TVA repairs 3 plants after multiple failures
“The most dangerous time for these units is when you are bringing the reactors up or bringing them down, and all of these unplanned outages, I think, raise real concerns”
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Details still murky on Clear Skies pollution program
“Clear Skies is really just a framework and the details are just not there”
Environmentalists say Appalachian air quality report lacks recommendations
“an analysis by the federal Environmental Protection Agency of the toughest anti-pollution strategy considered by SAMI participants concluded that the annual increased energy cost would be about $12 per household”
Court attempt fails to resolve TVA dispute
“This means that we are still not progressing towards cleaning up the air”
Frist, EPA head tout clean air bill in Smokies
“the plan would actually cut those pollutants by about half in a decade, and make the 70 percent target by 2018. "But there would be no guarantees," he said.”
EPA vows more smog scrutiny
“Now states across the Southeast can begin the work necessary to protect the most vulnerable, including children, seniors, asthmatics, and others with chronic lung disease”
Easing of clean air regulations wins praise
“If the 11th Circuit wants to take a hall pass on having to make the decision, they can say, 'Well this law is changing and it looks like this was kind of an anomaly,'”
Is nuclear power good for East Tennessee?
A WVLT news segment examines President Bush's push for expanded nuclear power and clean coal technology in the context of U.S. energy independence. Valerie True of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy expresses concern about nuclear…
Bush's TVA board nominees are big political donors
“We are concerned this appears to be more of a Who's Who list for the Republican Party than it does a list of people who are going to bring experience and wisdom to the TVA board”
TVA may build gas-fired power plant in Tullahoma
“TVA is chasing demand and they are falling behind. You can rush out there and build, build, build or you can try to encourage some reasonable efficiency to help avoid the staggering costs of adding more capacity.”
Environmentalists blast Appalachian air pollution report
Environmentalists criticized the Southern Appalachian Mountains Initiative's final report for lacking strong policy recommendations to address regional air pollution, despite scientific findings that power plants—particularly in the South—are major contributors to haze in the region's national…
EPA gets smoky tour
“the plan would actually cut those pollutants by about half in a decade, and make the 70 percent target by 2018. But there would be no guarantees”
Mediation fails in pollution dispute TVA-EPA
“This means that we are still not progressing towards cleaning up the air”
Study blames local sources for haze in southern Appalachians
A 10-year study by the Southern Appalachian Mountains Initiative (SAMI) concludes that local sources in the Southeast cause most of the haze in southern Appalachian mountains, contrary to the long-held belief that pollution drifted from the…
EPA administrator sees Smokies through haze
“the plan would actually cut those pollutants by about half in a decade, and make the 70 percent target by 2018. "But there would be no guarantees,"”