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A federal judge ruled that the EPA must establish regulations for safe coal ash disposal, siding with environmental groups including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy in a lawsuit challenging the agency's failure to regulate coal…
“First, most of the land owned by TVA was consolidated by eminent domain from private citizens to be held and managed for the public good. Secondly, Tennessee Valley citizens, through their power distributors, have paid hundreds of millions of dollars in rates over the years and should have some equity share in the power assets that TVA currently owns.”
“The very large exposure to losses for U.S. taxpayers should the Vogtle project go awry, along with the known complexities of building two new reactors, underscore the importance of an objective and unbiased review of the project, its borrowers, and the appropriate credit subsidy level”
“However, with Big Oil and Big Coal commandeering the bulk of subsidies and incentives, it's difficult to see how we will make a meaningful policy shift to renewable energy and energy conservation in the near term.”
One year after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the article examines ongoing risks posed by aging GE Mark I reactors and new AP1000 designs planned for the South. The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy joined eight other…
Environmental and public-health groups, including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, plan to sue the EPA to force release of federal standards for coal-ash disposal. The lawsuit follows the EPA's failure to issue promised regulations after…
