Interactive Timeline of TVA Protests

By pelhamandrew

  • Tellico Dam Protests

    Tellico Dam Protests
    Farmers, Native Americans, scientists protest building of the Tellico Dam in east Tennessee. It would take away sacred ground, family land, and might make the snail darter fish extinct.

  • TVA vs. Hill ruling

    TVA vs. Hill ruling
    TVA vs. Hill
    The Supreme Court ruled that construction of Tellico Dam would violate the Environmental Protection Act and make the snail darter extinct.

  • EPA Amendment Passed by Congress

    EPA Amendment Passed by Congress
    Sen. Howard Baker amends EPA so Tellico can be completed. This makes TVA vs. Hill irrelevant.

  • Tellico Reservoir Filled Against Protests

    Tellico Reservoir Filled Against Protests

  • TVA clear cutting

    TVA clear cutting
    In 2008, TVA announced it would begin clear cutting any tree under its power lines from Knoxville to Memphis

  • Kingston Plant coal ash spill

    Kingston Plant coal ash spill
    TVA's storage system leaked a flood of coal ash that destroyed 15 homes and ruined the water quality in Roane County.

  • TVA Nuclear Reactor Protest

    TVA Nuclear Reactor Protest
    In 2011, Knoxville protesters dressed as zombies to protest the building of a new reactor at the Bellefonte Nuclear Site.

  • TVA is liable for damage

    TVA is liable for damage
    In 2012, the federal court ruled that the TVA is liable for damages in the coal ash spill.

  • Donna Sherwood vs. TVA

    Donna Sherwood vs. TVA
    Judge rules that TVA has right to clear cut trees.