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TVA: Emissions ruling on N.C. will raise costs Duncan Mansfield • ASSOCIATED PRESS • January 21, 2009
TVA to clean up 4 plants. Court orders agency to install scrubbers in N.C. air-quality case. Associated Press
January 13, 2009
Lawsuit brings into the open TVA's role as polluter. By ANNE PAINE • Nashville Tennessean. August 2, 2008
Last Salvos Fired in TVA Trial. Nashville Tennessean. Anne Paine July 31, 2008.
TVA's CEO pledges pollution-control upgrades In N.C. trial, Kilgore vows agency will finish work. By ANNE PAINE • Nashville Tennessean. July 30, 2008
TVA rejects health threats. Witness says statistics on pollution are faulty By ANNE PAINE • Nashville Tennessean. July 26, 2008
Middle Tennessee gets brunt of TVA pollution, maps indicate. Official testifies N.C. claims are off base. Nashville Tennessean. July 25, 2008
TVA defends pollution record. Official says its plants rival N.C. in emissions. Nashville Tennessean. By ANNE PAINE • July 24, 2008
Lawsuit against TVA may lead to higher bills If N.C. wins, power could rise $4 a month. By ANNE PAINE • Nashville Tennessean.• July 23, 2008
Former EPA official testifies TVA skirted the law EPA would not sue agency for air pollution By ANNE PAINE • Nashville Tennessean. Staff Writer • July
23, 2008
TVA emissions cuts would save lives, witness says By CLARKE MORRISON • Nashville Tennessean • July 19, 2008
Smokies air made runner ill. Athlete testifies in TVA trial. By ANNE PAINE • Nashville Tennessean: July 18, 2008
Cutting TVA emissions would help other states, witness says. By ANNE PAINE • Nashville Tennessean: July 17, 2008.
NC Witness Chides TVA. Utility should move faster to curb 'unreasonable' pollution, he says. By ANNE PAINE • Nashville Tennessean: July 16, 2008
North Carolina scuffles with TVA over testimony By ANNE PAINE • Nashville Tennessean. July 15, 2008
N.C.-TVA pollution fight goes to court. Suit over emissions could bring new rules, higher electricity costs. By ANNE PAINE • Nashville Tennessean. July 14,
2008
Green groups asking high court to hear case. Knoxville News Sentinel: 1/8/08. Suit by Sierra Club and the National Parks Conservation Association on
Colbert Plant.
Coal-burning plants fill skies with carbon - Gallatin TVA facility is among state's leading emitters. Nashville Tennessean: 12/6/07.
TVA spending $80M on Alabama plant improvements: Changes meant to bring coal unit into compliance with federal air standards. Knoxville News
Sentinel: Thursday, November 1, 2007
TVA loses clean-air lawsuit over Ala. plant. Knox News 8/29/07
TVA to clean up 4 plants. Court orders agency to install scrubbers in N.C. air-quality case. Associated Press
January 13, 2009
Lawsuit brings into the open TVA's role as polluter. By ANNE PAINE • Nashville Tennessean. August 2, 2008
Last Salvos Fired in TVA Trial. Nashville Tennessean. Anne Paine July 31, 2008.
TVA's CEO pledges pollution-control upgrades In N.C. trial, Kilgore vows agency will finish work. By ANNE PAINE • Nashville Tennessean. July 30, 2008
TVA rejects health threats. Witness says statistics on pollution are faulty By ANNE PAINE • Nashville Tennessean. July 26, 2008
Middle Tennessee gets brunt of TVA pollution, maps indicate. Official testifies N.C. claims are off base. Nashville Tennessean. July 25, 2008
TVA defends pollution record. Official says its plants rival N.C. in emissions. Nashville Tennessean. By ANNE PAINE • July 24, 2008
Lawsuit against TVA may lead to higher bills If N.C. wins, power could rise $4 a month. By ANNE PAINE • Nashville Tennessean.• July 23, 2008
Former EPA official testifies TVA skirted the law EPA would not sue agency for air pollution By ANNE PAINE • Nashville Tennessean. Staff Writer • July
23, 2008
TVA emissions cuts would save lives, witness says By CLARKE MORRISON • Nashville Tennessean • July 19, 2008
Smokies air made runner ill. Athlete testifies in TVA trial. By ANNE PAINE • Nashville Tennessean: July 18, 2008
Cutting TVA emissions would help other states, witness says. By ANNE PAINE • Nashville Tennessean: July 17, 2008.
NC Witness Chides TVA. Utility should move faster to curb 'unreasonable' pollution, he says. By ANNE PAINE • Nashville Tennessean: July 16, 2008
North Carolina scuffles with TVA over testimony By ANNE PAINE • Nashville Tennessean. July 15, 2008
N.C.-TVA pollution fight goes to court. Suit over emissions could bring new rules, higher electricity costs. By ANNE PAINE • Nashville Tennessean. July 14,
2008
Green groups asking high court to hear case. Knoxville News Sentinel: 1/8/08. Suit by Sierra Club and the National Parks Conservation Association on
Colbert Plant.
Coal-burning plants fill skies with carbon - Gallatin TVA facility is among state's leading emitters. Nashville Tennessean: 12/6/07.
TVA spending $80M on Alabama plant improvements: Changes meant to bring coal unit into compliance with federal air standards. Knoxville News
Sentinel: Thursday, November 1, 2007
TVA loses clean-air lawsuit over Ala. plant. Knox News 8/29/07
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Court: TVA must continue to curb pollution. Judge: Gear can be installed on time. By Clarke Morrison • August 19, 2009 Asheville NC Citizen-Times.
Ex-TVA official says he violated Clean Air Act. Jamie Satterfield, Knoxville News Sentinel. June 2, 2009
TVA emission ruling appealed : Agency fights court decision on plan for coal-fired sites DUNCAN MANSFIELD Associated Press May 30, 2009
TVA prodded to install plant pollution controls DUNCAN MANSFIELD, Associated Press Friday, April 3, 2009
TVA: Plants' cleanup near N.C. may cost $1.8B. Judge told utility to cut pollution
By Anne Paine • THE TENNESSEAN • February 10, 2009
Alexander urges tough new rules for coal plants. Senator says he and colleague will file bill for stiffer controls. By Michael Collins Knoxville News
Sentinel. April 22, 2009
TVA smokestack scrubbers to clear haze from Smokies. Nashville Tennessean. November 21, 2008.
Judge to rule on Bull Run, Environmentalists say TVA violated rules at plant By Carly Harrington Knoxville News Sentinel. September 3, 2008.
Alexander: Power plants need to cut emissions further. Nashville Tennessean. By ANNE PAINE • Staff Writer • September 17, 2008
Ex-TVA official says he violated Clean Air Act. Jamie Satterfield, Knoxville News Sentinel. June 2, 2009
TVA emission ruling appealed : Agency fights court decision on plan for coal-fired sites DUNCAN MANSFIELD Associated Press May 30, 2009
TVA prodded to install plant pollution controls DUNCAN MANSFIELD, Associated Press Friday, April 3, 2009
TVA: Plants' cleanup near N.C. may cost $1.8B. Judge told utility to cut pollution
By Anne Paine • THE TENNESSEAN • February 10, 2009
Alexander urges tough new rules for coal plants. Senator says he and colleague will file bill for stiffer controls. By Michael Collins Knoxville News
Sentinel. April 22, 2009
TVA smokestack scrubbers to clear haze from Smokies. Nashville Tennessean. November 21, 2008.
Judge to rule on Bull Run, Environmentalists say TVA violated rules at plant By Carly Harrington Knoxville News Sentinel. September 3, 2008.
Alexander: Power plants need to cut emissions further. Nashville Tennessean. By ANNE PAINE • Staff Writer • September 17, 2008
National Academy of Science Report Examines Hidden Health and Environmental Costs Of Energy Production and Consumption In
U.S. October 19, 2009
TVA to close old coal plants. Dave Flessner, Chattanooga Times. 9/23/09
Court says states can sue power companies (including TVA) over greenhouse gas pollution Facing South 9/23/09 Sue Sturgis
Call for a TVA moratorium on additional generation from carbon based fuels. Glasgow, KY EPB (TVA distributor) July 6, 2009.
EPA orders TVA to revise air quality permit. Power Engineering. August 25,
2009.
TVA's Kentucky "Paradise" Coal-fired Plant Operating Permit Fails to Comply With the Clean Air Act. Center for Biological
Diversity. August 24, 2009.
TVA may shutter aging coal-fired plants. David Flessner. Chattanooga Times Free Press. August 24, 2009.
U.S. October 19, 2009
TVA to close old coal plants. Dave Flessner, Chattanooga Times. 9/23/09
Court says states can sue power companies (including TVA) over greenhouse gas pollution Facing South 9/23/09 Sue Sturgis
Call for a TVA moratorium on additional generation from carbon based fuels. Glasgow, KY EPB (TVA distributor) July 6, 2009.
EPA orders TVA to revise air quality permit. Power Engineering. August 25,
2009.
TVA's Kentucky "Paradise" Coal-fired Plant Operating Permit Fails to Comply With the Clean Air Act. Center for Biological
Diversity. August 24, 2009.
TVA may shutter aging coal-fired plants. David Flessner. Chattanooga Times Free Press. August 24, 2009.
TVA wins coal-fired power plant New Source Review decision. (Bull Run) PowerGenWorldWide. April 16, 2010
TVA information on its coal emission reductions.
Alabama sides with TVA in pollution nuisance suit. Sue Sturgis. Facing South. Feb. 15, 2009.
New ozone standards put cars, TVA plants in the bulls-eye. By Lee Roop Huntsville Daily Times. January 09, 2010,
Colbert Steam Plant has high CO2 output. Huntsville Daily Times. Dec. 28, 2009.
EPA plans tougher control on air pollutants from coal. TVA, other utilities may have to cut sulfur dioxide for health. By Renee Schoof •
MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS • November 25, 2009
America's Biggest Polluters: Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Power Plants in 2007. Environment America. November 2009.
Project to filter coal fumes. New scrubbers at plant part of TVA effort to cut down on air pollution. By Bob Fowler. Knoxville News
Sentinel. November 6, 2009.
TVA information on its coal emission reductions.
Alabama sides with TVA in pollution nuisance suit. Sue Sturgis. Facing South. Feb. 15, 2009.
New ozone standards put cars, TVA plants in the bulls-eye. By Lee Roop Huntsville Daily Times. January 09, 2010,
Colbert Steam Plant has high CO2 output. Huntsville Daily Times. Dec. 28, 2009.
EPA plans tougher control on air pollutants from coal. TVA, other utilities may have to cut sulfur dioxide for health. By Renee Schoof •
MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS • November 25, 2009
America's Biggest Polluters: Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Power Plants in 2007. Environment America. November 2009.
Project to filter coal fumes. New scrubbers at plant part of TVA effort to cut down on air pollution. By Bob Fowler. Knoxville News
Sentinel. November 6, 2009.
U.S. Supreme Court gives NC more time in Tennessee Valley Authority appeal By Clarke Morrison •
December 15, 2010
High court will review climate-change lawsuit involving TVA, other utilities Associated Press December 6,
2010
AG Roy Cooper seeks more time to file petition in US Supreme Court against TVA By Clarke Morrison •
November 19, 2010
Administration backs utilities in climate case By Steven Mufson New York Times August 27, 2010
Benchmarking Air Emissions CERES. June 29, 2010.
Federal court reverses TVA emissions ruling. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS • July 26, 2010
TVA to start using scrubbers at plant. Measure at Kingston facility aims to curb sulfur dioxide output.
Associated Press. June 12, 2010
EPA tightens sulfur dioxide emission rules Renee Schoof McClatchy Newspapers June 4, 2010
TVA Sulfur Dioxide. TVA website.
EPA gets tough on drifting pollution Coal plant rules could save lives but cost jobs Elizabeth Weise. USA
Today Jul. 7, 2011
The Other Decision: The Supreme Court Extinguishes Creative Climate Change Litigation Huffington Post
06/22/11
Settlement near in TVA-NC dispute Approval sought on plan to curb pollution from coal-fired plants Clarke
Morrison, Asheville Citizen-Times June 18, 2011
Clean-air pact's cost to TVA debated Impact on ratepayers feared, but official says plan fits goals Ed Marcum
Knoxville News Sentinel April 27, 2011
Editorial: TVA’s positive direction Chattanooga Times Free Press. April 16, 2011
TVA Agrees to Shut Down 18 Coal-Fired Boilers and Curb Emissions New York Times April 15, 2011
TVA to Pay $450,000 Civil Penalty for Clean Air Act Violations at the Widows Creek Fossil Plant in Stevenson, Ala.
EPA press release 03/15/2011
N.C. wants U.S. Supreme Court to push TVA to reduce air pollution Appeal asks for decision on upgrades or
shutdown of area coal-fired power plants Nashville Tennessean. Feb. 9, 2011
EPA study cites TVA reductions in power plant emissions. Knoxville News Sentinel January 6, 2011
EPA greenhouse gas list identifies Tennessee operations Knoxville New Sentinel
January 11, 2012
RULING AFFECTS TVA. TVA asks for more time to implement Mercury rules. Utility
Products. Dec. 22, 2011
Mercury pollution rules to hit power generating plants, including many in Alabama
Al.com. Dec. 22, 2011
Air pollution lands Knoxville on 'dirty' list By Josh Flory Knoxville News Sentinel.
November 21, 2011
TVA's Gallatin plant getting new pollution controls TVA says $1B plan to have little
effect on rates, add jobs Anne Paine Nashville Tennessean Aug. 23, 2011
Panel wants answers to TVA deal Settlement would shutter three plants By Josh Flory
Knoxville News Sentinel. August 5, 2011
Colbert County plant cited for pollution Dennis Sherer Florence (AL) Times Daily
July 22, 2011
Judge approves TVA settlement on air pollution WNC air quality improvement eyed
Citizen Times (Asheville, NC) Jul. 9, 2011