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What Will Your Legacy Be?
 
There is no greater commitment to nature, the environment, and environmental justice for the future than to name the Tennessee Chapter, or any of its member groups, as a beneficiary in your will or trust. The legacy you create now can continue, in your name, with a tax-free bequest to the Tennessee Chapter through the Sierra Club Foundation. For more information on how to accomplish this, including sample request language templates see https://www.sierraclub.org/tennessee/planned-giving
 
If you have named the Sierra Club Tennessee Chapter as a beneficiary or would like more information, reach out to our staff – Gift Planning Department, gift.planning@sierraclub.org, 800-932-4270.

 

Support the Harvey Broome Group

• Help elect local, state, and federal candidates for political office who share the Sierra Club's values and goals for the environment and environmental justice. Last year, we helped elect five environmentally friendly Knoxville city council members. This year, we want to do the same for the Knox County Commission.
• Work with Knoxville's Climate Advisory Council to achieve 100% clean energy by 2035.
• Work with local communities in Northeast Tennessee to stop the ravages of surface coal mining and help them transition to sustainable economies.
• Work with citizens affected by the massive dumps of coal ash left by TVA at its Bull Run and Kingston power plants to assure that the ash is permanently disposed of in the most environmentally protective manner. 
• Work with local allies to encourage the Department of Energy to clean up the radioactive wastes and mercury at the Oak Ridge Reservation in an environmentally safe manner. 
• Help our Oak Ridge allies protect the Black Oak Ridge Conservation Easement from encroachments and to establish a blueway on the Clinch River. 
• Protect and restore, with regional allies, the Little Tennessee River watershed, a designated Native Fish Conservation Area. 
• Protect and improve Knoxville's and Knox County's urban forest canopy. 
• Enhance and expand Knoxville’s and Knox County's greenways and trails network. We recently created a trails guide (Urban Hikes in Knoxville and Knox County) published by Legacy Parks Foundation.
• Introduce Knoxville's disadvantaged children to the natural world through after school nature programs, guided hikes, and outings (our Inspiring Connections Outdoors program, “ICO”).
• Protect Great Smoky Mountains National Park from ill-advised development proposals such as new roads and expanded helicopter tours. 
• Protect the Cherokee National Forest's outstanding scenic and Wilderness areas. We are currently revising the 3rd edition of the Cherokee National Forest Hiking Guide (UT Press, 2005). 
• Help support our Regional Conservation Committees in Northeast Tennessee (CareNet/Hawkins County, Holston Valley, and Watauga). 

The Harvey Broome Group is also seeking volunteers!

Sierra Club Knox County Endorsements

Job Opportunity: Sierra Club Tennessee Organizing Representative

HBG Visits Battlefield Farm and Gardens

Oak Ridge Environmental Management Disposal Facility (EMDF) Comments

Remember Kingston Solidarity Vigil 

Public Comment: Retire TVA’s Cumberland Fossil Plant 

Federally Funded Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)

Events and Actions

Electric Vehicles in the Smokies

Saturday, July 9, 10 AM - 4 PM
Townsend Visitor Center
7906 E Lamar Alexander Pkwy, Townsend

Presented by Knoxville Electric Vehicle Association and Drive Electric Tennessee

“If you drive a gas vehicle, bring your questions and curiosity and enjoy checking out all the EVs that will be there! You will be able to talk with EV owners and learn about transitioning to clean, quiet, fast, and fun electric driving! 

“If you drive an EV, bring your lawn chairs and picnic blankets and enjoy a fun day hanging out in the Smokies to share your enthusiasm with current and future EV owners! If your EV is a motorcycle, we’ll have extra lawn chairs for you.

“If you have questions about the event, please contact KEVA at Knoxville.ev.club@gmail.com.” 
 

Environmentally-Friendly Financial Literacy Fundraiser 

Friday, July 22 - Sunday, July 24
Knoxville Convention Center
701 Henley St.
Knoxville, TN 37902

This event is meant to provide clarity regarding how to establish Financial Literacy/Personal Finance and Sustainability as mandatory subjects in K-12 schools, both in Tennessee and abroad.

For more information, contact Stefen White at stefenwhite3@gmail.com. 
 

Tennessee River Basin Network Conference

Public Comment Opportunity: Power Plant Retirements & Community Revitalization

 “The Interagency Working Group on Coal and Power Plant Communities and Economic Revitalization is requesting public comments to help prioritize and plan assistance to energy communities, including coal, oil and gas, and power plant communities.
 
“This request for information seeks input from the public on the challenges facing energy communities, measures to address those needs, and recommendations for the Federal Government to consider. Please provide your comments via the form below, and more on this information request is available in the accompanying Federal Register notice.” 
 
Fill out the form here to make your voice heard!  
 

Volunteer with Knoxville’s Urban Heat Island Mapping Campaign 

 

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Environmental Newsflash

*** Note to readers about accessing these articles

Supreme Court restricts the EPA's authority to mandate carbon emissions reductions. Nina Totenberg, National Public Radio website, June 30. 

 "Justice Elena Kagan wrote in her dissent: 'Today, the court strips the EPA of the power Congress gave it to respond to the most pressing environmental challenge of our time. ... It deprives EPA of the power needed—and the power granted—to curb the emission of greenhouse gasses.' She was joined by the court's other two liberals.
 
"The decision appears to enact major new limits on agency regulations across the economy, limits of a kind not imposed by the court for 75 years or more. The decision, for instance, casts a cloud of doubt over a proposed Securities and Exchange Commission rule that would require companies offering securities to the public to disclose climate-related risks – like severe weather events that have or likely will affect their business models. Also in jeopardy is a new interim rule adopted by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 'aimed at treating greenhouse gas emissions and their contribution to climate change the same as all other environmental impacts [the Commission] considers.' " 
 

Sierra Club National 2030 Vision, Sierra Club.

“Sierra Club’s 2030 Strategic Vision posits a bold, transformational agenda that recognizes the interconnectedness between our planet, our humanity, and our democracy. A vision that is firmly rooted in our Core Values of anti-racism, balance, collaboration, justice, and transformation.
 
“Working with our Chapters, Groups, and Outings Leaders, and partnering with BIPOC-led organizations and First Nations we build long term power together to:
 
Protect 30% of U.S. lands and water
Ensure 50 million more people can equitably access nature outdoors
Restore access to clean air and water, provide affordable clean energy, support family-sustaining jobs, and address inequities in our response to climate disruptions
Transform our Energy System to achieve 100% Clean Energy for All by:
Stopping the expansion of the oil and gas industry
Replacing fossil fuels with clean energy
Shifting trillions of public and private dollars from the fossil fuel economy to an economy that is restorative for all.” 
 

Hundreds unite in Knoxville for ‘Bans Off Our Bodies’ rally. Wes Cooper, WATE Channel 6, June 25.

“While those at the rally continue their fight for abortion rights, they say the new ruling won’t stop people from getting them.
 
“ ‘My message tonight is really for Knoxvillians to get educated, become aware, and to get out and take action,’ [Tory] Mills said. 
 
“She added more rallies and other abortion related events are in the works.” 
 

New Brand of Activist Takes Aim at Ukraine War and Climate Crisis, Together: Led by young women from Eastern Europe, they are cornering Europe’s leaders and pressing them for a total energy embargo on Russia — to end the fighting and to save the planet. Jeffrey Gettleman, The New York Times, June 20. (gift subscription link)

"This is a different brand of activist — young, mostly female and mostly from Eastern Europe — who believes that the Ukraine war is a brutal manifestation of the world’s dependence on fossil fuels.
 
“ 'These things are connected,' Ms. Thunberg said. 'More and more fossil fuel expansion means more power to autocrats. This enables them to start wars like the one in Ukraine.' ”
 

Cherokee women seeking name change for Clingmans Dome. Scott McKie B.P., Cherokee One Feather, June 16.

View from Clingmans Dome/Kuwahi. Public domain photo by Jody Clayborn.

“For thousands of years, the area in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park called Clingmans Dome was known to Cherokee people as Kuwahi (‘mulberry place’).  Two Cherokee women are starting a process to change the name back to its roots.
 
“Lavita Hill and Mary ‘Missy’ Crowe, both members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI), have drafted legislation in the hopes of getting Tribal Council and EBCI Executive Office support for this idea.  The resolution has been submitted, and it is expected to be discussed during the July Tribal Council session.
 
“Hill commented, ‘We understand that it’s going to be a tedious process and a fight. What this resolution does, it’s not saying ‘grant the name change’, it’s saying ‘support our action as we take the steps to attempt to address the proper channels that we can do this.’ That’s what we’re hoping Tribal Council will read and will see and definitely support.’ ” 
 

Leaked list: EPA eyes closure plans for 160 coal ash ponds. Hannah Northey, E&E News Greenwire, June 14. 

Site of the TVA Coal Ash Disaster more than three years later. Photo by Appalachian Voices CC BY 2.0.

This list includes 13 coal ash ponds owned by TVA.
 
“EPA is investigating closure plans for more than 160 unlined lagoons filled with sludge left over from burning coal that could possibly leach toxic pollutants into groundwater, according to a document obtained by E&E News.
 
“The EPA list — showing facilities from Arizona to New York — raises concerns about contamination of nearby waterways and drinking water supplies and provides a window into the agency’s ongoing crackdown on coal ash, one of the largest sources of water contamination in the country. Coal ash contains contaminants like mercury, cadmium and cancer-causing arsenic.
 
“EPA in January said such ponds or impoundments, as well as landfills, cannot close if coal ash is in contact with groundwater, a requirement that’s meant to protect nearby communities.
 
“Coal ash has for decades been a scourge on communities across the nation, drawing national attention in 2008 after a dike on a coal ash pond ruptured at the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Kingston, Tenn., power plant, sending more than a billion gallons of toxic sludge into nearby waterways and towns, triggering an avalanche of legal action and sickness.” 
 

TVA Saves Billions By Choosing Clean Energy: Economic and Emissions Benefits for TVA Customers. Sierra Club Report Release, June 13.

This Sierra Club-commissioned report has been widely reported in the media.
 
“ ‘Synapse, a well-respected energy analysis firm, finds what we have long believed– TVA can quickly shift coal plants to renewable energy to more fully meet its charter for environmental stewardship and affordable energy for the Tennessee Valley.’ - Amy Kelly, Tennessee Beyond Coal Representative, Sierra Club. 
 
“The Synapse modeling resulted in the following overarching findings:
Replacement portfolios that rely exclusively on renewables and storage will achieve the same level of reliability as a replacement portfolio that consists largely of combined cycle and combustion turbine replacement capacity.
Both replacement portfolios result in customer savings relative to the Business-As-Usual scenario. The Solar/Storage Replacement scenario saves an estimated $5.8 billion from 2022 to 2042 compared to the BAU, while the Clean Portfolio Replacement saves $8.9 billion.
A resource portfolio that avoids investments in new gas capacity results in greater emissions reductions over the next 20 years and puts TVA on a clear path toward achieving net-zero CO2 emissions in 2050.” 
 

We won’t give up on justice for the Kingston coal ash workers: 13 years after TVA’s massive ash spill, workers and advocates attend a critical court hearing. Brianna Knisley, Appalachian Voices Front Porch Blog, June 10. 

 “On June 1, more than a dozen Kingston coal ash workers and their families showed up at the Tennessee Supreme Court in Nashville. With them was an incredible showing of faith, labor and environmental justice advocates, many of whom had traveled from across the state after participating in solidarity events in advance of the hearing.
 
“The group gathered in the lobby for a prayer led by the Rev. Gordon Myers of Memphis. There in spirit were many other workers’ families who were too sick or otherwise unable to attend. Together, they filled every seat of the Tennessee Supreme Courtroom.
 
“They were there to watch attorneys argue over an appeal that threatens the workers’ ability to seek financial claims for the injuries they sustained while cleaning up toxic coal ash near the Kingston Fossil Plant.
 
“Workers allege that during the six-year cleanup of the Kingston spill, supervisors told them they could eat a pound of coal ash a day without harm. Supervisors even destroyed respirators and masks that their employees brought to the work site. Since the Kingston coal ash spill in 2008, which was the largest industrial disaster in US history, nearly 60 workers have died and hundreds more are sick.” 
 

Renewable Energy Credits Allow Companies to Overstate Emissions Reductions: The findings of a new study call into question whether businesses are truly meeting climate goals. Camille Bond, E&E News Climatewire, June 10. 

“Tradable credits for renewable energy generation are allowing companies to exaggerate their progress toward slashing emissions, according to a new report from Concordia University and the University of Edinburgh Business School.
 
“Researchers found that most of the reductions in the companies’ reported Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions — or emissions from purchased energy — were from renewable energy certificates (RECs) during the 2015 to 2019 study period.
 
“When RECs were removed from their accounting, many of the companies no longer appeared on track to help keep global average warming under 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, they also found. That could have major implications for global efforts to fight climate change, as companies are seen as crucial players in reducing emissions.” 
 

Carbon Dioxide in Atmosphere Reaches Highest Levels in Millions of Years, NOAA Warns. Paige Bennett, EcoWatch, June 6. 

 “The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is warning that carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is reaching levels not experienced by humans before. Carbon dioxide levels are 50% higher than pre-industrial levels, and the amount of carbon dioxide is higher than it has been in millions of years.
 
“On June 3, the Mauna Loa Atmospheric Baseline Observator in Hawaii measured a peak carbon dioxide level of 421 parts per million in May, the highest level for 2022 and reaching levels not seen in millions of years.
 
“ ‘The science is irrefutable: humans are altering our climate in ways that our economy and our infrastructure must adapt to,” NOAA Administrator Rick Spinrad said in a press release. ‘We can see the impacts of climate change around us every day. The relentless increase of carbon dioxide measured at Mauna Loa is a stark reminder that we need to take urgent, serious steps to become a more Climate Ready Nation.’ ” 
 

Tennessee Valley Authority whistleblowers sue agency in federal court. Jamie Satterfield, Tennessee Lookout, June 2. 

“Three former Tennessee Valley Authority nuclear oversight managers who were removed from their posts after alerting the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to repeated safety concerns and violations are now suing the utility in federal court. 
 
“Melody Babb, Deanna Fultz and Mark Richerson filed suit against TVA late last week in U.S. District Court. They contend they were ousted from their posts in 2019 and targeted for public humiliation in retaliation for their whistleblowing to the NRC and the TVA Office of Inspector General about safety concerns and intimidation of whistleblowers at TVA’s three nuclear power plants.
 
“ ‘Instead of solving the (safety and intimidation) issues, the focus became stopping the identification of them by the (oversight managers) and attacking the messenger,’ attorneys Doug Hamill and Billie Garde wrote in the lawsuit.
 
“The lawsuit says TVA not only removed the trio from their positions but also disbanded an independent whistleblowing program known as the Employee Concerns Program and “handpicked” overseers of a new program specifically designed to squelch dissent and intimidate would-be whistleblowers.” 
 

How to feed the world without destroying it: George Monbiot on the growing global food crisis and the degradation of our soils. Can the solution be found in the lab? Presented by Michael Safi with George Monbiot, The Guardian, June 2.

(Podcast, 31 minutes)
 
“When farming is degrading our soils and people are still going hungry, is it time to change how we get our food?
 
“Monbiot tells Michael Safi how we need to start appreciating the wonders of the soil beneath our feet. In his book Regenesis: Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet (https://guardianbookshop.com/regenesis-9780241447642 ), Monbiot argues we need to pursue revolutionary ways of getting our sustenance. He argues that by using a method called precision fermentation, where proteins and fats are produced in breweries, we could feed the world and save our soils.”
 
Monboit says 28% of the world’s surface is used for grazing–to produce 1% of our protein. “There is no such thing as sustainable meat produced by farmed livestock.” Organic grazing is far worse. But fermentation breweries would take up “a tiny amount of land … a tiny quantity, really, of just about everything.” 
 
“If we get this right, we could replace our age of extinction with an age of regenesis. If we get this wrong, we’re committed to extinction.” 
 

A 50% Reduction in Emissions by 2030 Can be Achieved. Here’s How: Energy analysts pooled their knowledge to provide recommendations to fulfill the United States’ climate pledge. News Release, Aliyah Kovner, Berkeley Lab, June 2.

“A new study by a team of scientists and policy analysts from across the nation suggests that there are multiple pathways to achieve this goal – but big commitments will need to be made, immediately.”
 

As Senate sits on TVA nominees, Biden’s climate goals wither. Kristi E. Swartz, E&E News Energywire, June 1.

 “The nation’s largest public power utility soon could be operating with less than half of its board, increasing the uncertainty of whether it can help the Biden administration meet its already threatened decarbonization goals.
 
“The Tennessee Valley Authority is down to five of its nine members at a time when the federal agency is considering dramatic changes to its electricity mix. That number could drop to two by the end of the year if the Senate fails to confirm President Joe Biden’s nominees for the board, who have been waiting more than a year to clear the chamber.
 
“This means TVA may have to operate without a quorum at a pivotal time, its CEO and clean energy advocates told E&E News recently. The electric utility is weighing a low-carbon future that could include advanced nuclear reactors and is considering replacing coal with natural gas, which has drawn criticism from environmentalists.” 
 

Coal ash workers’ case heard by Tennessee Supreme Court. Jonathan Matisse, Associated Press, June 1.

“NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Supreme Court justices fired numerous questions Wednesday at a company that is challenging lawsuits alleging its workers were sickened or died after cleaning up the nation’s worst coal ash spill, which happened more than a decade ago.
 
“Oral arguments centered on Jacobs Engineering’s contention that the workers’ claims should fall under a Tennessee law that limits legal challenges involving exposure to silica, a component of coal ash.”
 

Related: As coal ash lawsuit drags on after 10 years, dozens of exposed workers have died. Associated Press via CBS News, May 30. 
 

Hidden in East Tennessee, crypto capitalists lead modern day rush for electricity to power their virtual mining operations: Cryptocurrency depends on a massive, distributed computer network. Mines have spread across the Southern Appalachians like mushrooms after a rain. Vincent Gabrielle, Knoxville News Sentinel, May 31.

A deep dive into the notoriously noisy and power-squandering crypto mines increasingly exploiting Tennessee’s cheap power and lax regulations, and crypto’s questionable business models. 
 

Stanford-led research finds small modular reactors will exacerbate challenges of highly radioactive nuclear waste: Small modular reactors, long touted as the future of nuclear energy, will actually generate more radioactive waste than conventional nuclear power plants, according to research from Stanford and the University of British Columbia. Mark Shwartz, Stanford University website, May 30. 

" 'Our results show that most small modular reactor designs will actually increase the volume of nuclear waste in need of management and disposal, by factors of 2 to 30 for the reactors in our case study,' said study lead author Lindsay Krall, a former MacArthur Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC). 'These findings stand in sharp contrast to the cost and waste reduction benefits that advocates have claimed for advanced nuclear technologies.'
 
" 'We found that small modular reactors will generate at least nine times more neutron-activated steel than conventional power plants. These radioactive materials have to be carefully managed prior to disposal, which will be expensive.'
 
"The study also found that the spent nuclear fuel from small modular reactors will be discharged in greater volumes per unit energy extracted and can be far more complex than the spent fuel discharged from existing power plants."
 
TVA is investing heavily in SMRs, and currently holds the only Nuclear Regulatory Commission Early Site permit in the U.S. for small modular reactor deployment at its Clinch River site near Oak Ridge.  
 

How an Organized Republican Effort Punishes Companies for Climate Action: Legislators and their allies are running an aggressive campaign that uses public money and the law to pressure businesses they say are pushing “woke” causes. David Gelles and Hiroko Tabuchi, The New York Times, May 27. (gift subscription link) 

“​​Across the country, Republican lawmakers and their allies have launched a campaign to try to rein in what they see as activist companies trying to reduce the greenhouse gasses that are dangerously heating the planet.
 
“ ‘There is a coordinated effort to chill corporate engagement on these issues,’ said Daniella Ballou-Aares, chief executive of the Leadership Now Project, a nonprofit organization that wants corporations to address threats to democracy.’And it is an effective campaign. Companies are starting to go into hiding.’ ” 
 

NES board, for the first time ever, comes out against TVA fossil fuel plans. Caroline Eggers, WPLN-FM, May 26.

“The [Nashville Electric Service (NES)] Board said the [Cumberland coal] plant should be replaced with solar energy and battery storage. This option provides clean energy, jobs and would help ensure that Nashville remains ‘competitive with other major American cities.’ ” 
 

Climate Risk from 'Zombie' Rules, Self-Immolation for the Climate, Mass Shooting and Eco-Facism. Hosted by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth, Public Radio Exchange (PRX), May 20. 

The Supreme Court's 6-3 conservative majority appears poised to soon strip the EPA of its ability to directly regulate CO2 absent an explicit congressional mandate - from a paralyzed Congress, in a climate emergency - in West Virginia v. EPA, even though the case should be dead since the rule in question, Obama’s Clean Power Plan, was withdrawn. A loss for EPA “could limit climate policies across multiple agencies.” Still, the EPA could indirectly reduce CO2 by regulating other harmful fossil fuel air pollutants and coal ash, based on solid scientific evidence.
 
“Also, on April 22, Earth Day, Wynn Bruce, a Buddhist and environmental activist, set himself on fire on the steps of the Supreme Court to protest inaction on climate change [and died the next day]. 
 
“And the suspect of the recent mass murder of Blacks in Buffalo is a self-proclaimed white supremacist and eco-fascist.”
 

The WMO State of the Global Climate 2021 report: Four key climate change indicators break records in 2021. World Meteorological Organization (WMO) press release, May 18. 

“Four key climate change indicators – greenhouse gas concentrations, sea level rise, ocean heat and ocean acidification – set new records in 2021. This is yet another clear sign that human activities are causing planetary scale changes on land, in the ocean, and in the atmosphere, with harmful and long-lasting ramifications for sustainable development and ecosystems, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
 
“Extreme weather – the day-to-day ‘face’ of climate change – led to hundreds of billions of dollars in economic losses and wreaked a heavy toll on human lives and well-being and triggered shocks for food and water security and displacement that have accentuated in 2022.
 
“The WMO State of the Global Climate in 2021 report confirmed that the past seven years have been the warmest seven years on record. 2021 was ‘only’ one of the seven warmest because of a La Niña event at the start and end of the year. This had a temporary cooling effect but did not reverse the overall trend of rising temperatures. The average global temperature in 2021 was about 1.11 (± 0.13) °C above the pre-industrial level.
 
“Criticizing ‘the dismal litany of humanity’s failure to tackle climate disruption,’ United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres used the publication of the WMO flagship report to call for urgent action to grab the ‘low-hanging fruit’ of transforming energy systems away from the ‘dead end’ of fossil fuels to renewable energy.
 
“In a video message, Mr. Guterres proposed five critical actions to jump-start the renewable energy transition. They include greater access to renewable energy technology and supplies, a tripling of private and public investments in renewables and an end to subsidies on fossil fuels which amount to roughly $11 million per minute.”
 

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