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“If the staff has bought off on it, I would find it very unlikely that the board would split on it. There is some merit in what Thornton is doing in trying to make an effort to offset the development. He is putting together a package that may be of great value archeologically and culturally. Thornton's going to give more land and, some would argue, land of greater value.”
A letter to the editor from Emily Saunders, Climate and Air Program coordinator at the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, urges Senators Frist and Alexander to support the McCain-Lieberman Climate Stewardship Act to set a national…
“The electric power industry's air pollution plan looks to be down for the count. That's great news for the Tennesseans, and bad news for the polluting energy companies who were looking forward to this sweetheart deal. Even with a majority in the committee and in Congress, the White House has been unable to move this bill for the simple reason that it means more pollution and dirtier air.”
A brief community notice announces an upcoming meeting in Oak Ridge on TVA's Green Power Switch program and wind turbines at Buffalo Mountain. Gil Melear-Hough, a green power specialist with the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy,…
“TVA's past massive debt from its incomplete or rehabilitated nuclear plants and to terrorists' interest in damaging nuclear plants as two big reasons not to complete more nuclear plants. He estimates that more than 75 percent of TVA's $24 billion debt has been caused by nuclear plant construction.”
“It's very inappropriate for people to be horsing around inside a nuclear reactor. That reeks of being dangerous. The ice cooling baskets are designed to be available in the event of danger, and they're up there goofing around. It doesn't build confidence that TVA is managing these very unforgiving machines.”
“Now states across the Southeast can begin the work necessary to protect the most vulnerable, including children, seniors, asthmatics, and others with chronic lung disease”
A KnoxNews perspectives column mentions that the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy is challenging U.S. Senate candidate Lamar Alexander over his support of President Bush's "Clear Skies" bill. The article appears in a section covering various…
“Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the crown jewel of this region. It serves as an economic engine for tourism in East Tennessee. It's time for federal representatives to move beyond talk to action.”
