Region
1,515 mentions for region: Tennessee
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Stephen Smith, executive director of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, will present an update on regional air quality and TVA's Green Power Switch program at a Tennessee Citizens for Wilderness Planning meeting on August 19,…
“We firmly believe that there are (other) options. We think they're not being serious to try to work with us.”
Cookeville city officials and regional consumer groups, including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, oppose TVA's proposed rate structure that increases residential rates by 7-7.5% while reducing rates for large manufacturers by 2%. The City Council…
“You are in a class by yourselves — (you) don't have to answer to anyone”
“You end up seeing politicians parking their friends”
“The environmental community nationwide is viewing this as a higher priority than they ever have before. I've never seen the environmental community this well organized to get some good people seated.”
Sam Gomberg, Tennessee Valley Energy Policy associate for SACE, argues for congressional support of clean energy and jobs legislation featuring renewable electricity standards and energy efficiency goals. The op-ed highlights economic benefits including job creation, consumer…
Op-ed by independent energy consultant James R. Powell arguing that energy efficiency is the quickest and least costly path to meeting Tennessee's future electricity demand while addressing climate change. Powell cites studies showing efficiency programs could…
Op-ed arguing that carbon cap-and-trade legislation should auction pollution allowances to polluters rather than distributing them for free. The author cites a Southern Alliance for Clean Energy statement signed by 600 economists supporting auctions, and uses…
“I don't want to say it is a form of protest. I think it is a statement of a positive vision.”
Western North Carolina residents attended an EPA public hearing in Charlotte to advocate for stricter regulation of coal ash as hazardous waste, citing health and environmental concerns from Progress Energy's Skyland plant. The article discusses the…
“Having personally experienced a child struggling for breath during an asthma attack, I can assure you little else matters when children's health is at risk”
Dr. Stephen Smith, executive director of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy and member of TVA's Green Power Steering Committee, will be the guest speaker at a Land Owners and Users of Douglas Lake (LOUD) meeting…
“TVA will need to build new coal plants eventually, coal gasification is an environmentally superior process and TVA should be "getting on that learning curve" now”
“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”
