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TVA is officially building a massive gas plant in Middle Tennessee

By Caroline Eggers

January 11, 2023

The Tennessee Valley Authority has just chosen to burn fossil fuels for several more decades. Again.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: fossil fuels, natural gas, pipeline, Tennessee Valley Authority

Dirt is key to understanding Tennessee’s environmental disasters in 2022. Let’s talk about it.

By Caroline Eggers

December 22, 2022

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In 2022, soil was a key factor in all of Tennessee’s environmental disasters.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: climate change, drought, heat, landslide, oil spill, pipeline, soil, top stories 2022

Report: Conservative group wrote anti-protest bill in Tennessee to shield fossil fuel projects. Farms, too.

By Caroline Eggers

September 16, 2022

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A conservative group that authors state legislation around the country helped introduce a law in Tennessee that stiffened penalties against protestors of fossil fuel infrastructure.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: ALEC, American Legislative Exchange Council, dakota access pipeline, fossil fuels, pipeline, protest

Tennessee’s second-largest crude oil spill narrowly missed the state’s biggest aquifer

By Caroline Eggers

July 6, 2022

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A pipeline that crosses eight states burst in Tennessee last week and leaked more than 200,000 gallons of crude oil into the rural town of Henderson – making it the second-largest crude oil spill in state history.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: chester county, fossil fuels, oil spill, pipeline, pollution, TDEC

Tennessee just had its second-largest crude oil spill ever, with 200,000 gallons leaking into rural town

By Caroline Eggers

July 5, 2022

A crude oil pipeline dumped about 4,800 barrels of crude oil into the surrounding area and into a local creek in Chester County last week.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: fossil fuels, oil, oil spill, pipeline, pollution

TVA wants gas. Enbridge and Kinder Morgan want pipelines. Tennesseans want protection.

By Caroline Eggers

May 24, 2022

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The Army Corps of Engineers is seeking public input on a permit that has allowed oil and gas pipeline projects to be fast-tracked.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: climate change, climate justice, pipeline, Tennessee Valley Authority

A federal permit that fast-tracks pipelines is getting a makeover, and the Army Corps of Engineers wants your input

By Caroline Eggers

May 16, 2022

The Army Corps of Engineers is formally reviewing the use of a federal permit for oil and gas pipelines — citing concerns for environmental justice, climate change and drinking water.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: Army Corps of Engineers, climate change, pipeline

It’s about to get a lot harder for cities to block fossil fuel projects under Tennessee legislature’s latest move

By Caroline Eggers

April 26, 2022

The Tennessee House just passed its latest preemption bill that’s designed to help fossil fuel companies build new infrastructure like pipelines.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: climate change change, fossil fuels, pipeline, Tennessee Legislature

Tennessee bill to preempt local bans on fossil fuel projects nears finish line with modifications

By Caroline Eggers

March 29, 2022

The preemption bill designed to expedite fossil fuel projects advanced Thursday after a 16-4 vote by the Tennessee House Commerce Committee — but not without changes.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: fossil fuels, natural gas, pipeline

State advances ‘pipeline bill’ that would expedite new fossil fuel infrastructure

By Caroline Eggers

March 16, 2022

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A Tennessee legislative committee approved a bill Tuesday that preempts local governments from stopping — or really even changing — fossil fuel projects that would impact their environment and communities.

Filed Under: Environment, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: legislation, natural gas, oil, pipeline, water

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