We don’t know how much PFAS is in Tennessee because we have limited data, but state testing and a new EPA requirement may soon give us a better idea.
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.
Building codes affect health and climate. A Tennessee bill would block cities from updating them.
Buildings are the fourth-largest source of climate pollution in the U.S. Many cities are tackling emissions with better energy codes, but a new bill in Tennessee would effectively block this policy tool — preventing cities from requiring developers to construct healthier and more efficient homes and buildings.
Is natural gas ‘clean energy’? Tennessee lawmakers want you to think so.
Natural gas is “better than” coal. This refrain is a classic argument for the fossil fuel industry, and it is how Tennessee lawmakers are persuading the state legislature to rebrand natural gas as “clean energy.”
What to plant in Nashville this spring — other than grass
Invasive species are one of the largest threats to the world’s biodiversity. One of the most common is in your backyard: turf grass.
The windstorm took out 600 trees in Nashville. Here’s why.
Oak trees splintered. Sugar maples uprooted. Some trees crashed across Nashville streets, and hundreds of trees took out power lines. Nashville officials received reports for nearly 600 fallen trees on Friday following the windstorm. The total tally could be higher.
Sinkholes are dangerous — and expensive. Tennessee lawmakers want home sellers to disclose them.
Sinkholes are popping up, or rather down, more often in some parts of the Southeast.
TVA’s coal pollution causes 241 premature deaths each year, study finds
According to a new report from the Sierra Club, TVA’s remaining coal plants could cause more than 2,000 premature deaths in the next decade.
EPA might tighten an air pollution rule. Nashville would have to change.
The Environmental Protection Agency may soon crack down on the deadliest form of air pollution: fine particulate matter.
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