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 [...]
Last month President Obama asked Congress to cap global warming pollution through market-based legislation, and our leaders in Congress have set an ambitious timeline to begin doing just that. As Congress and President Obama move forward to put a cap on global warming pollution, there are numerous details that must be worked out. It’s important [...]
President’s Day was a good time to reflect on the spirit of past leaders who inspired people and shaped a brand-new country. The men and women who explored new frontiers and established communities in the Wild West relished change and worked hard to meet the challenges they faced. More recent leaders brought us all into [...]
The media’s two favorite words right now seem to be "economy" and "stimulus." That’s because yesterday the United States Congress approved the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, an $825 billion economic recovery package, by a vote of 244-188. President Obama and Congress are developing this recovery package to help relieve state budgets, create jobs rebuilding [...]
