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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Oct 11- 20, 2006

Oct 21- 31, 2006

October 1-10, 2006

Coast Guard defends plan for Great Lakes live fire exercises - Oct 10, 2006 MJS
Waterfront revitalization funding to be announced today - Oct 10, 2006 PG
Appleton deer hunt plan on YMCA land moves forward - Oct 10, 2006 PC
Board of Commissioners of Public Lands: Natural Area Lands to be Preserved - Oct 10, 2006 WisPolitics
International Ecology Group Starts In City: New Organization Will Highlight Link Between Climate Change And Disease - Oct 10, 2006 WSJ
Co-ops Gaining In Popularity In Several Towns: More People Seek Organic Foods - Oct 10, 2006 CapTimes
Spinach Inquisition Planned: Spinach From A Lot Of Fields Gets Mixed Together, And Now The First Warning Comes When Somebody Becomes Sick - Oct 10, 2006 WSJ
From Burgers to Spinach, Food Chain is Vulnerable to Outbreaks - Oct 10, 2006 ENN
Letter: It's time to take action on threat of global warming (Scroll down) - Oct 10, 2006 PG
Editorial: Trees safe for now, but keep lookout - Oct 10, 2006 PG
Editorial: Rain Garden Is Born, And Needs Your Help - Oct 10, 2006 CapTimes
[PCB] The message in the (plastic) bottle is dire - Oct 10, 2006 SeattlePI
[PCB] Warning About Eating Fish From The James River - Oct 10, 2006 WTKR
[PCB] PCB contamination in Anniston to be addressed at Oct. 16 meeting - Oct 10, 2006 Birmingham Business Journal
[Dioxin] Harbour pollution still high - Oct 10 (11), 2006 Sydney Morning Herald
An Urgent Call by Scientists to ... Defend Science - Oct 10, 2006 Truthout
Marc Ash Interviews Bill Moyers Part II: "Is God Green?" - Oct 10, 2006 Truthout
Believers Preach Gospel of Green - Oct 10, 2006 Truthout
Former pesticide executive to head EPA office - Oct 10, 2006 MSNBC
Kermit had it wrong: It can be easy being 'green': 'Today' contributor Lou Manfredini shares a look at environmental advances that can help homeowners save money and do some good for the planet Oct 10, 2006 MSNBC
The Freshwater Boom is Over. Our Rivers Are Starting to Run Dry - Oct 10, 2006 Common Dreams
Why the Frogs Are Dying: Climate change is no longer merely a matter of numbers from a computer model. With startling swiftness, it is reordering the natural world - Oct 10 (16), 2006 MSNBC

Neighbors are wary of proposed recycling facility - Oct 9, 2006 PG
Water Authority pipeline update - Oct 9, 2006 PG
Book Predicts Great Lakes Water Fight to Heat Up - Oct 9, 2006 ENN
Green, Doyle bandy over Menards decision: They disagree on how DNR handled expansion process - Oct 9, 2006 MJS
Menards To Build Centers Out Of State: Decision Blamed On DNR Dispute - Oct 9, 2006 CapTimes
Letter: Step by step, city parks becoming friendlier to pets - Oct 9, 2006 SP
Opinion: Ethanol Is Not Renewable Fuel - Oct 9, 2006 WSJ
[PCB] O'Keefe lauded for healthy efforts - Oct 9, 2006 Connecticut Post
[PCB] Wasteland to playland? - Oct 9, 2006 Salt Lake Tribune
[PCB] DOE hopes to save tainted pond - Oct 9, 2006 Knoxville News Sentinel
[PCB] Local company cleaning up polluted sites - Oct 9, 2006 Sentinel & Enterprise
[PCB] Granny's Struggle: Survival perfected by years spent navigating a changing sea - Oct 9, 2006 SeattlePI
[Dioxin] Company seeking to build trash port is trying new type of venture - Oct 9, 2006 Virginian Pilot
EPA Scientists Losing Access to Journals: Cuts in Subscription Budgets Take Scientific Journals and Eco-News Offline - Oct 9, 2006 Common Dreams
Factfile: Underground nuclear testing - Oct 9, 2006 BBC
Green living takes root in Sweden - Oct 9, 2006 BBC
Earth's Ecological Debt Crisis: Mankind's 'Borrowing' from Nature Hits New Record - Oct 9, 2006 Common Dreams
World Hits Annual Sustainable Resource 'Overshoot' - Oct 9, 2006 ENN
Planet enters 'ecological debt': Rising consumption of natural resources means that humans began "eating the planet" on 9 October, a study suggests - Oct 9, 2006 BBC
The Human Race is Living Beyond Its Means - Oct 9, 2006 Common Dreams
Bill Moyers Q&A on religion, environment: Grist magazine interviews him on new PBS series 'Is God Green?' - Oct 9, 2006 MSNBC

Preservationists push state to fund farmland protection - Oct 8, 2006 MJS
Hungry walleyes reward fall anglers - Oct 8, 2006 PG
Letter: Protect water, pass runoff rules - Oct 8, 2006 SP
Commentary: Make protection of resources about science, not politics - Oct 8, 2006 MJS
Commentary: Legislators have right, duty to get involved for citizens - Oct 8, 2006 MJS
Editorial: Leaks and sewer overflows - Oct 8, 2006 MJS
Post-Crescent: We're looking for new community columnists - Oct 8, 2006 PC
[PCB] North Andover company closes junkyard - Oct 8, 2006 Eagle-Tribune
[PCB] Herhold:Moffett crews saving turtles amid cleanup - Oct 8, 2006 Mercury News
[PCB] What fish to eat, why - Oct 8, 2006 Toronto Sun
[PCB] Chemical trespass: Companies not required to disclose carcinogens - Oct 8, 2006 Winnipeg Sun
U.S. Rules Allow the Sale of Products Others Ban: Chemical-laden goods outlawed in Europe and Japan are permitted in the American market - Oct 8, 2006 Common Dreams

E. coli cases linked to Expo - Oct 7, 2006 MHT
Improper planting dooms area trees - Oct 7, 2006 PG
Door County bottled water on tap - Oct 7, 2006 PG
Food put on short leash — 100 miles - Oct 7, 2006 PG
Global Warming Policy In Gridlock: Emissions Of "greenhouse" Gases In The United States Are Continuing To Grow As The Nation's Leaders Debate Efforts To Control Pollution While Not Harming The Economy - Oct 7, 2006 WSJ
Weekly outdoor notes - Oct 7, 2006 MJS
Letter: Examine candidates' votes on environmental issues - Oct 7, 2006 PC
Commentary: Closed-door government undermines public interest in water policy - Oct 7, 2006 SeattlePI
Commentary: Well Good - Sort hydrogeological myths from facts before setting water precedents - Oct 7, 2006 MJS
Commentary: Western lakes at greater risk than Lake Michigan - Oct 7, 2006 MJS
Commentary: Ensuring a resource for growing suburbs will test our ability to act as a region - Oct 7, 2006 MJS
[PCB/Dioxin] While remembering 9/11, don’t forget the workers - Oct 7, 2006 People's Weekly World
[Dioxin] Scientist: Cancer omitted in study; Defoliant's effect on vets checked - Oct 7, 2006 Myrtle Beach Online
[Dioxin] City, state settle landfill suit - Oct 7, 2006 Sun-Sentinel
Is Water the Best Medicine? - Oct 7, 2006 AlterNet

E. coli cases linked to Expo - Oct 6, 2006 PC
Earth Charter Summit promotes environmental, cultural awareness - Oct 6, 2006 ON
Get out there: Tour solar buildings - Oct 6, 2006 PG
Trees To Be Sacrificed To Fight Pest: State Hunts For Emerald Ash Borer - Oct 6, 2006 WSJ
Utilities To Get Wind Power - Oct 6, 2006 CapTimes
Letter: Great Lakes desperately in need of restoration - Oct 6, 2006 SP
Lake tributary is latest strategy: Waukesha seeking way to return wastewater - Oct 6, 2006 MJS
Commentary: Waukesha already leads in conserving water resources - Oct 6, 2006 MJS
[PCB] Thousands flee Apex fire - Oct 6, 2006 News & Observer
[PCB] Apex fire may smolder until dawn Saturday - Oct 6, 2006 News & Observer
[PCB] School PCB results on hold - Oct 6, 2006 Berkshire Eagle
[PCB] Environmental watchdogs helping to keep us safe - Oct 6, 2006 Home News Tribune
[PCB] Small Sauget is an oasis for businesses misfits - Oct 6, 2006 Belleville News-Democrat
[PCB] A shameful history of dumping on poor neighborhoods - Oct 6, 2006 Ventura County Star
[Dioxin] Scientist: Study may have underestimated cancer risk to veterans - Oct 6, 2006 Wis10
Expensive Stream Restoration Failures Will Diminish Our Nation’s Appetite for Restoration - Oct 6, 2006 ENN
U.S. goes own way on global warming strategy - Oct 6, 2006 MSNBC
Marine Scientists Report Massive "Dead Zones" - Oct 6, 2006 Common Dreams
145 Organizations Release "Sustainable Energy Blueprint" To Phase Out Nuclear Power, End Energy Imports, And Slash Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Oct 6, 2006 Common Dreams

[PCB] Letter: Cost isn't only factor in Fox River PCB removal (Scroll down) - Oct 5, 2006 PG
[Dioxin] Wisconsin die casting company fined for air violations - Oct 5, 2006 Waste News
Walk to School Day gives kids health, environmental benefits - Oct 5, 2006 PG
Voters may get a say on wastewater plant - Oct 5, 2006 PG
Energy efficiency a family tradition - Oct 5, 2006 SP
County in program to combat threat to ash trees - Oct 5, 2006 MHT
Panel wary of docking ship here - Oct 5, 2006 SP
Grant would help expand, preserve marsh: Conservationists ask DNR for aid in purchasing Hartford land - Oct 5, 2006 MJS
Area anglers compete in walleye championships - Oct 5, 2006 PG
Great Outdoors Almanac - Oct 5, 2006 PG
Letter: Vote for candidates who support rules to keep manure out of our water - Oct 5, 2006 SP
Letter: Clean water issues important to voters - Oct 5, 2006 MHT
Sierra Club: Releases 2005-06 Legislative Scorecard - Oct 5, 2006 WisPolitics (PDF)
Editorial: Seeing greenbacks in going 'green' in Oshkosh, Valley - Oct 5, 2006 ON
[PCB] Clean up the Hudson now, say Hinchey, environmentalists - Oct 5, 2006 Hudson Valley News
[PCB] Hinchey seeks health study on PCBs - Oct 5, 2006 Times Herald-Tribune
[PCB] Toxic risk in Sayreville? - Oct 5, 2006 Home News Tribune
[PCB] Queries surround Wares Creek dredging - Oct 5, 2006 Bradenton Herald
[PCB] County should focus on Justice Building - Oct 5, 2006 Press & Sun Bulletin
[PCB] Opinion: Wearing Pink Ribbons Is Not Enough - Oct 5, 2006 Synapse
[Dioxin] Dow licensing pact likely to get nod - Oct 5, 2006 Chicago Tribune
Mixed outcomes at climate talks: Climate talks between the world's top 20 polluters have ended with an unusual level of agreement on the urgent need to tackle greenhouse gas emissions - Oct 5, 2006 BBC

[PCB] Editorial: President, Congress must finish job by passing Great Lakes restoration - Oct 4, 2006 SP
Morrison to require permit for spreading manure - Oct 4, 2006 PG
Brown Co. suburbs' pipeline to miss December deadline - Oct 4, 2006 PG
State park to host nature programs Saturday Oct 7 - Oct 4, 2006 SP
Cashing in on organic foods - Oct 4, 2006 PC
Wisconsin ag officials say nearly 6,000 ash trees to be cut down - Oct 4, 2006 MJS
Water benefits special needs kids in more ways than fun - Oct 4, 2006 MJS
Two utilities team up with Iowa wind farm - Oct 4, 2006 MJS
Mixed feelings about earlier opener - Oct 4, 2006 MJS
Weekly fishing report - Oct 4, 2006 MJS
Letter: Dogs on beach will keep the gulls away - Oct 4, 2006 SP
Bill Berry: Grothmann vs. science (again); The Legislature does for ground water quality what it did for the Butler's garter snake - Oct 5, 2006 FightingBob
[PCB] American Women Need More Folate To Protect Against Birth Defects - Oct 4, 2006 American Council on Science and Health
[Dioxin] Hospitals go 'green' to cut toxins - Oct 4, 2006 Post-Gazette
E. Coli Found in Cattle Feces in Spinach Probe - Oct 4, 2006 ENN
Scientists Question U.S. Government Air Pollution Decision - Oct 4, 2006 ENN
National Park Service to Allow Commercial Bioprospecting - Oct 4, 2006 Truthout
U.S. Population Reaches 300 Million, Heading For 400 Million : No Cause for Celebration - Oct 4, 2006 ENN
US Population Reaches 300 Million, Heading for 400 Million - Oct 4, 2006 Truthout
The Gospel of Green: Evangelical Christians are increasingly part of the movement to protect God's green Earth - Oct 4, 2006 AlterNet
Stop dumping raw sewage in seas, U.N. warns: Report also cites farm runoff, predicts more pollution as coasts develop - Oct 4, 2006 MSNBC
Report: Sewage, coastal destruction threaten oceans - Oct 4, 2006 CNN
Climate inaction 'has high cost' - Oct 4, 2006 BBC
The Century of Drought: One third of the planet will be desert by the year 2100, say climate experts in the most dire warning yet of the effects of global warming - Oct 4, 2006 Common Dreams

[PCB] David Horst column: PCB money spawns hatchery improvements - Oct 3, 2006 PC
[Alachlor ESA] Politics Trumps Science On Ground Water Rules - Oct 3, 2006 CapTimes
[Alachlor ESA] Groundwater Article Challenged - Oct 3, 2006 WSJ
Ash trees to be cut to look for beetle: State will topple 6,000 in pursuit of emerald ash borer - Oct 3, 2006 MJS
Calumet sets hearing on land, water plan - Oct 3, 2006 PC
DNR: Wisconsin DNR News - October 3, 2006 - WisPolitics
Midwest Environmental Advocates, River Alliance of Wisconsin: 1,100 Miles of Northern Wisconsin’s Most Pristine Rivers Protected for All of Us - Oct 3, 2006 WisPolitics
Letters: Pass rules to keep liquid manure from getting into our waterways - Oct 3, 2006 SP
Opinion: Snakes in the grass; To the chagrin of the Butler's garter snake, the GOP Legislature makes its best case against science and in favor of Big Money - Oct 3, 2006 FightingBob
[PCB] Salmon Farms Kill Wild Fish - Oct 3, 2006 MongaBay
[PCB] Writer takes stock of toxins within him - Oct 3, 2006 CentreDaily
[PCB] J&L consultant briefs Springfield selectmen - Oct 3, 2006 Rutland Herald
[PCB] Owners of Reynolds smelter done with cleanup, EPA rules - Oct 3, 2006 Oregonian
[PCB/Dioxin] California to Measure Toxic Pollutants in People - Oct 3, 2006 LiveScience
[Dioxin] End of an era: Sydney fishermen left high and dry - Oct 3, 2006 NineMSN
Sea Lice Killed Up to 95% of Salmon, Team Finds - Oct 3, 2006 Truthout
Farmed Salmon Killing Off Wild Cousins - Oct 3, 2006 Common Dreams
Record Ozone Loss over Antarctic: European Space Agency - Oct 3, 2006 Common Dreams

U.S. FDA Says Spinach Safe but Has Bigger Concerns - Oct 2, 2006 ENN
A lighter energy load: Rebate on power-saving bulbs aims to help lower bills, usage - Oct 2, 2006 MJS
We Energies site to test emissions technology - Oct 2, 2006 MJS
AG Lautenschlager: State and Sheboygan Falls Real Estate Developers Settle Civil Charges for Environmental Ciolations at Two Project Sites - Oct 2, 2006 WisPolitics
Gov. Doyle: Discusses $450 Million Public, Private Investment Strategy to Develop Renewable Energy - Oct 2, 2006 WisPolitics
Letter: Global Warming Demands Action - Oct 2, 2006 CapTimes
[PCB] October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month - Oct 2, 2006 Hawaii Health Guide
[PCB] City eyes extra funds for Keith - Oct 2, 2006 South Coast Today
[PCB/Dioxin] Naturally and Safely Treat Contaminated Soil and Water with Natural Enviro 8000 Bioremediation - Oct 2, 2006 eMediaWire
Top 20 polluters gather in Mexico - Oct 2, 2006 BBC
The Population Bomb Is Ticking Again - Oct 2, 2006 Truthout

[PCB] Guest column: Fear, misinformation quashed useful PCB landfill - Oct 1, 2006 PG
Brown County facility keeps pace with hazardous waste - Oct 1, 2006 PG
Global warming's impact gauged in Oshkosh area: DNR specialist sees 'a lot of warning signs' - Oct 1, 2006 PG
Local officials look at global warming in the Oshkosh area - Oct 1, 2006 ON
Not a breath of fresh air: Ozone levels in Manitowoc County still too high - Oct 1, 2006 MHT
MPU taking steps to reduce ozone emissions - Oct 1, 2006 MHT
Manitowoc Ozone Air Quality - Oct 1, 2006 MHT
Mike Hoeft column: Only local-grown food for us for the next month: 100-mile diet plan aims to boost local economy - PG
Community program encourages local growers - Oct 1, 2006 PG
It's Not Easy Being Green. Or Is It? - Oct 1, 2006 WSJ
Commentary: Don't let mercury deal backfire - Oct 1, 2006 MJS
Commentary: Waukesha County keeping the vision - Oct 1, 2006 MJS
[PCB] Lower Duwamish Waterway Site Cleanup Agreement Signed - Oct 1, 2006 News Blaze
[PCB] EPA seeks Ford neighbors' input - Oct 1, 2006 NorthJersey
Ecological Upheaval on the Edge of the Ice - Oct 1, 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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