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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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October 21-31, 2004

Federal money to aid Door County land preservation - Oct 31, 2004 NC
Many helping hands support Rush Lake rehabilitation - Oct 31, 2004 Wisconsin Outdoors
Woodland Dunes plans harvest dinner - Oct 31, 2004 MHT
Jim Lee column: Forest expert Mike Dombeck lobbies for roadless rules  - Oct 31, 2004 Wisconsin Outdoors
Roy Lukes column: Purple? Not quite, but these finches sure do bite - Oct 31, 2004 PG
[PCB] Scientist seeks roadkill - Oct 31, 2004 Montreal Gazette
[Dioxin] State warns against burning trash with leaves - Oct 31, 2004 WCAX
[Dioxin] EPA orders tests for toxins at Corona aluminum plant - Oct 31, 2004 KESQ
The Military's Pass On Pollution - Oct 31, 2004 Planetizen
EPA Plan to Study Pesticides' Effect on Kids Spurs Backlash within Agency - Oct 31, 2004 Common Dreams
US must act over climate says Queen - Oct 31, 2004 Guardian
Report Sounds Alarm on Pace of Arctic Climate Change - Oct 31, 2004 Washington Post


Feds kick in $1.7M to preserve Door County land plots - Oct 30, 2004 PG
So, what does the city do with 4,500 tons of leaves, anyway? - Oct 30,2004 SP
The Urban Forest - Oct 30, 2004 WSJ
Awesome in autumn - Oct 30, 2004 WSJ
Outdoor notes - Oct 30, 2004 MilwJS
Tough way to go: Access to Beaver Lake truly a challenge - Oct 30, 2004 MilwJS
[PCB] Environment trumps any other issues for some voters - Oct 30, 2004 MSNBC
[PCB] Obsolete toxic ship dumping to be controlled - Oct 30, 2004 Yuba.Net
[PCB] Back in the pink - Oct 30, 2004 TimesOnline
[PCB] Soil concerns may delay MURF project - Oct 30, 2004 Simcoe
[Dioxin] Study finds 'no apparent health risk' from DuPont dioxins - Oct 30, 2004 Sun Herald
[Dioxin] Controversy over tire burning - October 30, 2004 L A Daily News
Free Ride for Military Polluters - Oct 30, 2004 Common Dreams


Manitowoc air cleaner, but still too dirty - Oct 29, 2004 MHT
[PCB] Army to tear down Badger buildings - Oct 29, 2004 Baraboo News Republic
DNR Board endorses snowmobile noise proposal - Oct 29, 2004 NC
Badger Paper Mills CFO stepping down - Oct 29, 2004 PC
[PCB] Toxic blight on Bay View Hunters Point - Oct 29, 2004 San Francisco Bay View
[PCB] Dredging to remove chemicals - Oct 29, 2004 Republican
[PCB] Schuylerville seeks funds through EPA program - Oct 29, 2004 Saratogian
[PCB] Air quality at sludge sites big concern - Oct 29, 2004 Troy Record
[PCB] County cleaning up toxic site in Bellevue - Oct 29, 2004 Seattle Times
[PCB] Obsolete Toxic Ship Dumping to be Controlled - Oct 29, 2004 Common Dreams
[PCB] Pollution fears threaten way of life in remote inlet - Oct 29, 2004 Seattle Times
[PCB] Town seeks grant to study work needed at Jard site - Oct 29, 2004 Bennington Banner
[PCB] Money Grab - Oct 29, 2004 Forbes
[Dioxin] Science-Politics Tension Dates Back Centuries - Oct 29, 2004 Canada Free Press
[Dioxin] DEQ director details state environmental challenges, plans - Oct 29, 2004 Cadillac News
Warming Trend in Arctic Is Linked to Emissions - Oct 29, 2004 NYTimes
Buildings get smarter on energy use - Oct 29, 2004 MSNBC
Environmental Policy Hastening Biblical 'End Times'? - Oct 29, 2004 Planetizen
A Dangerous Legacy: Bush's "ownership society" champions a hyper-individualism that threatens the commons - Oct 29, 2004 Truthout
Report: Disaster toll tripled in 2003 - Oct 29, 2004 CNN
Paying Double For Pollution - Oct 29, 2004 TomPaine
Exploiting The Environment - Oct 29, 2004 TomPaine


Due dates are set for power-line projects - Oct 28, 2004 PG
Yacht maker to add 70 jobs in Oconto County - Oct 28, 2004 PG
Editorial: Trestle Trail delay buys time for more fund raising - Oct 28, 2004 PC
John Oncken: Manure system digests messy problem - Oct 28, 2004 CapTimes
Pat Durkin column: We aim at CWD, kill bow hunt - Oct 28, 2004 Wisconsin Outdoors
[PCB] EPA removes hazardous waste - Oct 28, 2004 The Republican
[PCB] Fake fish used to check PCBs in Lake Anna - Oct 28, 2004 Fredericksburg
[PCB] Environmental study gives tribe lands ‘C’ rating - Oct 28, 2004 TheDesertSun
[Dioxin] Water, farming, growth take center stage - Oct 28, 2004 Saginaw News
[Dioxin] Tainan factory site blamed for cancer - Oct 28, 2004 Taipei Times
Update on an Old Warning: Beware the Coming Shortages - Oct 28, 2004 Common Dreams
Environmentalists Losing the War of Words, Says Berkeley Linguist - Oct 28, 2004 Bush GreenWatch
U.S. seeks to restrict appeals on dams - Oct 28, 2004 MSNBC
Oil Demands Can Be Met, but at a High Price, Energy Agency Says [So start using renewables!] - Oct 28, 2004 NYTimes


Public hearings set on mandatory livestock premises registration - Oct 27, 2004 MHT
Forum in Neenah to examine urban sprawl - Oct 27, 2004 PC
Green Bay writer records a passion for dogs, outdoors - Oct 27, 2004 Wisconsin Outdoors
Weekly fishing report - Oct 27, 2004 MilwJS
[Dioxin] Miller Compressing fined by the EPA for clean-air violations - Oct 27, 2004 MBJ - Oct 27, 2004 Milwaukee Business Journal
[Dioxin] Wisconsin aluminum recovery plant fined for air violations - Oct 27, 2004 Waste News
Opinion: 'Gardy loo' - Oct 27, 2004 NC
Roy Lukes column: Gulls gone mild - Oct 27, 2004 Wisconsin Outdoors
Letter: Put safety first, park second - Oct 27, 2004 SP
[PCB] PCBs found in St. Clair Shores drain after cleanup - Oct 27, 2004 MLive
[PCB] Toxins remain in canals: PCBs still found in two St. Clair Shores waterways after extensive federal cleanup - Oct 27, 2004 Detroit News
[PCB] Open house to address PCB cleanup - Oct 27, 2004 Times-Mail
[PCB] Depths attract discards, pollution - Oct 27, 2004 SignOnSanDiego
[PCB] Newport Shores court settlement to force cleanup of sediment - Oct 27, 2004 SeattlePI
[PCB] Botswana obliged to prohibit organic pollutants - Oct 27, 2004 Daily News
Throwplace: Revolutionizing the World of Recycling - Oct 27, 2004 ENN
The Godly Must Be Crazy: Christian-right views are swaying politicians and threatening the environment - Oct 27, 2004 Grist
Forest Service sued over wildlife change - Oct 27, 2004 MSNBC
US falls behind on solar power - Oct 27, 2004 Planetizen
Nasa Expert: Bush hides global warming evidence - Oct 27, 2004 SeattlePI
NASA scientist rips Bush on global warming: Renowned expert says data 'screened and controlled' - Oct 27, 2004 MSNBC
The Worst Environmental President in U.S. History - Oct 27, 2004 Truthout


Lack of money sidetracks Menasha trestle trail indefinitely - Oct 26, 204 PC
Wisconsin gypsy moth populations dropped this year - Oct 26, 2004 NC
DNR: Weekly News and Outdoor Report - Oct 26, 2004 Wheeler Report (PDF)
Robert F Kennedy, JR: Administration of plunder - Oct 26, 2004 Fighting Bob
Letter: City must listen to those who signed Sheridan Park petition - Oct 26, 2004 SP
Editorial: Statewide attack on gypsy moth pays off - Oct 26, 2004 SP
[PCB] St. Louis County opens fourth small-business incubator - Oct 26, 2004 St. Louis Business Journal
[Dioxin] Pulp laws set - Oct 26 (27), 2004 - Examiner.com.au
[Dioxin] Tas to fast-track pulp mill - Oct 26, 2004 ABC Tasmania
E.O. Wilson, Jane Goodall Join Opposition to Roadless Forest Reversal - Oct 26, 2004 Bush GreenWatch
Chemical Industry Funds Aid EPA Study - Oct 26, 2004 Washington Post
Bush Uses Market Incentives; Kerry Focuses on Rules - Oct 26, 2004 Washington Post
Explosives Missing from Iraqi Ex-military Site, Says U.N. - Oct 26, 2004 ENN
Whistle-Blower Asks for Halliburton Investigation - Oct 26, 2004 ENN
Global Warming Seen as Security Threat - Oct 26, 2004 ENN


Proposal aims at cutting dependence on foreign oil - Oct 25, 2004 NC
Gaylord Nelson: Environment now in crisis - Oct 25, 2004 CapTimes
Dane County stream taken off bad list - Oct 25, 2004 CapTimes
Sewage dumping reviewed - Oct 25, 2004 MilwJS
Is sewage an untapped energy source? - Oct 25, 2004 GLRC
Idea of grinding hill into gravel upsets neighbors - Oct 25, 2004 MilwJS
Snowmobile-noise proposal draws opposition - Oct 25, 2004 MilwJS
Great lakes water use, 2nd of 2 parts Plan ignites debate over home-field advantage - Oct 25, 2004 Bay City Times
Editorial: Consumers play energy role - Oct 25, 2004 MilwJS
Editorial: An unforgivable error - Oct 25, 2004 MilwJS
Check it out: Aquatic lab will raise city stature - Oct 25, 2004 ON
[PCB] Town moves to block dewatering site - Oct 25, 2004 Saratogian
[PCB] Council to see revised HCA tax package - Oct 25, 2004 Examiner
[PCB] Conservation groups, joined by the City of Los Angeles sue the Bush Administration - Oct 25, 2004 YubaNet
[PCB] Seventh Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention - Oct 25, 2004 IISD
[Dioxin] Workers exposed to dioxin have higher cancer rates - Oct 25, 2004 News-Medical.net
High tech buildings use sunlight, sea water to save energy - Oct 25, 2004 PlanetSave
Protect Our Forests: Still Time - Oct 25, 2004 TomPaine
NRC takes Web site offline - Oct 25, 2004 CNN
Mercury Dangers Downplayed in Favor of Power Industry - Oct 25, 2004 Bush GreenWatch
Bush Interior Dept. Pepper Sprays Top Cop - Oct 25, 2004 Truthout
What's Your Ecological Footprint? - Oct 25, 2004 Planetizen
Worse Than Global Warming? - Oct 25, 2004 Planetizen


Genetic tests show disputed Wisconsin snake may be unique - Oct 24, 2004 NC
Science Safari looks to hook girls on careers - Oct 24, 2004 PG
Reviving grasslands' booming voice - Oct 24, 2004 MilwUS
Fishing contest concludes - Oct 24, 2004 Wisconsin Outdoors
Gypsy moth numbers drop by almost half - Oct 24, 2004 MilwJS
Thirsty world threatens the lakes - Oct 24, 2004 Duluth News Tribune
Proposed policy could limit plants' water withdrawals - Oct 24, 2004 Detroit News
Roy Lukes column: Falling leaves paint fall’s landscape - Oct 24, 2004 PG
Editorial: Council must listen to clear message sent by citizens - Oct 24, 2004 SP
Patrick Schillinger column: People key to the paper industry - Oct 24, 2004 PC
[PCB] GE designs PCB removal project - Oct 24, 2004 JournalNews
[PCB] Old fridges and freezers wanted - Oct 24, 2004 HeraldNet
Recasting Wilderness as Open for Business - Oct 24, 2004 Truthout


[PCB] Pumpkins soak up pollution in study - Oct 23, 2004 Sun Herald
[PCB] Workers' widows look back in anger - Oct 23 (24), 2004 News.com.au
[Dioxin] Film on AO consequences for Vietnamese victims screened in London - Oct 23, 2004 VNA
[Dioxin] Picayune plant cleanup to be discussed by EPAEPA to hold public meetings on Picayune plant clean up - Oct 23, 2004 SunHerald
[Dioxin] Agent Orange: An Ongoing Atrocity - Oct 23, 2004 AntiWar.com


Dump on us - Oct 22, 2004 NC
Petitions may force referendum on city park: Vote sought on Sheridan Park as police station site - Oct 22, 2004 SP
Town panel lays out Wal-Mart deal - Oct 22, 2004 SP
Exotic species attack Great Lakes - Oct 22, 2004 PC
Controversial Great Lakes diversion mulled in Canada - Oct 22, 2004 WaterTech
[PCB] Hold put on hydro lands until studies conducted - Oct 22, 2004 Dundas Star News
[PCB] Companies warned over PCB violation - Oct 22, 2004 Argus
[PCB] The battle for Petty's Island - Oct 22, 2004 Courier Post Online
[PCB] Water Quality Concerns: New locations proposed for Superfund cleanup - Oct 22, 2004 Bassmaster
Pentagon Blocking Clean-Up of Toxic Waste - Oct 22, 2004 Bush GreenWatch
Ancient City of Teotihuacan a Modern Battleground Between Conservationists, Wal-Mart - Oct 22, 2004 Common Dreams
Audubon: Habitat Loss Threatens Bird Populations - Oct 22, 2004 Planetizen
Consumption of resources outstripping Earth's ability to cope - Oct 22, 2004 PlanetSave


Big whooping cough outbreak hits state and county hard - Oct 21, 2004 CapTimes
Exotic geese appear at Sheboygan lakefront - Oct 21, 2004 SP
Proposed pier rules set for hearings - Oct 21, 2004 DCA
From the ground up - Oct 21, 2004 DCA
City receives port grant - Oct 21, 2004 DCA
Shipbuilding makeover plans unveiled - Oct 21, 2004 DCA
Gov. Doyle: Announces Mid-State Tech to Share $5 Million Grant to Develop National Network for Pulp and Paper Technology Training - Oct 21, 204 WisPolitics (PDF)
Fuel-efficiency delays cost U.S.: By stalling legislation, Bush, Congress missed chance to save drivers billions - Oct 21, 2004 MilwJS
Frog researcher's invitation to speak withdrawn after pesticide controversy - Oct 21, 2004 Duluth News Tribune
In Wisconsin, a glacier left a playground for weekend wanderers - Oct 21, 2004 Tri-City Herald
[PCB] Vitrification test proves successful  - Oct 21, 2004 Tri-City Herald
[PCB] The dredge that sucks PCB-contaminated mud from New Bedford Harbor in Massachusetts makes a droning hum - Oct 21, 2004 Saratogian
[PCB] Saratoga may seek $10M from GE for communities - Oct 21, 2004 Saratogian
[PCB] New Studies Show PCB Levels in Farmed Salmon Comparable to Wild - Oct 21, 2004 PR Newswire
[PCB] Poisons, Begone! The dubious science behind the Scientologists' detoxification program for 9/11 rescue workers - Oct 21, 2004 Slate
[Dioxin] First Nations in the 21st Century - Oct 21, 2004 Nation
Rising oil prices boost renewable energy - Oct 21, 2004 MSNBC
World Living Beyond Its Environmental Means - Oct 21, 2004 Reuters
Humans pillaging planet: Report estimates we consume 20 percent more than sustainable - Oct 21, 2004 MSNBC
Editorial: Croak/Frogs send signal of extinction - Oct 21, 2004 StarTribune
Global Warming Effects Faster Than Feared - Oct 21, 2004 Reuters
 

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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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