Environment & Energy

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,866 posts) Thu Feb 14, 2019, 05:42 PM Feb 2019

TVA defies Trump, votes to shut down two aging coal-fired power plants

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NEWS-Tennessee Valley Authority directors voted to close two coal plants, defying a Trump Tweet urging the agency to keep the Paradise 3 plant open. The plant was a key customer of mine owned by major Trump backer Robert Murray. @StevenMufson

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Read about the plant, and Bob Murray's hotel habits, in this @StevenMufson story. (And watch this space for his update on the vote.) https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/trump-urges-tennessee-valley-authority-to-keep-open-49-year-old-coal-plant/2019/02/12/6fa1810c-2ed9-11e9-813a-0ab2f17e305b_story.html …

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TVA defies Trump, votes to shut down two aging coal-fired power plants (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2019 OP

VERY good news. elleng Feb 2019 #1

Excellent news. SharonAnn Feb 2019 #2

Great news! Thanks for posting! Rhiannon12866 Feb 2019 #3

"GloryBe"! Duppers Feb 2019 #4

They are just going by the numbers Finishline42 Feb 2019 #5

elleng

(131,603 posts)

1. VERY good news.

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Thu Feb 14, 2019, 05:48 PM

Feb 2019

SharonAnn

(13,785 posts)

2. Excellent news.

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Thu Feb 14, 2019, 05:50 PM

Feb 2019

Rhiannon12866

(207,437 posts)

3. Great news! Thanks for posting!

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Fri Feb 15, 2019, 03:25 AM

Feb 2019

Duppers

(28,137 posts)

4. "GloryBe"!

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Fri Feb 15, 2019, 05:34 AM

Feb 2019

Wow! Terrific news!

Hallelujah.

Finishline42

(1,091 posts)

5. They are just going by the numbers

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Fri Feb 15, 2019, 08:40 AM

Feb 2019

Old coal fired power plants require a lot of maintenance to keep going. New gas units are a lot more efficient plus don't pollute as much.

I use to drive by that plant on a regular basis, easily seen from the Western KY Parkway. Also prominent (in the 80's and 90's and maybe longer) was a huge coal shovel. One of the reasons for the location of the power plant was the presence of a large amount of coal nearby. When I first started driving by the shovel was on the southern side of the Parkway then it moved to the Northern side.

John Prine - Paradise >>>

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