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​Sustainable Tennessee Agenda

VOTES FOR SUSTAINABLE TENNESSEE‘S PRIORITIES AND ACTION STEPS ARE IN!

Some 25 priorities and actions steps have been identified in public forums hosted by the Council within the last year.  These represent the greatest opportunities for advancing the practices and policies for a more sustainable Tennessee — to improve our environment, communities, and public health.

The priorities have been ranked by our constituents as follows:
  1. Clean Energy: Get TVA to adopt a step-by step, project-by-project plan to replace the energy generated by coal and nuclear plants as they age out with renewable energy.
  2. Water Quality: Broaden stewardship ethic through outreach to and collaboration between civic, public, faith groups, and local watershed organizations.
  3. Recycling: Increase benefits and incentives for recycling; increase barriers and repercussions to landfill waste and littering.
  4. Clean Energy: Pass legislation to enable Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE), making home solar, energy efficiency, and water conservation upgrades more affordable to the general public.
  5. Water Quality: Reduce the impact of coal pollution on Tennessee waters–develop strategies to block SMCRA Primacy, incorporate new, effluent limitations on coal power plants, and implement Coal Combustion Residual Rule.

​Read or download the full 2018 Sustainable Tennessee Agenda below.
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Sustainable Tennessee is a project of the Tennessee Environmental Council, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Monthly contributions to the Council  help support our year-round efforts to develop and implement the Sustainable Tennessee Agenda!


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  • Home
  • Get Involved
    • Volunteer & Events
    • Come Post Your Compost >
      • Submit Compost Totals Here
      • Community Success Stories
      • Resources for Businesses
    • Generate Some Buzz
    • Recycling Roundups >
      • Recycle Tennessee >
        • Recycle Right Nashville
        • Recycle Right Knoxville
        • Recycle Right Oak Hill
        • Recycle Right Lebanon
    • Watershed Support Center >
      • Davidson County Creek Cleanups
      • Grassy Branch Creek Restoration Project
      • Lytle Creek Restoration Project
      • Duck River Opportunities Project
      • Stream Support and Consulting
      • Citizen Action Guide
    • Tennessee Tree Program >
      • Tennessee Tree Day
      • Tennessee Chestnut Project
      • Useful Tree Resources >
        • Benefits of trees
      • Guidelines For A Tennessee Tree Project Event
      • Tennessee Tree Varieties We Have Planted
    • Radioactive Waste Education Project
    • Intern with TEC
  • Donate & Ways to Give
    • Sponsorship Opportunities
  • About Us
    • Our Team
    • Board of Directors
    • Mission, Vision & Accomplishments
    • 50 Years of Accomplishments