Still Sifting Through the Ash
On this morning last year, residents along Swan Pond Road and the Emory and Clinch Rivers in Roane County, Tennessee, stepped from the year’s longest night’s darkness into the dawning aftermath of...
View ArticleState Health Assessment Of Kingston Ash Spill Site Complete
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...
View ArticleLocals Remain Unsatisfied With TVA’s Ground-Zero Recovery, Restitution Efforts
Residents along Swan Pond Road near Harriman still feel the Tennessee Valley Authority has failed to regain their trust, even as TVA officials claim building goodwill with the ground-zero community is...
View ArticleTVA Agrees to Air Quality Settlement
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 than...
View ArticleSoutherland Holding Out Hope for NE TN Megasite
State Sen. Steve Southerland sounds enthusiastic about the possibility of Upper East Tennessee landing a TVA megasite like the ones taxpayers provided for Volkswagen and Hemlock Semiconductor. But the...
View ArticleState Energy Efficiency Projects to Cost $5.25M in First Year
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,...
View ArticleTVA Ratepayers Make Up Pension Shortfall
The Tennessee Valley Authority is facing a multibillion-dollar pension shortfall, and it appears the federal utility has been scrambling to shore up the losses with ratepayer cash. From the Chattanooga...
View ArticleTVA Announces Cap Reached for Solar Power Purchasing Program
Press release from the Tennessee Environmental Council; May 1, 2013: TVA has announced it has reached a “cap” and will not purchase power from new midsized solar power generation systems that small...
View ArticleFeds, States Reach Agreement on TVA Trout Hatchery Operations
Press release from the Tennessee Valley Authority; May 17, 2013: NASHVILLE, Tenn. – U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander and representatives from the Tennessee Valley Authority, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife...
View ArticleTVA Board Approves Budget, Rate Increase
Press release from the Tennessee Valley Authority; August 22, 2013: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. ― The Tennessee Valley Authority board of directors approved a $10.5 billion fiscal year 2014 budget at its meeting...
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