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1,515 mentions for region: Tennessee
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“This means more air pollution, period. If you are concerned about the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, if you have a child with asthma, if you have a grandparent with chronic respiratory disease, this is not a good day.”
“We have been concerned that the detail associated with Clear Skies is lacking. Clear Skies is really just a framework and the details are just not there.”
“By its action today, the administration is siding with the large industrial polluters, like TVA and Southern Co., who contributed to the lobbying efforts against the Clean Air Act by the Electric Reliability Coordinating Council — and giving them a get-out-of-jail free card”
Health and environmental groups, including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, announced their intent to sue the EPA for failing to enforce air pollution standards set five years prior. The groups argue the EPA has not…
“I don't think anybody gets any credit with 'I told you so,' but we were critical of them putting so much of it in the stock market seven years ago and now they are wondering why they have a shortfall.”
“We have been concerned that the detail associated with Clear Skies is lacking. Clear Skies is really just a framework and the details are just not there.”
“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”
“there no proven need for the line and TVA and Middle Tennessee haven't seriously looked at alternatives like energy efficiency programs”
“Today polluters got a huge return on their investment in the Bush campaign, when the Administration carved gigantic new loopholes in the Clean Air Act”
“We've got an excessive amount of cities and counties violating the eight-hour ozone standards. We very clearly have a problem in the Southeast.”
“EPA has said it may wait until 2004 to formally designate the cities and counties for cleanup. That's just not acceptable. Every year of delay means more suffering for our natural resources and families.”
“We've got an excessive amount of cities and counties violating the eight-hour ozone standards. We very clearly have a problem in the Southeast.”
A comprehensive investigation into air quality in East Tennessee and the Southeast, revealing Knoxville ranks eighth worst in the nation. The article examines pollution sources including power plants and automobiles, health impacts from ozone and particulate…
“I don't know if it bodes good. The case against TVA is very good.”
“I don't know if it bodes good. The case against TVA is very good.”
