TVA to install scrubbers at 5 of its power plants
“This is a significant move. It is really good news for the people of the Tennessee Valley.”
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TVA plans $1.5 billion investment in smokestack scrubbers
“This is a significant move. It is really good news for the people of the Tennessee Valley.”
Alabama Power cited as state's biggest polluter
Environmental advocacy groups Southern Alliance for Clean Energy and Alabama Environmental Council released a report titled "Toxic Power" charging that Alabama Power Company is the state's biggest polluter, adding 34 million pounds of pollutants annually according…
TVA 15x Wind Increase
“TVA has been a leader in the region with wind power. With this expansion, TVA continues to demonstrate that wind technologies are both feasible and desirable for the Southeast”
TVA choosing solar energy sites
“We're going to see renewables become a larger and larger piece of the utility mix in the next decade”
Two TVA coal-fired plants among nation's 'dirtiest'
A U.S. Public Interest Research Group study of 2002 EPA data ranked TVA's Cumberland Plant as the nation's largest emitter of nitrogen oxide and Georgia Power's Plant Bowen as the top generator of sulfur dioxide and…
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.”
Policy may give boost to nuclear power here
“The nuclear folks really love to say, 'Well, once we get these up and running and once we get the bugs out the cost will drop,' but these plants only run for a certain period of time. I don't see nuclear playing a significant role. I think it is a dead end for the administration to be heading down.”
Nuclear storage plan stirs debate
“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”
America mobilizes
“I would be very much opposed to shutting down the nuclear power plants”
Brown's Ferry decision may come by midyear
“The North Alabama and lower Tennessee region wouldn't need another nuclear plant if TVA did a better job of promoting energy conservation”
Clean Air Act rules change upsets some
“That's a big difference”
Pollution fight pits South, Northeast
“We're just glad we got somebody in office willing to be a stopgap for that kind of agenda”
Agency plans to expand Green Power to Shoals area
“It shows people are really interested in joining the Green Power Switch program and helping save the environment”
Unfinished nuclear plant could begin burning coal
“The issue is complicated, and it's a real challenge because while there are advantages of these clean coal technologies, it's difficult to think about a type of coal refinery right next to a nuclear plant”