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• Tennessee Valley Authority to face North Carolina pollution lawsuit.

  - 2004-11-16

  By Scott Barker, The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Tenn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Scott Barker, The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Tenn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

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• TVA Pushes to Prolong Litigation, Avoid Power Plant Clean-Up; Judge to Decide Schedule of New Source Review Lawsuit

  - 2004-07-19

  KNOXVILLE, Tenn., July 19 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The National Parks Conservation Association NPCA and the Sierra Club today asserted that the Tennessee Valley Authority TVA is obstructing the much- needed clean up of air pollution that diminishes scenic views and threatens human health by seeking to delay lawsuits filed by...

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• Temporary stay; Court says TVA can disregard EPA order.(Tennessee Valley Authority )

  - 2003-07-07

  Byline: Joe Truini The Tennessee Valley Authority can ignore, at least for now, a federal government order to install additional pollution controls at several of its coal-fired power plants. The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in...

  Tags: compliance, pollution, Tennessee Valley Authority, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

• BAD AIRDAYS.(air pollution in national parks)

  - 2001-05-01

  The air over Shenandoah and Great Smoky Mountains national parks is worse than that of some industrial cities. Attempts at improvements face an exceptional set of challenges, although a recent ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold tighter rules on ozone could help. ...

  Tags: emission, ozone, pollution, Tennessee Valley Authority, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

• Tennessee Valley Authority Blasted for Pollution by Environmentalists.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)

  - 2001-01-16

  Jan. 13--Unlike the troubled utilities in California, the Tennessee Valley Authority has had little trouble keeping the power flowing during one of the coldest winters on record. But environmentalists are still giving TVA the cold shoulder for the way the federal utility is meeting...

  Tags: environmentalist, pollution, Tennessee Valley Authority, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

• NPCA Files Suit Against TVA for Smokies Pollution.

  - 2000-11-01

  Government agency is not complying with Clean Air Act. KNOXVILLE, TENN. -- NPCA has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court against the Tennessee Valley Authority TVA charging the agency with violating the Clean Air Act at two coal-fired power plants near Great Smoky...

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• Tennessee Valley Authority Promise Better Approach to Cutting Pollution.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)

  - 2000-01-12

  Jan. 11--TVA officials said Monday the utility can reduce air pollution from its coal-fired plants faster and at less cost under its own approach than under a new mandate from the Environmental Protection Agency. Jan. 11--TVA officials said Monday the utility can reduce air...

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• EPA Charges Tennessee Valley Authority with Illegal Pollution.

  - 1999-11-03

  Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

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• NPCA Notes.(National Parks and Conservation Association)(Brief Article)

  - 1999-09-01

  Diversity Forum Begun Online * NPCA recently launched an online discussion on race, culture, and diversity in the National Park System. The forum is designed to allow Mosaic in Motion Conference participants, members of the Community Partners Program, and other interested individuals to share...

  Tags: National Park Service, ozone, pollution, Tennessee Valley Authority

• Emphasis now on watershed control. (condensed from Water Environment and Technology, July 1994) (Environmental Waste Control Digest)

  - 1994-09-01

  The US government is planning to expand the environmental policies of the Clean Water Act to include protection of watersheds. Several states have followed the initiative by passing their own watershed regulations especially for areas that are sources of drinking water. Watershed protection has also involved banning the use of...

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