TVA is deeply involved in all stages of the death cycle of coal.
TVA is both a public and private corporation. As a federal organization they were created to serve the public (with a board of directors appointed by the US president), but have since morphed into a private, profit-seeking corporation. For decades, TVA has perpetuated environmental degradation with coal burning power plants, displaced communities for its hydroelectric dams, and created numerous health risks from nuclear power plants. TVA is the #1 purchaser of mountain top removal coal in North America and their service areas in TN, KY, VA, GA, MS, NC, and AL have some of the worst air quality in the country! East Tennessee, specifically, has one of the highest rates of asthma in the country. TVA is also responsible for the largest coal waste disaster in our nation’s history. Following continual neglect to one of TVA’s oldest coal burning power plants, a dike broke and released over 1 billion gallons of coal ash into the adjacent watershed and community. This disaster has displaced many families, created a public health crisis, and has left a beautiful environment and community in ruins.
Join us to expose TVA’s dirty involvement in the death cycle of coal and let it be known that we want a future that includes clean air, preserved ecosystems, intact mountains, whole communities, and healthy children.
Join us to expose TVA’s dirty involvement in the death cycle of coal and let it be known that we want a future that includes clean air, preserved ecosystems, intact mountains, whole communities, and healthy children.
