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11 mentions for outlet: Chattanooga Free Press
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“The environmental community is frustrated by TVA's unwillingness at this point to try to negotiate a settlement with EPA. The only time TVA has taken action to clean up its pollution has been in the face of regulatory or legal action.”
The National Parks Conservation Association is launching a grassroots campaign at Great Smoky Mountains National Park to address worsening ozone pollution, which has been ranked among the worst in the nation for two consecutive years. The…
TVA held a public meeting to receive comments on Chairman Craven Crowell's proposal to end federal funding for the agency's non-power programs by fiscal year 1999. Environmental activists and critics, including Bruce Wilkey of the Sierra…
TVA Chairman Craven Crowell announced that the agency has not yet decided on a rate increase or completion timeline for a cost-of-service study. The article covers a TVA board meeting in Tullahoma, Tennessee, where Crowell also…
TVA Director Johnny Hayes testifies before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on his confirmation, promising to protect employee jobs amid a proposal to eliminate the agency's $106 million annual federal appropriation. The proposal aims…
A letter to the editor from Jack Pine of Dunlap, Tennessee, responding to coverage of a public meeting on a proposed pumped storage power plant in Bledsoe County. Pine argues for keeping an open mind about…
“These lands and our tax dollars for years have been taken by this "Authority" for the greater public good, not the narrow financial interest of a few in positions of power”
“unless they get out and get ahead on this issue, we're going to paint them into a corner that this is their fault because it's happening on their watch”
A letter to the editor from Nate Schwenk, a Watts Bar employee, defends TVA and the Watts Bar nuclear plant against criticism raised by Steve Smith in a prior column. Schwenk argues that while the plant…
“TVA should instead invest in helping its customers use energy wisely so we can protect both the environment and our pocketbooks”
“I'm not going to back away from the fact that I completely support the rights of those protesters to demonstrate. I strongly believe in this country that that's a right and they should do it.”
