers need plan to avoid toilet crisis - Nov. 19, 2001 PG
CSU, Mines share pollution grant EPA taps consortium for mine waste - Nov. 19, 2001 (Denver)
Nature's high price - Nov. 19, 2001 MilwJS
Environmentalist brings passion to the classroom and parkway - Nov. 19, 2001 NC
Federal updates - Nov. 19, 2001 NC
SPECIAL INTERESTS EXPLOIT WAR ON TERROR - Nov. 18, Madison
Clean-water fight focuses on minnows Tests could be costly to Great Lakes cities - Nov. 18, 2001 (Ohio)
Mission: Public Health - Nov. 18, 2001 ON
Everyday science valid to state residents - Nov. 18, 2001 ON
Effort to Remove Mercury Light Switches - Nov. 18, 2001 (New York)
PCBs in Hudson dangerous  - Nov. 18, 2001 MilwJS
Formula for trouble at chemical plants? - Nov. 18, 2001 MilwJS
Chemical Contaminates Water Supplies Nationwide - Nov. 18, 2001 (Wash.)
State's nuclear plants 'prepared' - Nov. 18, 2001 MilwJS
Wall Street Journal - Appleton Papers buyout - Nov., 2001 (New York)
Bad bird?  Cormorant problem may come home to roost - Nov. 17, 2001 PG
State board OKs plans to purchase WPS land - Nov. 17, 2001 PG
Restorative justice benefits both sides of the law - Nov. 17, 2001 PC
Board OKs huge land purchase - Nov. 17, 2001 MilwJS
Dioxin levels threat  - Nov. 17, 2001 (United Kingdom)
Govt told to cut dioxins in food - Nov. 16, 2001 (United Kingdom)
High rate of Ritalin use brings call for action; find causes, manage child behavior better - Nov. 16, 2001
Water is the issue in Utica ethanol hearing  - Nov. 16, 2001 ON
Forged on Agnelli's production line (Appleton Coated) - Aug. 2001 (Italy)
Corps of Engineers' Shift on Wetlands Raises Concerns - Nov. 16, 2001 MilwJS
Corps changes wetlands policy ; Plan draws fire from environmentalists - Nov. 16, 2001 (Washington)
Engineer: Cleanup of PCBs should include bay of Green Bay - 
Nov 16, 2001 MilwJS
Engineer: Cleanup should include bay - Nov. 16, 2001 NC
Cleanup possible for the Bay - Nov. 16, 2001 PG
Whooping cranes fly over Georgia on last leg of trip - Nov. 16, 2001 PG
Pleasure Boat Wakes Stir Up Trouble - Nov. 16, 2001 ENS
As missile defense moves forward, northern communities raise concerns - Nov. 16, 2001 ENN
War, drought bring famine, disease - Nov 15, 2001
Whooping cranes reach Georgia as they follow airplane south - Nov. 15, 2001 MilwJS
Engineer Questions Lack of Bay Cleanup - No 15, 2001 WisPolitics
Senate Panel OKs $174B Farm Bill  - Nov. 15, 2001 PG
New Antibiotic Found in Fish - Nov. 15, 2001 ENS
Car Solvent Can Cause Nerve Damage - Nov. 15, 2001 MilwJS
President signs spending measure on energy and water - Nov. 15, 2001 ENN
Most say they'd pay PCB costs - Nov. 15, 2001 PG
Survey: Cleanup justifies higher prices - Nov. 15, 2001 PG
State moves to purchase 9,200 acres from utility; conservationists skeptical - Nov. 15, 2001 MilwJS
State plan to buy Peshtigo River land hailed as 'win-win-win' - Nov. 15, 2001 PG
Purchase of Peshtigo River land finalized - Nov. 15, 2001 NC
Studies of Kids and PCBs - Nov. 2001 (Illinois)
Arsenic tainted well raises Hobart resident's ire - Nov. 15, 2001 PG
State To Purchase 9,200 Acres From WPS - Nov. 14, 2001 Pesh.
Bush signs bill banning drilling under Great Lakes - Nov. 14, 2001 (Michigan)
Economist forecasts a strong recovery within year - Nov. 14, MilwJS
Scientists favor dredging of Hudson - Nov. 14, 2001 (New York)
Forum to focus on benefits of cleaned-up Fox River - Nov. 14, PG
Tri-county solid waste pact signed - Nov. 14, 2001 NC
Lower groundwater increases arsenic concern - Nov. 14, 2001 NC
Application for dive site is rejected by DNR: Maurina - Nov. 14, (Kewaunee)
NMC assures residents of nuclear plant safety - Nov. 14, 2001 (Kewaunee)
Paper firm cuts 115 jobs  - Nov. 13, 2001 PC
Genes Studied in Parkinson's Disease - Nov. 13, 2001 MilwJS
The suspect salmon ; How 'healthy' fish could be polluting our children's diets - Nov. 13, 2001 (London)
City eyes Riverside Park expansion - Nov. 13, 2001 ON
Plan: More traffic, road work, sprawl in Winnebago's future - Nov. 13, 2001 ON
Fox River arguments tired after 77 years - Nov. 13, 2001 NC
NMC assures local residents of nuclear plant safety - Nov. 13, 2001 NC
Experts Say World's Lakes Endangered  - Nov. 13, 2001 (Washington)
New condos set for Sister Bay overlooking yacht club - Nov. 13,  PG
Paint plant to pay $70,000 for polluting - Nov. 13, 2001 PG
Shrinking, dirty lakes on increase - Nov. 12, 2001 (Michigan)
Ritalin may have 'long-term side effects' - Nov. 12, 2001 (New York)
PCB-LACED FISH RISKY FOR ADULTS - Nov. 12, (Lake Michigan)
Toxic Chemicals' Security Worries Officials - Nov. 12, (Washington)
Thumbs-up to Neenah students studying Fox - Nov. 12, 2001 PC
World's lakes `facing huge ecological threats'  - Nov. 12, 2001 (London)
Reducing toxic exposures can help in war on cancer  - Nov, 2001 (Illinois)
Make GE pay rent for storing PCBs in river  - Nov, 2001 (New York)
Applying the lesson of PCBs to Crandon and the Wolf - 
Nov 11, 2001 PC
Water = Life - Nov. 11, 2001 (Kuala Lumpur)
Questions surround final cleanup costs - Nov. 11, 2001 PC
Itemized PCB bill eludes DNR - Nov. 11, 2001 PC
Impact on firms varies - Nov. 11, 2001 PC
City budget talks move like swift waters - Nov. 11, 2001 PC
Dredging up excuses  - Nov. 11, 2001 (New York)
Dredging seen as a big field test  - Nov. 11, 2001 (New York)
IP product helps protect soldiers - Nov. 11, 2001 PC
Product uses highly specialized paper - Nov. 11, 2001 PC
Toxins in oily fish break safety limits - Nov. 11, 2001 (London)
Cleanup impact uncertain - Companies try to downplay financial threat of PCB plan - Nov. 11, 2001 PG
$308 million estimate seen as low by some - Nov. 11, 2001 PG
Responsible companies will deal with costs in different ways - Nov. 11, 2001 PG
Costs for PCB cleanup yet to be allocated - Nov. 11, 2001 PG
Kaftan was pioneer in fighting river pollution - Nov. 11, 2001 NC
PCBs in the News - Winter Edition (EPA)
CO2 Emissions Climb in 2000 - Nov. 10, 2001 MilwJS
Registry requires warning of pesticide use - Nov. 10, 2001 MilwJS
New mill owners take stock  - Nov. 10, 2001 PC
Buyout plan came in the nick of time - Nov. 10, 2001 PC
Sept. 11 terrorist attacks threatened employee plan - Nov. 10, MilwJS
Employees at Appleton Papers Inc. invested retirement savings to take over the firm - Nov. 10, 2001 MilwJS
Historic Chaudoir’s Dock to reopen - Nov. 9, 2001 DCA
Outdoor Recreation Report - Nov. 9, 2001 DCA
Pollutant holds back children  - Nov. 9, 2001 (United Kingdom)
Security beefed up near nuclear plant  - Nov. 9, 2001 Kewaunee
Restoration for Rush Lake’s sake  - Nov. 9, 2001 ON
Sale puts mill in workers' hands - Nov. 9, 2001 PC
Workers buy Appleton Papers - Nov. 9, 2001 MilwJS
American Tissue back in business - Nov. 9, 2001 PC
Pollutants affect babies' brains - Nov. 9, 2001 (Germany)
Fertility threat for dioxin (PCB) babies - Oct., 2000 (Japan)
Grant's OK allows Green Bay to test new sewage-treatment technology - Nov. 9, 2001 PG
Diabetes: the millennium bug
Sewerage district, SNC to receive federal funds - Nov. 9, 2001 NC
Lasee bill would exempt alternative energy from tax - Nov. 9, 2001 NC
Pollution holding back infants ; HEALTH  - Nov. 9, 2001 (Cardiff)
Polluted breast milk warning - Nov. 9, 2001 (London)
Manure damages stream - Nov. 9, 2001 PG
Climate Talks in Morocco Stalled  - Nov. 9, 2001 PG
State's road salt prices hit the roof - Nov. 9, 2001 PG
EPA URGED TO OK PLAN FOR HUDSON - Nov. 9, 2001 (New Jersey)
Beautification award winners listed - Nov. 9, 2001 NC
10 honored for their beautification efforts - Nov. 9, 2001 PG
Cranes lay over in Kentucky - Nov. 9, 2001 MilwJS
Beware of PCBs - Nov. 8, 2001 (Oklahoma)
Pollutants hitting public hard  - Nov. 8, 2001 (Bangkok)
Setting an arsenic standard - Nov. 8, 2001 MilwJS
Both sides sound off about drilling under Great Lakes - Nov. 8, 2001 (Michigan)
Tempers flare again on drilling - Nov. 8, 2001 (Michigan)
Salt prices won't burn area road departments  - Nov. 8, 2001 PC
Discharge subject of DNR suit  - Nov. 8, 2001 PC
Dredging's pace stirs controversy  - Nov. 8, 2001 (New York)
DNR sued over stormwater rules - Nov. 8, 2001 PG
US Veteran Helps Disfigured Vietnamese - Nov. 8, 2001 MilwJS
The fishing report  - Nov. 8, 2001 MilwJS
Ashcroft Restructures Justice Dept. - Nov. 8, 2001 MilwJS
Suburbs, city feel out position on water debate - Nov. 7, 2001 PG
State Senate approves ban on cyanide in mining - Nov. 7, 2001 NC
THE ART OF ECOLOGY - Nov. 7, 2001 (Pittsburgh)
Vietnamese Scientists Call for Immediate Compensation for Dioxin Victims - Nov. 7, 2001 (Hanoi)
Senate adopts tougher mining restrictions  - Nov. 7, 2001 PC
DNR looks to preserve Wolf River Bottomlands - Nov. 7, 2001 PC
Stewardship grant may result in DePere section of East River Trail - Nov. 6, 2001 PG
Mills disagree with themselves on cleanup costs - Nov. 6, 2001 NC
Former Fort Howard executive retires - Nov. 6, 2001 NC
Now is the time to take a closer look at alternative energy sources - Nov. 5, 2001 PC
Georgia-Pacific Board Elects President, Declares Quarterly Dividend - Nov. 5, 2001 (Georgia)
Industry, steelworkers join forces to back mine - Nov. 5, 2001 MilwJS
PCBs: What you should know - Nov. 5, 2001 NC
Everyone needs to preserve Great Lakes - Nov. 5, 2001 PG
Parking lot near Oxford fields covers PCB dirt - Nov 5, 2002 Anniston Star
Deep water disposal of bay PCBs under consideration - Nov. 4, 2001 PG
HOUSATONIC PCBS TIED TO WILDLIFE DAMAGE  - Nov. 4, 2001 (Massachusetts)
Clean bill of health for BBC 'scare' film on farm salmon - Nov. 4, 2001 (London)
Beaches benefit from wave of funding after terror attacks -  Nov. 4, 2001 (Florida)
Reviewing rotenone ; Chemical helps restore sport fisheries  - Nov. 4, 2001 (Washington)
It's time for an energy bill - Nov. 4, 2001 MilwJS
Area's manufacturing base is solid - Nov. 4, 2001 PG
Economists see light behind dark clouds - Nov. 3, 2001 MilwJS
Cost of the whole story on PCB cleanup: $1,630 - Nov. 3, 2001 PG
Arsenic limit compliance costly - Nov. 3, 2001 MilwJS
Dredging Project Offers a Lesson in Water Politics  - Nov. 2, 2001
Ecologists praise Lakes drilling ban - Nov. 2, 2001 (Michigan)
IP suitors come knocking - Nov. 2, 2001 PC
Union leaders prefer sale to closure in this economy  - Nov. 2, 2001 PC
Residents hope new owners respect tradition of activism - Nov. 2, 2001 PC
House Votes to Ban New Drilling - Nov. 2, 2001 MilwJS
Former Nicolet Paper Co. may be for sale  - Nov. 2, 2001 NC
Grass hedges to curb soil runoff - Nov. 2, 2001 (U.S.)
De Pere mill could be sold - Nov. 2, 2001 PG
Security increased near nuclear plants - Nov. 2, 2001 NC
Recession may skip Green Bay - Nov. 2, 2001 PG
Fox locks project gets House backing - Nov. 2, 2001 PC
$5 million federal ante for Fox Locks nears final hurdle - Nov. 2, 2001 PG
Arsenic level in Hobart well skyrockets - Nov. 1, 2001 PG
IP's Valley plants for sale - Nov. 1, 2001 PC
Fishing Report - Nov. 1, 2001 MilwJS

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

EPA
Environmental Protection
Agency

DNR
Wisconsin Dept. of
Natural Resources

USFWS
U.S. Fish & Wildlife
Service (Dept. of Interior)

 

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