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Report: Energy reform could save Tennessee billions, add jobs

Nashville Business Journal - by Dan Hieb Staff Writer

Tennessee could save billions of dollars and generate thousands of new jobs by enacting aggressive energy efficiency policies, a team of researchers from Georgia Tech and Duke say.
Their study, Energy Efficiency in the South, argues that by reducing the growth of electricity consumption, Tennesseans could save $1.6 billion a year by 2020, and $3.1 billion a year by 2030. Those savings, pumped into other industries such as green manufacturing, would in turn generate 15,100 jobs by 2020 and 20,700 jobs by 2030, the researchers said.
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Stormwater Project Dedication And Ribbon Cutting Is Friday

From Chattanoogan.com
posted April 8, 2010
A dedication ceremony and ribbon-cutting to introduce Renaissance Park’s newest environmental feature will be on Friday at 11 a.m. at the new parking area and Rain Garden in Renaissance Park.

Mayor Ron Littlefield, Parks and Recreation Administrator Larry Zehnder, Anda Ray, senior vice president of TVA Environment and Technology from Knoxville, as well as representatives from the local TVA, the Chattanooga Green Committee, City Council, City Office of Sustainability, Public Works, and special guests, will be on hand.

This is the completed first phase of the River Street Extension, with a new environmentally-designed parking area and rain garden.