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Group Cites River Concerns
“Unlike a hurricane, tornado or earthquake that strikes quickly, these droughts are disasters in slow motion. It's something that we could prepare for”
Tennessee Gives Free Pass to Dirty TVA Coal Plant
Environmental groups including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy filed an appeal with the Tennessee Water Quality Control Board challenging a pollution permit issued to TVA for its Gallatin coal-fired power plant. The groups argue that…
Ratepayer Advocates Nervous About Latest Setback at Plant Vogtle
“We've got some problems. We've got some cost increases, we've got some scheduling slippage. That's what happens with these reactor projects. That's what historically has happened. Unfortunately in Georgia consumers are the ones who are shouldering the burden versus the utility shareholders.”
Southern Alliance for Clean Energy chief blasts embezzler as 'a parasite'
“In a very real sense, he was a parasite”
Smokies' air quality ranked worst of national parks
A report by Appalachian Voices ranks Great Smoky Mountains National Park as having the worst air quality among U.S. national parks for the second consecutive year, based on National Park Service data from 1991–1999. The study…
Gore appearance mobilizes Dems
Former Vice President Al Gore appeared at the annual Truman Day Dinner in Knoxville, drawing 1,600 East Tennessee Democrats in support of a potential 2004 presidential campaign. University of Tennessee law professor Paul Zwier called for…
Environmental groups sue DHEC on coal ash permits
Environmental groups, including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, filed a lawsuit to force South Carolina's Department of Health and Environmental Control to issue a new Clean Water Act permit for coal ash lagoons at Santee…
Energy merger brings Rogers to Raleigh to explain boardroom coup
“He knows the value of energy efficiency, and he was willing to talk about it as a resource. I'm not in the camp where I'm crying about Johnson not getting the position.”
Electric car chargers showing up on city turf
“Tennessee is a world leader in electric technology”
Group petitions for nuclear licensing halt
“The continual, 'We don't know what we are going to do with it, but we know it will be all right' is not sufficient”
TVA will consider a new electricity rate for data centers this week
“Data centers lock in unwanted noise and air pollution, drain tens of millions of gallons of water a day, and are approved under agreements lacking transparency, often before residents know a project is coming”
Florida lags behind other states on generating solar energy
“I heard that for 10 years ... intermittent cloud cover. A good number of states have set targets for renewable energy and that helps to create a market where renewable energy can thrive and Florida policy makers have not done that.”
Why Should a Nuke Loan Guarantee Cost Less than Home or Student Loans?
“SACE has challenged the $8.33 billion loan guarantee package announced by President Obama in 2010”
Final decision on US nuclear license applications suspended
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has suspended final decisions on nuclear license applications pending completion of a reassessment of spent nuclear fuel storage risks, ordered by federal court in June. The suspension freezes nine construction and…