Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti joined a petition last week to prevent EPA from considering race when regulating pollution.
The Duck River is one of the most endangered rivers in U.S., report shows
The Duck River in Middle Tennessee has been named as one of the most threatened waterways in the U.S.
Environmental groups to host event on the future of TVA
Environmental groups are hosting a “public hearing” on the Tennessee Valley Authority’s energy future this week.
Two-thirds of Tennessee coal mine permits are in bond forfeiture
Old coal mines often look like vast wastelands, stripped of anything living.
Tennessee is drafting its first-ever plan to cut climate pollution. The state wants your input.
In the next few months, the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation will complete two firsts for the state. The agency will create an inventory of the state’s biggest climate offenders — and then draft a plan to cut that pollution statewide.
‘Stop polluting the communities of Black folks’: A Memphis resident reacts to TVA’s latest methane gas proposal
The Tennessee Valley Authority has planned the largest fossil fuel buildout of any utility in the nation this decade — and it just proposed another project.
A Nashville painter reflects on scenes from the Stones River, an unsung tributary of the Cumberland
The Stones River is a stream that feeds into the Cumberland River in Nashville. It holds the J. Percy Priest Dam and winds along a popular greenway, but many people have never heard of it. A local artist wants to change that.
Justin J. Pearson awarded Sierra Club’s highest honor for leadership stopping oil pipeline in Memphis
In 2021, Justin J. Pearson led people in protests against billion-dollar fossil fuel companies. Together, they helped stop an oil pipeline that would have cut through mostly Black neighborhoods in Memphis.
Dirt bikes are polluting a Tennessee forest. The state took action.
State finds “significant impact to erosion control, water quality, forest health, and other forms of recreation.”
‘Further pollution is unacceptable’: Nashville leaders decry TVA Kingston project
The Tennessee Valley Authority is planning a gas plant and pipeline project in Kingston. Tennessee residents, over many years, will pay for it. But should they? The fossil fuel project is not a good investment, economically or morally, according to Nashville’s political leaders.
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