'Green' power option in the making
“This is long overdue and I think there could be a lot of interest among customers interested in promoting more use of renewable resources”
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Task force report pegs pollution on TVA coal power
“People need to make the association between their light switch and air pollution”
TVA: How long a dirty polluter?
This editorial criticizes TVA's continued operation of aging, heavily polluting coal-fired power plants that exploit a grandfather clause in the 1990 Clean Air Act. Citing a Tennessee Valley Reform Coalition report, the piece documents that TVA's…
TVA being urged to clean up its act
Environmental groups, including the Tennessee Valley Energy Reform Coalition, are urging TVA to reduce emissions from its coal-fired power plants and close a legal loophole that exempts older plants from stricter Clean Air Act regulations. The…
Official calls for 'Tea Party' against EPA
“These standards will make our air cleaner and provide economic benefits to us all”
Drought Forces TVA To Alter River Flow for Sequoyah
“Summer has only now arrived so I'm afraid the problem could get even worse this year”
Poll: Clean Air Worth Steeper Costs
“One coal fired plant contributes the same amount of toxins as 7.3 million autos”
KUB won't be in TVA's green-power experiment
“Green power shouldn't be a casualty of KUB-TVA disagreements”
Former TVA Chief Still Nuclear Advocate
“We give credit to the current TVA board (that succeeded Mr. Runyon) for bringing a halt to any more of the costly construction of nuclear plants which got TVA in so much trouble”
Green power first blow for the environment
An editorial in The Mountain endorses a green power program offered by Sevier County Electric System, one of 10 TVA customers purchasing renewable energy. The program will feature a solar unit at Dollywood and allow households…
Forum calls for clean air
“Individual responsibility and conservation can go a long way in cleaning up our air”
Solar farm being built to cut carbon use at Vanderbilt, but study says TVA falling short on energy efficiency
Vanderbilt University has signed an agreement with Nashville Electric Service and the Tennessee Valley Authority to purchase power from a new 35-megawatt solar farm in Bedford County, developed by Silicon Ranch, to help meet its carbon-neutral…
TVA's push for lengthy utility deals could set back green initiatives in Tennessee cities
“Local power companies already have limited control of what goes on at TVA, but they do have some leverage when they renew their contracts.”
Smoke on the Mountains
“Certainly there's a residual effect. But if you put all that stuff aside, the reality is a number of folk are basically saying, 'We're going to clean up our air, and we want other people to clean up theirs.'”
Smog: California cities in top four spots
“No one state can fix the problem by themselves; no one utility can fix the problem by themselves”