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Hellbenders and pollinators and climate change… oh my!
Nashville’s approach to conservation
Hellbenders and pollinators and climate change… oh my!
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.
Droughts will worsen in Tennessee. The state lacks a real plan, a new report finds
Tennessee last released a drought management plan in 2010. A new report says the state is unprepared to respond to future droughts exacerbated by climate change.
TVA bet on gas for Arctic storms. It backfired.
Last Friday’s rolling blackouts are adding to questions about TVA’s reliance on fossil fuels during inclement weather.
Tennessee has massive wind energy potential. Why is nobody talking about it?
Contrary to some recent claims, federal analysis shows that wind could be a dominant source of power in the Tennessee. So why isn’t it?
President Biden’s TVA nominees are confirmed by the Senate after long delay
Many of President Biden’s nominees to TVA’s board have been languishing in the Senate for more than year, as the Trump-filled board gave the utility’s CEO more power.
A court case on TVA’s rolling contracts could affect your electricity bills
Contracts with local power companies have allowed TVA to lock in revenue from most of its companies without competition. That could change, with a years-long legal effort now bubbling to the surface.
Land of the dead? This map shows how Tennessee has the most cemeteries respective to the living
Tennessee is the land of the dead, or, at least, the state with the most graveyards respective to the living.
Weekend Adventure: Heartbreak and trash hunks along the Harpeth River
The water levels are low and tensions are running high on a mid-summer paddling trip in the Harpeth River.
Tennessee’s massive oil spill cost $4.7 million. A federal investigation says it poured from a 7-inch crack.
In June, a tiny puncture in a 72-year-old pipeline leaked thousands of barrels worth of crude oil into Chester County.
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