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Duck River

NashVillager Podcast: Downstream problems

By Nina Cardona

July 24, 2025

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Should we dam the Duck River? Plus, the local news for July 24, 2025.

Filed Under: Environment, History, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: Duck River

Isolated wetlands cover just 1.2% of Tennessee. But destroying them will have extensive impacts.

By Caroline Eggers

April 18, 2025

Wetlands across Tennessee may soon be open for construction.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: conservation, development, drought, Duck River, flood, wetlands

TN passes $60 billion budget, slashes money for starter homes, boosts funding for state AG

By Marianna Bacallao

April 16, 2025

The Tennessee General Assembly approved a $60 billion budget Wednesday, as federal funding cuts put a large portion of that money at risk.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 114th Tennessee General Assembly, Bill Lee, Duck River, federal funding, Jack Johnson, Jeff Yarbro, memphis, school voucher, school vouchers, tnleg, tnpol

If Nashville is blocked from using Middle Point landfill, what’s next?

By Caroline Eggers

February 13, 2025

The company that owns the landfill that receives most of Nashville’s trash wants to reject it. Here’s what that could mean.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: Duck River, landfill, Middle Point landfill, Recycling

Housing, childcare and conservation: TN Gov. Bill Lee unveils new priorities

By Marianna Bacallao

February 10, 2025

During his annual State of the State address, Lee laid out next steps for his administration — and touted the results of a special session last month.

Filed Under: Environment, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Bill Lee, conservation, Duck River, Immigration, school vouchers, state of the state

A small Tennessee town’s sewage system might be polluting the Duck River

By Caroline Eggers

May 21, 2024

For at least three years, the wastewater treatment plant in Chapel Hill has repeatedly violated state pollution limits for treated sewage discharges.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: Duck River, pollution, sewage, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, wastewater, water

The Duck River is one of the most endangered rivers in U.S., report shows

By Caroline Eggers

April 16, 2024

The Duck River in Middle Tennessee has been named as one of the most threatened waterways in the U.S. 

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: biodiversity, development, Duck River, endangered species, pollution

The Tennessee legislature blocked climate action this year — again. And other environmental bills you may have missed.

By Caroline Eggers

April 28, 2023

While some states are confronting climate change head on, Tennessee has been blocking actions that would reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, climate change, Duck River, fossil fuels, pipeline, pollution, WOTUS

Tennessee can build a new landfill or expand Middle Point. A better option is to repurpose trash.

By Caroline Eggers

April 4, 2023

The Middle Point Landfill in Murfreesboro accepts waste from a third of Tennessee counties, including from Nashville, and officials have estimated that the dumping ground has as little as three years left – or maybe until the end of the decade. 

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: climate change, Composting, Duck River, landfill, Maury County, Middle Point landfill, Murfreesboro, pollution, Recycling

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