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Group takes plea to Washington
“We need our representatives to stand up now more than ever. They have an opportunity to do that.”
TVA plans $1.5 billion investment in smokestack scrubbers
“This is a significant move. It is really good news for the people of the Tennessee Valley.”
Smokies officials worried about proposed Kentucky power plant
Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials and environmental groups oppose a proposed 500-megawatt power plant in Kentucky that would burn waste coal, citing concerns about increased air pollution and haze in the park. Local residents and…
Protecting the Smokies
An editorial in the Knoxville News-Sentinel warns of worsening air pollution in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, which issued its first ozone advisory on March 8, 2000—the earliest date in park history. The piece advocates for…
TVA keeping up with power needs
TVA reports it has successfully forecast summer electricity demand and is prepared to meet regional power needs through Labor Day using improved plant reliability, new gas turbines, and potential power purchases. The federal utility has not…
Group to sue TVA over coal plants
“The environmental community is frustrated by TVA's unwillingness at this point to try to negotiate a settlement with EPA. The only time TVA has taken action to clean up its pollution has been in the face of regulatory or legal action.”
2012: The Year of Taxpayer ‘Green’ Waste
“I'm kind of like a market maker in this sector, and it's a good time to be an auctioneer”
TVA 15x Wind Increase
“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”
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 choosing solar energy sites
“We're going to see renewables become a larger and larger piece of the utility mix in the next decade”
Plan to reduce Smokies haze supported in public hearing
“The significant thing about this plan is that it's based not on tons of pollutants to be reduced at the smokestacks, but on changes in visibility, improvements you can actually see.”
EPA: Environment, health groups sue
“The current EPA is in no hurry to institute these standards, and yet the health implications from not enforcing these rules is something that can't any longer be ignored”
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.”
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”