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State Energy Efficiency Projects to Cost $5.25M in First Year

by TN Press Release Center on January 11, 2012

Press Release from Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation; Jan. 11, 2012:

Projects Benefit Both the Environment and Bottom Line

Nashville – Tennessee Deputy Governor Claude Ramsey, Department of Environment and Conservation Commissioner Bob…

Tagged as: Clean Air Act, Clean Air Grants, Conservation, energy efficiency, environment, TVA

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Southerland Holding Out Hope for NE TN Megasite

by Mike Morrow on September 9, 2011

Speaking of his Upper East Tennessee region, the Republican state senator from Morristown said “it’s our turn” for a megasite, an economic development tool in which taxpayers fund infrastructure and land with the aim of luring businesses to relocate and hire workers.

Tagged as: alan palmieri, Bill Hagerty, Bill Haslam, Clint Brewer, corporate welfare, economic development, enterprise south industrial site, Hemlock Semiconductor, megasite, mike bradley, steve southerland, Tennessee Valley Authority, Tony Shipley, TVA, upper east tennessee, Volkswagen

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TVA Agrees to Air Quality Settlement

by TN Press Release Center on April 14, 2011

Press Release from the State of Tennesse, April 14, 2011:

State to Receive $26 Million to Fund Clean Air Projects as Result of Agreement with TVA

NASHVILLE – Tennessee is expected to receive more…

Tagged as: Bill Haslam, Bob Cooper, EPA, Our Children's Earth Foundation, Sierra Club, TVA

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Locals Remain Unsatisfied With TVA’s Ground-Zero Recovery, Restitution Efforts

by sandivanorden on February 18, 2010

Most members of the Swan Pond community have been lifelong residents. They certainly didn’t ask to be placed in the middle of the largest industrial spill in American history, says local activist Randy Ellis.

Tagged as: ash spill, coal, Ellis, Harriman, Kingston, TVA

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State Health Assessment Of Kingston Ash Spill Site Complete

by TN Press Release Center on December 23, 2009

State Of Tennessee Press Release, Dec. 22, 2009:

Public Comments Accepted Through February 9, 2010

NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Department of Health’s (TDH) Environmental Epidemiology Program, under a cooperative agreement with the federal Agency…

Tagged as: 2008, air, ash, coal, Dec. 22, EPA, government, Harriman, health, Kingston, Public Safety, Roane, Swan Pond, TDEC, TDH, tennessee, toxic, TVA, water

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Still Sifting Through the Ash

by Mark Todd Engler on December 22, 2009

That no one died or was seriously injured in TVA’s 2008 Kingston coal-ash disaster was, residents still say, almost as stunning to comprehend as the event itself. Had the calamity occurred during, say, the bustle of a summer afternoon rather than the dead of December night, the result could have been one of the darkest days in living Tennessee memory.

Tagged as: 2008, ash spill, coal, Dec. 22, Harriman, Kingston, Roane, TVA

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Group: TVA Should No Longer Get to Evade Environmental Laws, Marketplace Competition

by TN Press Release Center on December 15, 2009

Environmental Integrity Project Press Release, Dec. 14, 2009:

As 1st Anniversary of Kingston Coal Ash Spill Nears, EIP Report Exposes TVA’s Pollution, Poor Environmental Track Record, and Reveals How TVA Avoids Compliance with Federal…

Tagged as: accidents, ash spill, coal, energy, environment, Kingston, privatization, tennessee, TVA

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Still Draining the Nation

by Mark Todd Engler on September 24, 2009

Earlier this year Reason magazine offered up a much dimmer view of the Tennessee Valley Authority than that no doubt favored by the federally owned corporation’s 50-member public relations staff.

In “How Big…

Tagged as: ash, coal, coal spill, dam, elctricity, flood, Kingston, lawsuits, New Deal, Tennessee Valley Authority, TVA

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