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66 mentions for outlet: The Tennessean
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“No one wants to say we can't have any new development. We are saying it should be done in a smart, well-planned way. We are concerned the fact that the transmission and infrastructure are often built without anyone asking the tough questions.”
“This announcement basically undermines a very key foundation of the Clean Air Act. It appears to be widening the loophole to allow utilities with old, dirty plants, like TVA, to continue to prop up those plants without having to put in pollution controls.”
“For those of us in the Southeast, we very much want to see the action taken, and we very much want the EPA to do its job. We need healthy air in the Southeast, and we certainly don't have it now.”
“no other utility could get away with doing this — making a $18 billion decision based on staff recommendation”
“No other utility could get away with doing this — making a $1.8 billion decision based on staff recommendation. This is a huge, huge gamble. This is a very risky proposition for ratepayers.”
“What concerns me so much about the Bush administration pushing TVA to the forefront to reignite the nuclear power program in this country is that it's the same kind of thinking that got us in the situation we're in today”
“Our hometown utility has jumped in there to use rate-payer money to buy influence to weaken the Clean Air Act. We find that highly offensive”
“gas-fired units are recognized as more efficient and environmentally friendly than other combustion power sources”
“It is a logical assumption that it would be affecting our economies. Now we can actually quantify it.”
An Earth Day 2000 op-ed by John Noel (SACE board member) and Robert Pregulman argues that global warming is a solvable crisis through clean energy alternatives. The piece highlights TVA's poor emissions rankings and advocates for…
John Noel, a Nashville businessman and environmentalist, has purchased a Honda Insight hybrid vehicle that achieves up to 70 miles per gallon, combining gasoline and electric power. The article profiles the vehicle's efficiency features, environmental benefits,…
“We feel it's an important way to get renewable energy into the valley — transition away from coal and nuclear”
“If TVA's 11 coal-fired facilities met modern standards it would lead to a reduction of over 400,000 tons of ozone forming nitrogen oxides and 700,000 tons of sulfur dioxide”
“People need to make the association between their light switch and air pollution”
“These standards will make our air cleaner and provide economic benefits to us all”
