Posts Tagged ‘Tennessee’
Ridgeline Pipeline Construction Impacts in Rural East Tennessee
Neighbors share about noise, unpredictable construction schedules and other disruptions due to methane gas pipeline construction in East Tennessee. The 122-mile Ridgeline Expansion Project, constructed and owned by East Tennessee Natural Gas, a subsidiary of Enbridge, a multibillion-dollar Canadian fossil fuel company, was approved to go into service Nov. 1.
Read MoreYears in the making, TVA’s long-term energy plan misses the mark
After years of delays and several drafts, TVA finalized a new long-term energy plan at its August board meeting. Both the process leading up to this plan and the final plan show that politics and industry interests have influenced the utility and its board more than the voices of household electric customers.
Read More‘The Most Perfect Act of Love’
Hundreds of people attended the second annual Affirming Sumner Pride celebration on a 24-acre farm dubbed “Fruity Farm” in Bethpage, Sumner County, Tennessee.
Read MoreGroups sue TVA over Clean Air Act violations at Kingston site
On Thursday, the Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of Appalachian Voices and the Sierra Club, sued the Tennessee Valley Authority for violating the Clean Air Act and putting public health at risk by building its new Kingston Gas Plant, which TVA plans to operate alongside its 70-year-old Kingston Coal Plant, before receiving the required air permit or evaluating the impacts of the two plants’ combined emissions.
Read MoreThe Washout and Rebuild
For nearly two years, residents of Unicoi County, Tennessee, have had to make do without a hospital after Hurricane Helene destroyed the rural hospital. Ballad Health, which owns the hospital, broke ground on a new location — in another floodplain — in August 2026.
Read MoreTVA sued for violating federal Clean Air Act at its Cumberland Fossil Plant
This week, the Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of Appalachian Voices and the Sierra Club, sued the Tennessee Valley Authority over the utility’s failure to take federally required steps to protect Middle Tennessee communities from the harmful air pollution impacts of running its Cumberland coal plant alongside its newly built Cumberland Gas Plant.
Read MoreCourt rules TVA’s decision to build Kingston Gas Plant broke the law
In a win for communities across the Tennessee Valley, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee ruled that the Tennessee Valley Authority’s decision to build its massive Kingston Gas Plant had “fundamental” errors that violated federal law.
Read More‘Beat the Heat’ block party in Knoxville to call for making utilities more affordable
Appalachian Voices and Knoxville Water and Energy for All will be hosting a “Beat the Heat” block party on Saturday, Sept. 12, from 2-6 p.m. as part of our efforts to make utilities more affordable and reduce utility disconnections for vulnerable households.
Read MoreGroups take first step toward lawsuit against TVA over Clean Air Act violations at Kingston site
The Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of Appalachian Voices and the Sierra Club, sent a notice of intent to sue to the Tennessee Valley Authority, warning the federal utility that its ongoing construction of a new methane gas plant near the site of its 70-year-old coal plant violates the Clean Air Act.
Read MoreTVA accepting public comments on its long-range energy plans
Today, the Tennessee Valley Authority released its outline for meeting the region’s energy needs over the next 25 years, known as its Integrated Resource Plan. The public utility also opened a 30-day public comment period for input on the plan.
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