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TVA retires Bull Run Fossil Plant, closing another coal plant as it shifts to clean energy
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe Tennessee Valley Authority has retired the Bull Run Fossil Plant, the latest in a spate of...
TVA moves forward with natural gas and new pipeline to replace Kingston coal plant by 2027
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 months agoTennessee Valley Authority staff solidified plans to close the massive Kingston Fossil Plant by 2027...
TVA's Kingston plant will generate new energy by 2027, leaving coal and smokestacks behind
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoThe Tennessee Valley Authority will retire the Kingston Fossil Plant – once the largest coal-fired power plant in the world and the site of a major coal ash disaster – and replace it with a ...
How we can nail zero emissions by 2050: TVA-funded report says it's possible
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThere are four roads the Tennessee Valley region could take to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by...
EPA rule prompted by Kingston coal ash spill might be revised to include older landfills
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 year agoResidents living near old coal ash landfills might be better protected if the Environmental...
Pollution from coal waste still contaminating water in Kentucky and U.S., groups say
Lexington Herald-Leader McClatchy Articles via AOL· 1 year agoYears after the federal government mandated cleanup, pollutants such as arsenic and mercury continue...
Utility backs solar farm atop capped Kentucky coal ash pit
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe nation's largest public utility has proposed building a $216 million solar farm project in...
Climate bill: Could coal communities shift to nuclear?
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA major economic bill headed to the president has “game-changing” incentives for the nuclear energy...
Georgia Power plan to leave coal ash in groundwater could be upended by new EPA rule
Georgia Recorder via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced on Thursday the final adoption of rules aimed at...
Data centers, bitcoin and EVs send utilities scrambling for more power
Canary Media via Yahoo News· 1 month agoThe United States is facing a new energy crisis — one that could make the climate crisis even worse....