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692 mentions for topic: Climate Advocacy
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The "I Will Act On Climate" bus tour, a 21-state initiative, stopped in Asheville, North Carolina to highlight local support for climate change standards and encourage residents to advocate for climate action. Local business leaders and…
“These are impressive numbers, which represent a critical step toward mitigating climate change impacts while proving that cleaner energy will protect air and water in the Tennessee Valley. The utility's steady decline in past emissions, coupled with a lower projected future rate of emissions, demonstrate that TVA's system-wide numbers appear to be well positioned ahead of new emission limits for existing sources of pollution from EPA this summer.”
“These are impressive numbers, which represent a critical step toward mitigating climate change impacts while proving that cleaner energy will protect the air and water in the Tennessee Valley. The utility's steady decline in past emissions, coupled with a lower projected future rate of emissions, demonstrate that TVA's system-wide numbers appear to be well positioned ahead of new emission limits for existing sources of carbon pollution expected from EPA this summer.”
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…
Gov. Rick Scott agreed to meet with 10 scientists from Florida universities to discuss climate change, a topic he has previously avoided. The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy and the Natural Resources Defense Council are leading…
Shelby County government unveiled its first solar array on March 14, 2023, capable of generating 216 kilowatts to power two county buildings near Shelby Farms Park. The $589,000 project received a 30% rebate through the Inflation…
“I am hoping that this kind of oversight can be a reality check for TVA. They do have people to answer to ... and what they do matters, particularly to the Tennessee Valley but also to the federal government, which has clearly stated goals, around climate and decarbonization.”
“We very clearly have a problem more than 22 million people in an eight-state region from North Carolina to Mississippi are exposed to unhealthy levels of ozone pollution, a component of smog”
“While their withdrawal ... doesn't necessarily reflect a change in TVA's policy, it is a move in the right direction. We never believed TVA should use ratepayer money to undermine clean air protections”
“It's especially bad in East Tennessee in the Great Smokies, which is the most visited national park in the United States”
An editorial arguing that TVA should comply with EPA clean-air enforcement orders rather than appeal them, and should phase out its oldest, dirtiest coal-fired power plants. The piece criticizes TVA's strategy of calling major plant reconstructions…
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…
“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”
“This is a very sad commentary on TVA's commitment to clean air”
“The industry never really backed off from building new plants”
