Tennessee valley authority (tva) sites
red = water dams
purple = nuclear power plants
orange = fossil fuel power plants

map showing tennessee and bordering states, alabama, mississippi, georgia, south carolina, north carolina, virginia, west virginia, kentucky, illinois, missouri, and arkansas. region served by tennessee valley authority includes all of tennessee and parts of kentucky, virginia, north carolina, georgia, mississippi, and alabama. forty seven dams are spread throughout region, but concentrated in eastern tennessee. there are three nuclear power plants, two south of knoxville, tennessee, and one near huntsville, alabama. there are 19 fossil fuel plants throughout region, the majority in western tennessee, mississippi, and southwestern kentucky.
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study the map above. who would object to negative externalities related to the use of renewable and nonrenewable resources in the map?

citizens expecting to pay higher taxes for more oversight
construction companies hired to build homes for relocated communities
farmers whose fields flood annually
the family of a child killed in a river-boating accident