Chattanooga deserves an “A,” not a “D,” for effort for air pollution control.
Please ask your writers, as Andy Sher did, to consult Bob Colby for air quality, not the lung association. The American Lung Association’s analysis is not what counts with EPA, TDEC or Chattanooga’s air board.
For 49 years I have supplied in Tennessee numerous air pollution collectors. Your recent other writers on air pollution articles might want to join the nonprofit Air and Waste Management Association to learn the latest in air pollution control research. A recent article on TDEC being “too cozy” is off base.
I recommend you encourage these writers pay an admission to attend the next TDEC Environmental Show of the South or the CRMA Environmental Summit this fall in Chattanooga to learn facts on air pollution control.
I would not fault TDEC for moving next year’s 1,200-person conference back to Gatlinburg after your writers’ derogatory remarks. I have worked with TDEC and TOSHA for decades and found them to be fair, honest, level-headed engineers and attorneys.