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Efforts to dredge toxic industrial chemicals from the Fox River should continue, a federal judge has ruled.
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Read More »2 companies in Fox River cleanup won’t have to pay
A federal judge has decided that two companies won't have to pay for the cleanup of PCBs from Little Lake Butte des Morts and portions of the Fox River.
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Read More »Judge orders NCR to resume Fox River cleanup
A federal judge's ruling has opened the door to full-scale cleanup of a Wisconsin river polluted by toxins from a bygone papermaking era.
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Read More »Fox River cleanup still on hold
Cleaning up contaminated sediment from the Fox River in Brown County remains stalled until a judge can figure out who has to pay for the project, which could cost more than $1 billion.
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Read More »When will costly cleanup of Fox River resume?
Federal prosecutors were expected to ask a judge Thursday to restart the cleanup of contaminated sediment from the Fox River in Brown County, a project that could cost more than $1 billion.
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Read More »Who’s responsible for costly cleanup of Fox River?
A federal trial in Milwaukee has several paper companies arguing over which firms are responsible for cleaning up the Fox River contaminated decades ago by discharges from the papermaking process.
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Read More »Judge halts some cleanup of polluted Fox River (UPDATE)
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The third year of dredging at the polluted Fox River could end as early as next week after a federal judge raised questions about who’s liable for the cleanup. Paper company Appleton and NCR Corp. ...
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Read More »Judge: NCR must pay $700M for Green Bay-area river cleanup
By DINESH RAMDE Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — A federal judge in Wisconsin has ruled NCR Corp. and Appleton Papers Inc. must pay an estimated $700 million to help clean a contaminated river. The judge this week ruled Atlanta-based NCR ...
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Read More »Court sides with paper mill in Fox River cleanup (UPDATE)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two companies that once insured Appleton Papers, Inc. are liable for $10 million toward the cleanup of the Fox River after a court decision Tuesday, the firm’s lawyer said. The 2-1 ruling by the Wisconsin Court ...
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