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692 mentions for topic: Climate Advocacy
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A poll by the Tennessee Clean Air Task Force finds that two-thirds of Tennesseans view air pollution as serious and over half are willing to pay higher utility bills to address it. The task force, which…
“This is a very sad commentary on TVA's commitment to clean air”
“We need action now. We have talked about this enough.”
“That single regulatory change (elimination of the exemption) could do more to improve air quality in this region than anything else”
“We need action now. We have talked about this enough.”
“standing up and challenging the large financial interests of the industries that are responsible for the air pollution that blocks our views, poisons our air, and fouls our mountain streams requires real leadership”
“He about lost it. I don't know if we know how close they were.”
“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.”
“Our biggest fear is that the early action compacts give wiggle room for politicians to avoid making the difficult decisions that need to be made”
“Although TVA has committed to cleaning up the ozone-creating pollutants from many of its plants, we need a national approach to reducing pollution from plants everywhere because TVA plants aren't the only problem.”
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…
“We've got some concerns [with their approach], but as a general rule, it's a good thing that they're taking a look at this”
“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”
“We need action now. We have talked about this enough.”
“We need our representatives to stand up now more than ever. They have an opportunity to do that.”
