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“This ruling — issued on a 'Code Red' day of high smog levels throughout the Southeast — effectively means that TVA is allowed to continue to harm public health in the Southeast, by emitting excessive levels of harmful air pollution from its coal-fired power plants”
“The court never got to the fundamental merits of this case, and when they do, they will recognize that TVA has skirted the law for years. The sad thing is that this decision means more delay in cleaning up the air in the Tennessee Valley.”
“If we're going to have a national energy debate, let's reconsider the business-as-usual approach of constantly chasing the demand by coal mining and oil drilling”
“There is not an energy shortage in our region as in California, but there is an efficiency shortage”
“We are awash in energy in the Southeast”
“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”
“I think TVA is moving aggressively on nitrogen oxide reductions. We don't think they're doing enough on sulfur, which are the fine particles that cause the regional haze.”
“It's kind of unusual to see an environmental group working with a utility”
“This reactor had a poor performance record in the past and there are a lot better alternatives for our energy needs than continuing to generate more deadly radioactive wastes. I'm afraid that the staff of TVA has a definite bias toward building more nuclear power and is directing the board down a dangerous path for ratepayers.”
“There is nobody who is restarting old nuclear reactors that are of 1960s vintage and haven't started in 17 years”
“While their withdrawal ... doesn't necessarily reflect a change in TVA's policy, it is a move in the right direction. We never believed TVA should use ratepayer money to undermine clean air protections”
“This is really bad news. It's another example of how the administration is trying to do an end run on the will of the people. He (President Bush) knows his initiative is unpopular and he can't get it through elected representatives of the people. What he's doing is compromising public health.”
“I'm very encouraged that TVA is being pointed in the right direction and that Senator Alexander is encouraging them. They need that kind of oversight.”
“Our members live and breathe in the vicinity of some of the oldest and dirtiest power plants in the country”
“TVA operates some of the largest and dirtiest coal plants in the country, and cleaning them up is expensive. But it is completely inaccurate and I think misleading for TVA to say this rate increase is due entirely to the Clean Air Act when they are spending just as much to repair the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant”
