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Former TVA Chairman S. David Freeman calls for end to agency's nuclear building program
“Three billion dollars of mess-up is a lot to have happen on your watch”
Coal Ash Regulation: Another Front on the ‘War Against Coal’
An op-ed by Lance Brown of the Partnership for Affordable Clean Energy criticizes environmental groups, including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, for filing a lawsuit to force EPA regulation of coal ash as hazardous waste.…
TVA plan to produce tritium back on track
“The fact that there is a nuclear power plant owned by the federal government that is producing material for a nuclear weapon, I think that would probably make it a better target for a terrorist”
Former board member told TVA board to stop building nuclear power program
Former TVA board chairman S. David Freeman urged the Tennessee Valley Authority board to halt its nuclear power program expansion, citing inherent cost overrun risks. Freeman, a Chattanooga native and former board member, addressed the TVA…
"The 2 Daves" Present Views At UTC On June 28
“TVA is building yesterday's technology tomorrow”
Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit
The EPA published a notice of a proposed consent decree to settle a lawsuit filed by Southern Alliance for Clean Energy and others against the EPA regarding the agency's failure to timely respond to a petition…
Energy: State top user
“There is no reason to rush headlong into building more nuclear and coal power plants without doing the types of programs TVA once did to ensure we utilize electricity more wisely!”
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…
Southern Alliance for Clean Energy chief blasts embezzler as 'a parasite'
“In a very real sense, he was a parasite”
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”
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…
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…
2001 write-offs to leave TVA with $3.3 billion deficit
“I think it is still kind of a pipe dream that they are going to finish that as a nuclear plant”