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May 16, 2012

Dredging resumes on polluted Fox River after appeals court ruling

Dredging has resumed on the polluted Fox River after a federal appeals court denied NCR's request for a temporary stay.

Apr 29, 2012

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.

Apr 13, 2012

Judge: Responsibility for Fox River cleanup will go to trial

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.

Apr 12, 2012

Judge asked to resume costly cleanup of Fox River

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.

Feb 21, 2012

Trial to decide 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.

Oct 26, 2010

Court: Bat guano is not ‘pollution’

Bat guano is not a pollutant, as that term is used in a homeowner's insurance policy's pollution exclusion.

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