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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November 2002

DNR wants uniform beach testing, warnings - Nov 15, 2002 NC
DEP investigates Glatfelter mill The company says the department is looking into water quality management - Nov 15, 2002 Pennsylvania PQ
Pro-Industry Senator to Chair Environment Committee - Nov 15, 2002 ENS
Whistle Blows Again at Corps - Nov 15, 2002 Washington Post
Should Beauty Products Contain Chemicals Linked to Birth Defects - Nov 15, 2002 ENS
US judge asked to find Bush admin in contempt - Nov 15, 2002 Reuters
Georgia-Pacific to Suspend Production at Three Plywood Manufacturing Facilities - Nov 15, 2002 PR Newswire PQ
Water-deal vote likely Monday - Nov 14, 2002 PG
Sturgeon Bay weighs new water tower costs - Nov 14, 2002 PG
UWGB takes over Point au Sable Nature Preserve - Nov 14, 2002 PG
Great Lakes Legacy Act is needed - Nov 14, 2002 BattleCreek Enquirer
Defense Bill Includes Exemption for Military - Nov 14, 2002 ENS
US "energy lite" bill omits wind, renewable fuels - Nov 14, 2002 Reuters
EPA to Enact Long-Contested Smog Standard - Nov 14, 2002 LATimes
Green Bay considers $20 water-bill hike - Nov 13, 2002 PG
Levin, Stabenow praise passage of bill to clean polluted lake sediment - Nov 13, 2002 MilwJS
Appleton Papers says shipments declined - Nov 13, 2002 MilwJS PQ
Great Lakes Bill Funds Sediment Cleanup - Nov 13, 2002 ENS
States pressure EPA to protect Great Lakes from invasive species - Nov 13, 2002 MilwJS
Army Corps employee awarded for whistle blowing; corps quiets him - Nov 13, 2002 MilwJS
Weekly fishing report - Nov 13, 2002 MilwJS
Feds Collaborate on Brownfields Reclamation - Nov 13, 2002 ENS
Chemical Exposure May Reduce Sperm Quality - Nov 13, 2002 ENS
Increasing Power Needs May Boost Pollution - Nov 13, 2002 ENS
GAO questions EPA decision to reassign ombudsman - Nov 13, 2002 NJ.com
Mill jobs given pounds 10m boost - Nov 13, 2002 UK PQ
Power line’s price tag doubles - Nov 12, 2002 PG
Appleton Papers Reports Third Quarter 2002 Results - Nov 12, 2002 PR Newswire PQ
Wisconsin DNR News & Outdoor Report - Nov 12, 2002 WisPolitics
Cities with higher air pollution also have highest medical costs - Nov 12, 2002 NJ.com
The Cost Of Dirty Air - Nov 12, 2002 CBS
Air Pollution Raises Health Costs for Elderly - Nov 12, 2002 ENS
Great Lakes mayors seeking greater control - Nov 12, 2002 MLive
P&G files suit against Potlatch [and G-P] - Nov 12, 2002 Spokane PG
Pollution levels have significant impact on health service costs - Nov 12, 2002 Health-News UK
Healing Our World - The Numbers are Killing Us - Nov 12, 2002 ENS
Fox clean-up ruling due next month - Nov 11, 2002 PG
Menasha Dam undergoes first renovation in nearly 70 years - Nov 11, 2002 PG
Kaukauna clears way for wetland - Nov 11, 2002 PC
Engineers will analyze detention pond need - Nov 11, 2002 PC
Outdoor writer Jay Reed dead at 73 - Nov 11, 2002 PC
Sperm Quality Low in Farming Region - Nov 11, 2002 MilwJS
Sperm Quality, Count Low in Agricultural Mid-Missouri - Nov 11, 2002 EMS
On global warming, states act locally - Nov 11, 2002 MSNBC
Pollution linked to medical expenses - Nov 11, 2002 MSNBC
Draining the Great Lakes tub - Nov 11, 2002 NWITimes
Sturgeon license demand still high - Nov 10, 2002 PG
River cleanup may be in stages - Nov 10, 2002 PC
Power and responsibility - Nov 10, 2002 PC
Employee pipeline drying out - Nov 10, 2002 PC
NRA agenda bad for sportsmen - Nov 10, 2002 PC
Business, universities play to greed, self-interest - Nov 10, 2002 MilwJS
Precision Paper finds its niche - Nov 9, 2002 PG
A bad law in need of repeal - Nov 9, 2002 MilwJS
Jay and Thor have gone hunting again - Nov 9, 2002 MilwJS
His magic moved us for 40 years - Nov 9, 2002 MilwJS
PCB pollution found near Spolana - Nov 9, 2002 The Prague Post
Environmental Issues No Pushover for Bush - Nov 9, 2002 Los Angeles Times
Dow Says Michigan Has Agreed to Cleanup Standard - Nov 9, 2002 New York Times PQ
P&G dumps top candidates to assume office functions - Nov 8, 2002 PG
Menasha dam gets $850,000 facelift - Nov 8, 2002 PC
UN Food Agency Adopts Stronger Pesticide Code - Nov 8, 2002 ENS
White House takes aim at NEPA - Nov 8, 2002 ENN
Coastal Barriers Act Saves Taxpayers $1.3 Billion - Nov 8, 2002 ENN
Oil Found in Marsh Sediments 30 Years After Spill - Nov 8, 2002 ENN
Project to rid White Lake of contaminated sediment is still on schedule - Nov 8, 2002 Grand Rapids Press PQ
Environmentalists Fear Republican Gains - Nov 8, 2002 ABCNews
The battle over wild vs. farmed fish - Nov 8, 2002 CNN
Great Outdoors Almanac - Nov 7, 2002 PG
Thank Reed for outdoors memories - Nov 7, 2002 PG
Fierce carp threaten to invade Great Lakes - Nov 7, 2002 PG
Outdoor Recreation Report - Nov 7, 2002 DCA
New Bedford Harbor gets $6.5 million for cleanup - Nov 7, 2002 Providence PQ
New tone in new Congress? - Nov 7, 2002 MilwJS
Fatal fiber ; Health-care, legal crises generated by illnesses from asbestos - Nov 7, 2002 Seattle PQ
Georgia Blue Chips - Nov 7, 2002 Atlanta PQ
Bush Tax Cuts Spell Trouble Over Long Run - Nov 7, 2002 Newsday PQ
Belgian food agency discovers origin of PCB contamination in animal feed - Nov 7, 2002 BBC PQ
Samples will be taken of dredge material for Tamaqua project - Nov 7, 2002 Pennsylvania PQ
U.S. says E.U. stance on environment threatens WTO talks - Nov 7, 2002 ENN
Conservation Groups Fear Republican Congress - Nov 7, 2002 ENS
Bringing the outdoors in - Nov 6, 2002 NC
We teach kids the darnedest things - Nov 6, 2002 NC
Fund for control of gypsy moth losing in Marinette County - Nov 6, 2002 PG
DNR inspects Cedarburg dam - Nov 6, 2002 MilwJS
Speculation swirls on Doyle's possible picks for top jobs - Nov 6, 2002 MilwJS
Weekly fishing report - Nov 6, 2002 MilwJS
New Bedford to get $$ for harbor cleanup - Nov 6, 2002 Boston Herald PQ
Republicans Win, Environment Loses in 2002 - Nov 6, 2002 ENS
EPA approves new guide for water quality testing - Nov 6, 2002 WaterTech
Afghanistan stops flow of border river into Iran - Nov 6, 2002 PQ
Future of Renard Island more promising - Nov 5, 2002 NC
Water projects injected with $2 million in bonds - Nov 5, 2002 PC
Quake taints state wells - Nov 5, 2002 MilwJS
Healing Our World - The Cycles of Life Continue - Nov 5, 2002 ENS
Darboy's development plows under the past - Nov 4, 2002 PG
Spikehorn natural area almost a done deal - Nov 4, 2002 DCA
Outdoor Recreation Report - Nov 4, 2002 DCA
Bush administration hits polluters with fewer, smaller fines - Nov 4, 2002 Knight Ridder PQ
Polluters should pay for Superfund cleanups - Nov 4, 2002 Tennessee PQ
Asarco creditors keeping eye on cleanup - Nov 4, 2002 Tacoma PQ
Ohio DNR Director Sam Speck to head Great Lakes Commission - Nov 4, 2002 ENN
The Death Of The Internet - Nov, 2002 TomPaine.com
Aquatic Nuisance Species: The time to act is now! - Nov 4, 2002 ENN
Report calls for $80 million boost in regional conservation funding - Nov 4, 2002 ENN
Health worries over mercury prompt reduction, studies of past use - Nov 4, 2002 Chicago Tribune PQ
Fish 'farms' are raising a ruckus ; Science, conservation square off over salmon - Nov 4, 2002 PQ
Clean water threat Series - Nov 4, 2002 PQ
Ris Paper Company Achieves Group FSC Certification - Nov 3, 2002 ENN
Presence of secretive salamander is a sign of healthy environment - Nov 3, 2002 PG
Green Bay's Ecosource is the nation's largest recycler - Nov 3, 2002 PG
Homeowners can register for pesticide notification - Nov 3, 2002 PG
Fishing for salmon quite an experience - Nov 3, 2002 PC
Fox Valley work ethic major asset - Nov 3, 2002 PC
Megafarm no friend of environment - Nov 3, 2002 Manitowoc
Museum's ship coming in 2003 - Nov 3, 2002 Manitowoc
Public health agencies plan on pooling their resources - Nov 3, 2002 MilwJS
A year after they bought their own company - Nov 3, 2002 MilwJS PQ
UK scientists to turn fish vegetarian - Nov 3, 2002 BBC
User fees flush out Neenah’s water bill - Nov 2, 2002 PC
State shoreland protection plans up for review and revision - Nov 2, 2002 NC
Nuclear panel starts special inspection of Point Beach - Nov 2, 2002 PG
Legislators should back ethics reform - Nov 2, 2002 PG
Appleton Papers employees' gamble appears to be paying off - Nov 2, 2002 MilwJS
Duck hunting outing a family affair - Nov 2, 2002 MilwJS
EPA chief, on campaign swing, doles out grants - Nov 2, 2002 Providence PQ
Summit seeks end to fish crisis - Nov 2, 2002 BBC
SCA's new Alabama mill to affect little here - Nov 1, 2002 PG
Water authorities say deal all but done; vote expected - Nov 1, 2002 PG
Wisconsin ill-prepared for a bioterrorism attack, HHS says - Nov 1, 2002 MilwJS
Bush Administration Blocks Progress on Toxics Treaty - Nov 1, 2002 U.S. Newswire PQ
Monsanto posts wider loss as Roundup sales slump - Nov 1, 2002 Reuters
Agnelli family told replacement of chairman would help troubled group weather crisis [link to Appleton Paper] - Nov 1, 2002 Financial Times London PQ
Pacific Salmon Benefit from New Organic Eco-Label - Nov 1, 2002 ENS
Dying Plants Double: New calculation of threatened species gives startling result - Nov 1, 2002 Nature.com

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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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