TVA fighting strict air pollution laws
“Our hometown utility has jumped in there to use rate payer money to buy influence to weaken the Clean Air Act. We find that highly offensive”
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VA joins fight against rules on old plants
“This is a very sad commentary on TVA's commitment to clean air. Hiring a fat cat D.C. lobbyist to undermine the enforcement of the Clean Air Act is a significant step in the wrong direction.”
TVA joins coalition that hires lobbyist to fight Clean Air Act
“Our hometown utility has jumped in there to use rate payer money to buy influence to weaken the Clean Air Act. We find that highly offensive”
TVA considers contracts to reduce plant pollutants
“We've been very pleased with TVA's response to dealing with its nitrogen oxide pollution, which is a real threat to the Smokies and to public health. But we remain very concerned about TVA's efforts in addressing particulate matter and sulfur pollutants.”
Task force urges caution on new power plants
“We welcome the review of these plants because we don't want Tennessee's environment and water to be sacrificed to make electricity for other parts of the country. But unfortunately, there are not a lot of details or specifics in this report.”
Taylor will try air pollution bill again
“We fully believe that comprehensive legislation is the real solution”
Bush's power plans could have local impact
“We think it's unfortunate that the administration may unilaterally dismiss bringing these old plants under new standards. It's bad for public health, and it's bad for air quality.”
E-mail campaign urges power shutdown to protest U.S. energy policy
“I've received it no less than 20 different times. It's like a ping-pong ball - it keeps bouncing around cyberspace.”
Children recruiting new Green Power customers
“The long-term answer to this is Green Power. Green Power is clean, renewable energy – energy you can feel good about that doesn't have these air-polluting problems.”
TVA to spend more to cut pollutants
“We've been very pleased with TVA's response to dealing with its nitrogen oxide pollution, which is a real threat to the Smokies and to public health. But we remain very concerned about TVA's efforts in addressing particulate matter and sulfur pollutants.”
Policy may give boost to nuclear power here
“The nuclear folks really love to say, 'Well, once we get these up and running and once we get the bugs out the cost will drop,' but these plants only run for a certain period of time. I don't see nuclear playing a significant role. I think it is a dead end for the administration to be heading down.”
Nuclear storage plan stirs debate
“It's just one of the consequences of choosing nuclear power as an option, that you will have nuclear waste piling up on the banks of the Tennessee River”
America mobilizes
“I would be very much opposed to shutting down the nuclear power plants”
Brown's Ferry decision may come by midyear
“The North Alabama and lower Tennessee region wouldn't need another nuclear plant if TVA did a better job of promoting energy conservation”
TVA Harnesses Big Power For Suit Against the EPA
The TVA is suing the EPA to block a multibillion-dollar clean-air enforcement action that requires the agency and private utilities to install pollution controls on 51 aging coal-fired power plants modified in the 1980s and 1990s.…