A mining company is planning to extract coal from a mountain in East Tennessee this year.
Two-thirds of Tennessee coal mine permits are in bond forfeiture
Old coal mines often look like vast wastelands, stripped of anything living.
Tennessee weather in 2023 was defined by winter heat, destructive winds and drought
In 2023, the year started hot and it ended as Nashville’s hottest year on record.
Nearly 50% of Tennessee is in ‘extreme’ drought
Drought conditions have been expanding and contracting across state land since October. The drought peaked during the week of Nov. 21, when 56% of the state was considered at a level of extreme or exceptional.
Tracking Tennessee’s fossil fuel expansion in 2023 — and a few climate wins
Earth is about to finish the hottest year on record — and it was marked by deadly heat, droughts, floods and disease outbreaks. Fossil fuels are the main driver — but that industry expanded in Tennessee this year.
Tornadoes topple trees. What does that mean for forests?
Tornadoes snapped and felled trees across the region this weekend.
2023 is Tennessee’s 7th-deadliest year for tornadoes
Tornadoes directly killed 16 people this year in Tennessee. In the spring, there were 10 deaths during the March 31-April 1 tornado event in West Tennessee. There were also five deaths during the storm from straight-line winds, but the National Weather Service separates fatalities by the specific hazard.
Nuclear will be part of the clean energy future. Tennessee plans to lead in building ‘small’ reactors.
In Oak Ridge, the place where the first electricity from nuclear power was generated, the Tennessee Valley Authority is planning to build what may become the nation’s first mini nuclear plant.
Survey: Send WPLN your thoughts on last winter’s rolling blackouts
From Dec. 23 – 24, 2022, upwards of hundreds of thousands of Tennesseans lost power due to rolling blackouts. WPLN News wants to hear about how folks were impacted last year. Thanks for sharing with us. We will use this feedback to inform future reporting.
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