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.”
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TVA readies Sequoyah to make bomb material
“For TVA and the Department of Energy to continue to go forward at this point and spend millions of dollars on this plan is a waste of taxpayers' dollars and is simply a matter of bureaucratic momentum”
TVA urged to clean coal-fired facilities
“This has very real implications for TVA, and most importantly, it has implications for us who have to breathe and for the Great Smoky Mountains”
Forum held on Florida energy policies
“The first step is conservation. There's so much that we can do in Florida.”
Proposal would weaken rules
“give wiggle room for politicians to avoid making the difficult decisions that need to be made”
TVA, EPA await Clean Air court ruling
“We really thought this would have popped out months ago”
Two TVA coal-fired plants among nation's 'dirtiest'
A U.S. Public Interest Research Group study of 2002 EPA data ranked TVA's Cumberland Plant as the nation's largest emitter of nitrogen oxide and Georgia Power's Plant Bowen as the top generator of sulfur dioxide and…
Pollution emissions put state in top 15
Tennessee ranked in the top 15 states for power plant emissions in 2002 according to a U.S. PIRG report. The TVA's Cumberland Fossil Plant produced more nitrogen oxide than any other power plant in the country.…
TVA at a Crossroads
“Six years later we are over $5 billion behind schedule”
Observers differ on need to expand TVA board
“There is no independent oversight of the TVA board. (Adding board members) does nothing to address that issue. . . . It's unfortunate that they didn't go ahead and fix that problem.”
TVA expands wind turbines
“TVA has been a leader in the region with wind power. With this expansion, TVA continues to demonstrate that wind technologies are both feasible and desirable for the Southeast”
TVA's Clean Answer Is Blowing in the Wind
“This is a small, but very important start. This is the most important effort of any utility in the Southeast to promote the use of renewable energy.”
TVA alters river flow to cool plants
“Summer has only now arrived so I'm afraid the problem could get even worse”
Frist strong Smokies Park supporter
A letter to the editor from the Friends of Great Smoky Mountains National Park defends Senator Bill Frist's environmental record, responding to criticism from Stephen Smith of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy regarding air quality…
Park visitors call for clean air
“We expect Sen. Frist to stand up for clean air in Tennessee”