Construction began this week on a gas pipeline that will stretch more than 120 miles across Tennessee.
Caroline Eggers, Environmental Reporter
Caroline Eggers covers environmental issues with a focus on equity for WPLN News through Report for America, a national service program that supports journalists in local newsrooms across the country. Before joining the station, she spent several years covering water quality issues, biodiversity, climate change and Mammoth Cave National Park for newsrooms in the South. Her reporting on homelessness and a runoff-related “fish kill” for the Bowling Green Daily News earned her 2020 Kentucky Press Association awards in the general news and extended coverage categories, respectively. Beyond deadlines, she is frequently dancing, playing piano and photographing wildlife and her poodle, Princess. She graduated from Emory University with majors in journalism and creative writing.
Wildlife groups plan to bring back a woodpecker to Tennessee
Tennessee’s wildlife and environmental agencies plan to bring back a species no longer found in the state: the red-cockaded woodpecker.
Molasses and munitions: deadly explosions throughout U.S. history
The Oct. 11 explosion at Accurate Energetic Systems in Hickman County killed 16 people, making it the deadliest explosion in the 21st century, according to official reports of blasts since 2000.
Nuclear hype is building. TVA plans to buy in.
The utility now has three projects underway to bring nuclear plants online in Tennessee and potentially beyond by the 2030s.
Explosion updates: The latest from AES in Hickman County
Painful and painstaking work continues in the Bucksnort community, where a munitions explosion on Friday left 16 workers unaccounted for and feared dead. The disaster has commanded vast investigative resources from all levels of government and triggered strong emotions.
TVA’s nuclear reactors shut down unexpectedly 12 times in a year
Nuclear energy is usually the Tennessee Valley Authority’s largest source of electricity, but use plummeted this past year as outages plagued all seven reactors owned by the utility.
Half of Tennessee is in drought — for the fourth consecutive fall
More than half of Tennessee has parched soils. The far western portion of the state is now in severe drought, with a small portion in “extreme” drought.
Will the Boring Company be tunneling blind? Only a few rock samples are planned.
Elon Musk’s Boring Company has begun construction on a planned tunnel between downtown Nashville and the airport. Last Tuesday afternoon, the company dug underground at its worksite on Rosa Parks Boulevard for a future utility pole.
Nashville’s sustainability-minded EDM festival is expanding
Deep Tropics Music, Art and Style Festival is moving to Labor Day weekend next year with an extended three-day schedule.
Nashville’s 7th hottest summer created brutal nights
How did this summer compare? July set a record. And overnight heat was near the top of all-time records.
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