Demonstrators said they would be holding "non-violent demonstrations against the Tennessee Valley Authority's irresponsibility (its recent disasters and the whole concept of 'clean coal') on Monday in Chattanooga, Nashville, Johnson City and Knoxville.
Amanda Cagle said the picketing was to begin at noon "on the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. and one day before the inauguration of Barack Obama."
She said, "In the past three weeks, TVA has dumped toxic waste into the Emory and Clinch Rivers, the Ocoee River, and Widows Creek. Explanations and cleanup have been minimal and pathetic. Over 470 mountains have been destroyed by mountaintop removal coal mining, of which TVA is the biggest customer.
"The public demands accountability and change. It's time for TVA to clean up their mess and their act. No more land and life destroyed in the name of cheap energy. No more dangerous sludge dams. No more energy from Mountaintop Removal coal. We demand support for clean, renewable energy - now."
The demonstration in Chattanooga was to be at the TVA headquarters at 1101 Market St. by Chattanooga Earth First and concerned citizens.