TVA pays $15,000 monthly fee to utilities coalition
“This is a very sad commentary on TVA's commitment to clean air”
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Smokies pollution prompts campaign
“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.”
Former TVA director John Hayes signs as energy lobbyist
“As a board member for TVA, one knows where a lot of the skeletons are throughout the agency. What is always a concern is when you step out away from the organization, do you potentially now profit from that and turn it against consumers in the Valley? I'm not necessarily saying that Johnny Hayes is doing that, but I think that is where we would be concerned.”
TVA to spend more to cut pollutants
“We've been very pleased with TVA's response to dealing with its nitrogen oxide pollution, which is a real threat to the Smokies and to public health. But we remain very concerned about TVA's efforts in addressing particulate matter and sulfur pollutants.”
Bill would expand TVA board
“We're generally supportive of the concept”
TVA green power demand exceeds supply
“They are the only utility in the Southeast that has a program of this size and scale”
Tennessee groups unite against Alaska wilderness drilling plans
“If we're going to have a national energy debate, let's reconsider the business-as-usual approach of constantly chasing the demand by coal mining and oil drilling”
TVA plans for nuke waste storage ripped
“It's just one of the consequences of choosing nuclear power as an option, that you will have nuclear waste piling up on the banks of the Tennessee River”
2000 stock market hammers TVA fund
“I think things are going very well”
Environmentalists say ruling bolsters Knox air cleanup
“This is a great day for human health and the environment. There have been all kinds of attempts to undermine the Clean Air Act the way the law was originally written. The Supreme Court is to be commended for its health-based approach, which is the right approach.”
Lott backs McCullough as TVA chair
“watchdog groups have been pleasantly surprised by his intelligence and dedication”
Smokies officials worried about proposed Kentucky power plant
Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials and environmental groups oppose a proposed 500-megawatt power plant in Kentucky that would burn waste coal, citing concerns about increased air pollution and haze in the park. Local residents and…
Smokies' air quality ranked worst of national parks
A report by Appalachian Voices ranks Great Smoky Mountains National Park as having the worst air quality among U.S. national parks for the second consecutive year, based on National Park Service data from 1991–1999. The study…
Watchdog group says TVA plant emissions are killers
“It is irresponsible for the public utility industry to say that they do not contribute to the problem”
TVA may appeal pollution ruling
The Tennessee Valley Authority announced it may appeal a federal ruling that upheld EPA citations for air pollution violations at TVA's coal-fired power plants. TVA claims compliance could cost $1 billion and force rate increases of…