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2,441 mentions for advocacy area: Utility Decarbonization
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Rev. Sally Bingham of San Francisco's Grace Cathedral spoke in Knoxville about the connection between religious faith and environmental stewardship, advocating for renewable energy adoption. She emphasized that religious communities have historically participated in major social…
“I haven't seen all the details of the proposal, but I am very skeptical of it based on what I've heard”
“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”
“the proposal lacks an independent review”
“TVA is spending more than three times as much for each unit of power at Browns Ferry”
“This is precedent-setting”
Former TVA director Johnny Hayes was paid $340,000 in 2001 to lobby his former agency on behalf of Southern Co. and Enron Corp., raising concerns about the revolving door between federal service and private industry. A…
“incremental step toward increasing reliance on renewable energy generation in the region”
“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.”
