The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel delivered a 2-1 split decision Friday that keeps Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company LLC from starting to build its 32-mile pipeline.
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What’s going on with TVA?
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), the electric utility that services Tennessee and parts of surrounding states, has planned eight gas plants in the past few years, which would mean 160 miles of pipeline for Tennessee.
‘Rally for the Valley’ on Wednesday will demand TVA end its reliance on fossil fuels
Community groups and climate activists will gather in Nashville this Wednesday to demand that TVA end its fossil fuel buildout.
TVA’s power mix explained in two charts
The Tennessee Valley Authority is one of the largest utilities in the nation, providing a massive amount of energy for 10 million people.
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Why does the utility that makes Tennessee’s electricity hold so tightly to fossil fuels?
TVA proposes gas plant, 122-mile pipeline for notorious Kingston site
Months after the Tennessee Valley Authority committed to building a gas plant and pipeline in Middle Tennessee, the federal utility is proposing another 1.5-gigawatt fossil fuel project in East Tennessee.
Is natural gas ‘clean energy’? Tennessee lawmakers want you to think so.
Natural gas is “better than” coal. This refrain is a classic argument for the fossil fuel industry, and it is how Tennessee lawmakers are persuading the state legislature to rebrand natural gas as “clean energy.”
TVA’s coal pollution causes 241 premature deaths each year, study finds
According to a new report from the Sierra Club, TVA’s remaining coal plants could cause more than 2,000 premature deaths in the next decade.
TVA chooses panel to review last month’s Arctic blackouts
TVA has selected three people with longstanding ties to the utility to conduct a review of coal and gas failures during an Arctic storm in late December.
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