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90 mentions for outlet: Knoxville News-Sentinel
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TVA reversed its decision to outsource 120 information technology jobs after President Trump publicly criticized the utility and signed an executive order forbidding federal agencies from outsourcing jobs overseas. CEO Jeff Lyash announced all previous layoffs…
“public back in the public utilities”
KUB Board Chair Kathy Hamilton defends the utility's nonpolitical governance structure in response to a special-interest group's call for charter amendments. The op-ed highlights KUB's track record of affordable rates, reliable service, and clean energy initiatives,…
Op-ed by Simon Mahan, director of the Southern Wind Energy Association, arguing that TVA should increase wind power in its Integrated Resource Plan to achieve its vision of being a leading clean energy provider by 2020.…
Op-ed by Dan Hurst, founder of Strata-G consulting firm, arguing for increased investment in clean energy technology and R&D. Hurst cites EPA's Clean Power Plan, climate projections for Tennessee, and the American Energy Innovation Council's call…
Climate Knoxville, a community event at Market Square, brought together environmental organizations to discuss climate action and carbon reduction. Network developer Louise Gorenflo emphasized the moral imperative of reducing carbon emissions and highlighted the EPA's Clean…
“Baby breaches happen more frequently than you might realize — few heard about the 10,000 gallons of coal ash slurry that escaped TVA's Widows Creek impoundment in Alabama just weeks after Kingston's catastrophic failure.”
“It is high time that the EPA gets the job done. They've just kicked the can down the road.”
“Tennessee is a world leader in electric technology”
“I think he is personally committed to seeing these plants retired. I think he understands that the time for a number of these plants has come and gone.”
“One reason we have been really pushing TVA to be supportive of this industry is that Tennessee is well-positioned to be a leader in the solar manufacturing world”
A Union of Concerned Scientists report finds that Tennessee ranks eighth nationally in coal imports, spending $1.21 billion in 2008 to transport coal from out-of-state sources. The report argues that 60 percent of Tennessee's power demand…
“There is an impact. If the attitude is, let's bring this all from the outside, then you lose that economic impact in the state.”
The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy unveiled a biodiesel production facility at the University of Tennessee's agricultural campus that converts used restaurant cooking grease into renewable fuel. The portable facility, funded by a $140,000 state grant…
Letters to the editor responding to Cal Thomas's column dismissing climate change concerns. Writers argue that people of faith have a moral obligation to address climate change through energy efficiency and renewable energy adoption. The second…
