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3,339 mentions for topic: Energy Policy
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“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”
“We think that they are doing the right things and providing some leadership ... in controlling nitrogen oxide”
“He about lost it. I don't know if we know how close they were.”
“TVA's old dirty coal plants”
“We need to move from talk to action. While most of our elected officials say they know there is a problem, none of them have done anything about it.”
“These old, dirty coal-fired plants are public enemy number one for clean air and the Smoky Mountain National Park. This ruling clearly shows that TVA has violated the Clean Air Act by failing to reduce emissions when they are doing work to extend the life of these facilities.”
U.S. Rep. Charles Taylor of North Carolina is drafting the Great Smoky Mountains Clean Air Act of 2000, legislation targeting TVA's pollution output in the mountain region. The proposed bill would require TVA power plants to…
“a major step in the wrong direction. This is in essence the Sundquist administration going on record saying they think EPA should not enforce the new source review.”
“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”
“The economic perspective on tritium isn't being articulated”
“We feel it's an important way to get renewable energy into the valley — transition away from coal and nuclear”
“There's no reason they shouldn't participate”
“I like the idea of breaking the white stranglehold white men have had on the board since 1933. I think diversity is appropriate.”
“For the cost of a few fast food meals a month, you could know you're not contributing to the air quality problems in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.”
