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Tennessee has 60 data centers. Nashville probably has more than you think.

By Caroline Eggers

November 20, 2025

Tennessee has 60 data centers, and more than a third of them are located in the greater Nashville area. 

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: data center, fossil fuels, Meta, Tennessee Valley Authority, water, xAi

TVA plans first major battery storage addition

By Caroline Eggers

November 6, 2025

The Tennessee Valley Authority plans to add ample storage to its grid by the end of the decade. 

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: fossil fuels, renewables, Tennessee Valley Authority

‘A real injustice’ — Communities call on TVA to cancel Kingston gas project

By Caroline Eggers

November 6, 2025

Residents and environmental groups rallied against Enbridge’s construction of a 122-mile methane gas pipeline that will cut through Tennessee.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: enbridge, fossil fuels, kingston, methane, pipeline, Tennessee Valley Authority

A gas pipeline will cross 120 miles of Tennessee. Enbridge just started construction.

By Caroline Eggers

October 23, 2025

Construction began this week on a gas pipeline that will stretch more than 120 miles across Tennessee. 

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: enbridge, fossil fuels, kingston, methane, pipeline, Tennessee Valley Authority

TVA’s nuclear reactors shut down unexpectedly 12 times in a year

By Caroline Eggers

September 22, 2025

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.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: fossil fuels, nuclear, Tennessee Valley Authority

Will TVA be privatized? Trump’s efforts to control the utility, fire CEO spark speculation

By Caroline Eggers

July 23, 2025

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TVA tensions have culminated in a cancelled gas project, a threat to fire TVA’s new CEO, and speculations that President Donald Trump may privatize — or seize control of — the nation’s oldest and largest public utility.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: fossil fuels, nuclear, Tennessee Valley Authority, Trump Administration

Trump fires 3rd TVA board member since March

By Caroline Eggers

June 12, 2025

President Donald Trump fired TVA board member Beth Geer on Tuesday without citing a reason for the termination. 

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: fossil fuels, Tennessee Valley Authority, TVA board

TVA’s possible coal extensions unravel rationale given for new gas

By Caroline Eggers

June 2, 2025

The Tennessee Valley Authority is considering extending the life of its coal plants. Or, at least, that is what the utility is saying publicly. 

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: climate change, fossil fuels, solar, Tennessee Valley Authority

Trump grants TVA ‘exemption’ to air pollution regulations for coal

By Caroline Eggers

April 25, 2025

In late March, the Trump administration made a unique offer to power providers: send an email and get out of federal pollution restrictions.  The Tennessee Valley Authority quickly signed up. 

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: air pollution, climate change, coal, Environmental Protection Agency, fossil fuels, pollution, Tennessee Valley Authority

How pesticides, Monsanto and ‘buried’ scientific evidence converge in a proposed Tennessee law

By Caroline Eggers

March 31, 2025

Pesticide companies are among the wealthiest corporations in the world. Take Bayer: The chemical and pharmaceutical corporation made about half of its $50 billion revenue last year from pesticide and seed sales.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, Bayer, cancer, chemicals, fossil fuels, Monsanto, pesticides, pollution

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