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December 2000

Wisconsin Department of Revenue Memorandum - Dec 28, 2001

Citizens oppose powerline - Dec 15, 2000

Speakers blast proposed power line as destructive - Dec 14, 2000

Hearings on proposed power line draw hundreds - Dec 14, 2000

Local residents testify at power line public hearings - Dec 14, 2000

Who supports the power line? Many, according to the Energy Lifeline Coalition - Dec 14, 2000

Policies may have prevented aquarium backlash - Dec 12, 2000

Academics question aquarium's actions - Dec 11, 2000

LCO, Stone Lake landowners testify against 345 kV power line - Dec 10, 2000

Tribal members testify against power line - Dec 7, 2000

To PSC: 'Not on my land'; Residents adamantly voice opposition to power line at hearings - Dec 6, 2000

Power line opponents testify - Dec 6, 2000

Testimony against power line abounds - Dec 6, 2000

Power line should go under ground - Dec 6, 2000

Power line testimony taken in Price County; Public gives opinion in spite of PSC's snubbing of county - Dec 6, 2000

Sam Cook: Tolerance, controversy not at odds, Dec. 6, 2000

Powerful testimony - Dec 5, 2000

In a `lights out' economy, Wisconsin loses - Dec 5, 2000

Rural residents against power line, Dec. 5, 2000

Hartley may receive energy systems; City official questions Minnesota Power gift in light of recent aquarium controversy - Dec 4, 2000

Power line is a threat to state - Dec 3, 2000

Trouble followed Slade's columns, Dec. 3, 2000

Aquarium squirms in spotlight of Slade issue, Dec 2, 2000

Public must attend meetings to discourage power line - Dec 2, 2000

Allete: Letter didn't force Slade's resignation - Dec 2, 2000
The letter - Published Dec 2, 2000

Xcel deal with Manitoba Hydro is allowed; Minnesota asked by tribe to block it on ecosystem concerns

Witness suggests landowners should get free electricity - Dec 1, 2000

Allete behind Slade's ouster from aquarium, wife claims, Dec. 1, 2000

November 2000

Four companies with lobbyists helped pay for summit - Nov 30, 2000

First public hearing held for the proposed power transmission line - 
Nov 30, 2000

Transmission line hearing to be held - Nov 30, 2000

Transmission line hearings are underway - Nov 30, 2000

Is history being repeated for Lac Courte Oreilles? Power line could provide more suffering for native people some say - Nov 29, 2000

State legislator criticizes scheduling of power line public hearings -
Nov 29, 2000

Let the Hearings Begin! - Nov 29, 2000

PSC hearing testimony on proposed power line across north - 
Nov 29, 2000

Power line hearings at hand - Nov 29, 2000

Commission hears testimony on plans for power line - Nov 29, 2000

Aquarium resignation revives union effort, Nov. 29, 2000

Opponents urge defeat of proposed power line. They protest that it's not needed and would disrupt people's lives - Nov 28, 2000

Cree Appeal re Nov 30 Hearing in St. Paul - Nov 28, 2000

Power struggle - Nov 28, 2000

Labor, industry coalition favors transmission line - Nov 28, 2000

Utilities try to rally support for power line at hearings - Nov 28, 2000

Wisc. Regulators To Begin Transmission Project Review - Nov 28, 2000

DNR, Park Service question transmission line - Nov 27, 2000

Power line hearings begin; Wisconsin panel to decide project's fate - Nov 26, 2000

Program explores hidden costs of power transmission line - Nov 26, 2000

Duluth's new aquarium attracts visitors, controversy - Nov 26, 2000

PSC hearing process ignored human health issue - Nov 22, 2000

Planned power line has ties to Canada dam - Nov 22, 2000

Testimony on the power line to begin Nov. 28; Allete responds to some S.O.U.L. questions - Nov 22, 2000

Opponents say utilities have not established need for power line - 
Nov 21, 2000

Andrew Slade/Point of View: Ex-aquarium educator defends power-line views, Nov. 21, 2000

The News Tribune's View: Embrace open dialogue, Nov. 19, 2000

Last chance approaches to say 'No' to power line; Public hearings to provide a public opinion forum - Nov 17, 2000

Program explores hidden costs of power transmission line; Speakers discuss social, environmental impacts of proposed line - Nov 17, 2000

Communities entitled to fee money - Nov 16, 2000

Ed Russell/Point of View: Environmental critique must be based on sound science, Nov. 16, 2000

Power line supporters stress project's financial impact, Nov. 16, 2000

Try teamwork for electric reliability - Nov 15, 2000

SOUL challenges the need for power line - Nov 2, 2000

Power line needed to meet Wisconsin's energy demands - Nov 2, 2000

Study indicates utility bills will increase without improvements in transmission system - Nov 1, 2000

North American Prairie: Harmful Hydro - Sierra Magazine Nov/Dec 2000

October 2000

Public will have 45 days to comment on PCB report - Oct 26, 2000

Request for more power lines hearings denied - Oct 25, 2000

Business concerns about insufficient power expressed; PSC criticized for creating anxiety about Power Up line - Oct 19, 2000

Marathon Board nixes power line - Oct 18, 2000

FEIS issued for 345 kV line - Oct 18, 2000

PSC: Power line meets needs but hurts nature - Oct 13, 2000

Environmental study sets stage for public hearings on power line - 
Oct 13, 2000

Sawyer County business leaders say power line is needed - 
Oct 13, 2000

Final report calls proposed power line a mixed blessing, Oct. 12, 2000

September 2000

Board to consider resolution against using county land for power line - Sept 22, 2000

Andrew Slade/Environmental Issues: Vote against the power line with conservation, Sept. 10, 2000

Transmission line hearings wrapping up in Duluth - Sept 9, 2000

Minnesota Power Becomes Allete - Sept 1, 2000

August 2000

Environmental expert testifies on power line's impact - Aug. 30, 2000

Opponents dominate hearing power line hearing - Aug. 29, 2000

Expert says power line no major health threat - Aug 29, 2000

Power line hearings open debate - Aug. 28, 2000

Wisconsin PSC unanimously rejects powerline foes' motion to step aside - Aug. 4, 2000

July 2000

Cree Nation keeps power-line debate emotional - July 29, 2000

Rivers Awareness Tour - July 24, 2000

Foes hope to highlight project's environmental problems - July 24, 2000

CUB OPPOSES ARROWHEAD TRANSMISSION LINE CALLS ARROWHEAD "UNACCEPTABLE" - July 5, 2000

Environmental group blasts power line plan; Proposal for 240-mile project called 'disaster' - July 5, 2000

Power line foes ask for independent panel - July 1, 2000

June 2000

"SOUL Filed a Motion With the PSC to Ask the Commissioners to Step Aside" - June 30, 2000 - MADISON, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)

Opponents of giant power line accuse regulators of bias - June 30, 2000

"We're being given the line on power project" - Green Bay News-Chronicle - June 21, 2000

Project evokes the past "Todays protests over planned power lines echo infamous conflicts 22 years ago" - Duluth News-Tribune, June 18, 2000

Power line issue sparks debate at public meeting - June 14, 2000

Power line must be overhead, PSC says; Proposal has worst environmental effects of 10 options - June 7, 2000

WI's Environmental Decade on t-line June 2, 2000.

May 2000

CUB's Motion to Require Resubmission - May 30, 2000

State issues review of proposed power line - May 23, 2000

Protesters target Minnesota Power shareholders meeting - May 10, 2000

Power available for Duluth-Wausau line - May 8, 2000

Line would be part of network; Supporters say proposed Duluth-Wausau power structure would tap into existing electricity - May 7, 2000

April 2000

Minnesota Environmental Quality Board OKs hearings - April 21, 2000

County Board makes power line endorsement - April 21, 2000

March 2000

Some worry power line will reduce adjacent property values - March 12, 2000

The land and the line - March 12, 2000

February 2000

EMF fears biggest concern of power line opponents - Feb. 27, 2000

Opponents raise other safety issues - Feb 27, 2000

Power line hearings delayed - Feb. 24, 2000

Scope of power line hearings undecided - Feb. 18, 2000

Property owners oppose proposed power line - Feb. 13, 2000

Power line's impacts could be debated - Feb. 8, 2000

Without new line, businesses fear competitive edge loss - Feb. 6, 2000

January 2000

Opponents electrify meeting called by lawmaker - Jan. 31, 2000

Public hearings crucial to future of power line - Jan. 30, 2000

Power company plans take differing tacks - Jan 30, 2000

Minnesota, Wisconsin approval processes differ - Jan 30, 2000

Hearings on power line delayed - Jan. 25, 2000

Duluth-Wausau power line divides Wisconsin - Jan. 23, 2000

"Cree group urges boycott of Manitoba Hydro" -The Globe and Mail, Toronto, Jan. 12, 2000.

"NSP, regulators ordered to testify about electric project" -The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Jan. 4, 2000.
 


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