Ozone draws national attention
“These plants are so old that they are exempt from modern air pollution control standards and emit a large amount of air pollution.”
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EPA: Environment, health groups sue
“The current EPA is in no hurry to institute these standards, and yet the health implications from not enforcing these rules is something that can't any longer be ignored”
Big vehicles win reprieve
“One of major sources of air pollution that is harmful to the Smokies is automobile exhaust. Certainly, a reduction in gasoline consumption would help with that problem.”
Proposal would weaken rules
“give wiggle room for politicians to avoid making the difficult decisions that need to be made”
E-mail campaign urges power shutdown to protest U.S. energy policy
“I've received it no less than 20 different times. It's like a ping-pong ball - it keeps bouncing around cyberspace.”
Pollution fight pits South, Northeast
“We're just glad we got somebody in office willing to be a stopgap for that kind of agenda”
Urging action to clean the South's very polluted air
An editorial in the Asheville Citizen-Times urges Senator Elizabeth Dole to support federal multi-pollutant legislation to reduce air pollution from power plants in the Southeast. The piece highlights SACE's Great Smoky Mountains Clean Air Campaign, which…
Industry, environmentalists spar over pollution rules
The article covers a Tennessee air quality control board hearing on whether the state should adopt the EPA's revised "new source review" pollution rule. Environmental groups including SACE opposed the change, arguing it would weaken air…
At risk by the sea
“Climate change is the most challenging issue facing our world this century. The United States, as the sole remaining superpower and producer of a quarter of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, has a duty to take a leadership role in solving this problem.”
Ozone limits choke growth
A federal appeals court upheld the EPA's stricter eight-hour ozone standard, intensifying pressure on the Birmingham area which already fails to meet the current one-hour standard. The new regulations, expected to take effect in late 2004,…
Power & Light founder touts environmental leadership by churches
“The program has caught on with enthusiasm. The group here wanted to be inclusive of all religious organizations and encourages anyone to join.”
Industries pledge to help combat global warming
“What is missing is not the technology. It's the political will.”
Two environmental groups protest pollution by TVA's coal-fired plants
“We are very concerned about a couple of things. We're very concerned that the Bush/Cheney administration is talking about rolling back the Clean Air Act and that TVA has joined with a very powerful group.”
TVA challenges study; 'people are dying,' alliance says
“The bottom line is that people are dying, and we need to clear this up”
Religion, ecology natural partners, says minister
Rev. Sally Bingham of San Francisco's Grace Cathedral spoke in Knoxville about the connection between religious faith and environmental stewardship, advocating for renewable energy adoption. She emphasized that religious communities have historically participated in major social…