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Elon Musk’s xAI, pollution and data centers — what you need to know about a Tennessee bill

By Caroline Eggers

April 5, 2026

Data centers are popping up, causing concerns about electricity use, and prompting a question: Should data centers be able to produce their own power?

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, data center, fossil fuels, memphis, pollution, Tennessee Valley Authority, xAi

Small towns in Tennessee join ‘No Kings’ protests

By Caroline Eggers

March 29, 2026

The third series of “No Kings” events protesting the Trump administration included about 40 locations across Tennessee.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: fossil fuels, No Kings, protest, Trump Administration

Fossil fuel companies will be shielded from climate lawsuits in Tennessee

By Caroline Eggers

March 25, 2026

Tennessee is moving to block climate change lawsuits against fossil fuel companies.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: 114th Tennessee General Assembly, Chris Todd, climate change, fossil fuels

New map shows Tennessee’s polluted waterways

By Caroline Eggers

January 16, 2026

The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation has mapped polluted waterways across the state.  Tennessee boasts about 60,000 miles of streams and rivers, along with 29 reservoir lakes. The state agency has been monitoring their water quality for decades and periodically releases new data. 

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: agriculture, fossil fuels, pesticides, PFAS, pollution, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, water

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

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