The Chattanooga Times Free Press reported yesterday that that the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) admits it will be “very difficult, if not impossible” to meet court-ordered pollution controls that would clean up four of its oldest coal-fired power plants in the eastern part of the TVA system. The clean ups are a result of a [...]
Senator Alexander opened the TVA Congressional Caucus forum on renewable energy last week with a doctored photo criticizing wind energy….
The Tennessee Valley Authority Congressional Caucus held a forum on renewable energy yesterday in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Caucus, which consists of more than 30 U.S. Senators and Representatives from the seven states that TVA serves, is chaired by Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Rep. Heath Shuler (D-NC) and helps oversee the public utility. The forum [...]
The TVA Congressional Caucus, which helps oversee TVA, recently announced that it’s holding a forum on renewable energy in Knoxville on Thursday April 16, 2009. While most of the details about the event have been made clear, one big question remains: How will the Senators and Representatives that make up the TVA Congressional Caucus approach [...]
Unfortunately, rude remarks and ad hominem attacks are not new to public discourse. They tend to emerge in the absence of facts, yet childish remarks and name-calling do nothing to advance the debate about our nation’s energy future. In an April 2 edition of ClimateWire (a publication of E&E Publishing), Duke Energy Corporation spokesman Tom [...]
Our leaders in Congress have begun to answer President Obama’s call to send him an energy bill that jumpstarts the crucial transition to a clean, green economy. The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (ACES), introduced on March 31, 2009 by Chairmen Henry Waxman and Edward Markey, is a solid start towards developing [...]
