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313 mentions for topic: Energy Justice
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“Now we have certainty that EPA is going to take some action to protect us and all of the hundreds of communities across the country that are being poisoned by coal ash dumps. Since the disaster in Kingston, we have seen more tragic spills, and the list of sites where coal ash is contaminating our water keeps growing. Today, we are celebrating because the rule we need is finally in sight.”
Guest commentary by Beverlye Colson Neal, president of the Orange County NAACP, criticizing OUC's proposed low-income energy assistance program as inadequate. The program would reach fewer than 1% of OUC's 72,000+ low-income customers over five years…
“I think it is a very dangerous trend. We don't necessarily want TVA to be at a competitive disadvantage, but whether or not a plant is running is certainly information that the public has a right to know about.”
“TVA's old dirty coal plants”
“The long-term answer to this is Green Power. Green Power is clean, renewable energy – energy you can feel good about that doesn't have these air-polluting problems.”
The EPA has set a December 19 deadline to publish the first-ever federal rule regulating coal ash disposal, following a settlement in a lawsuit brought by Earthjustice on behalf of Appalachian Voices, Southern Alliance for Clean…
“These lands and our tax dollars for years have been taken by this "Authority" for the greater public good, not the narrow financial interest of a few in positions of power”
“We're not talking about yard clippings here. The department "in charge" lacks a plan other than dumping plutonium in South Carolina, which sounds awfully similar to what they want to do with the nuclear waste left in the tanks.”
“We are strongly urging that TVA and EPA settle this in a way that benefits everyone. It's an injustice that EPA and TVA can't get back to the table. There is probably a narrow window of opportunity right now and these federal agencies need to move ahead.”
An op-ed by Apalachicola Riverkeeper Dan Tonsmeire warns of toxic coal ash pollution at Gulf Power's Scholz Generating Plant threatening the Apalachicola River, drawing parallels to Duke Energy's 2014 Dan River spill. SACE, alongside Apalachicola Riverkeeper…
“closes a long overdue chapter with a number of people whose lives were significantly impacted. ...TVA should have settled with these people a long time ago. But it's done. It's good. We're hoping people can move on with their lives and put this chapter behind them. But the final chapter on coal ash hasn't been written.”
Earthjustice and Physicians for Social Responsibility released a report documenting how breathing coal ash dust triggers asthma, cancer, and lung disease in communities near coal ash dump sites. The report highlights six communities affected by coal…
“TVA was not meant to be the world's largest power generator, but that is what it is headed toward becoming — the valley be damned”
“Some of these merchant plants that use natural gas might be better for the environment than TVA's old coal plants. But there are a lot of environmental issues surrounding a power plant, and we certainly don't want to pollute the valley to provide electricity for other parts of the country”
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,…
