The Middle Point Landfill in Murfreesboro accepts waste from a third of Tennessee counties, including from Nashville, and officials have estimated that the dumping ground has as little as three years left – or maybe until the end of the decade.
Is PFAS in your water? Tennessee is promising answers soon on cancer-linked chemicals
We don’t know how much PFAS is in Tennessee because we have limited data, but state testing and a new EPA requirement may soon give us a better idea.
Tennessee’s climate polluters have been mapped. Some might surprise you.
Climate polluters have a new spotlight on them thanks to a new global data effort.
The Memphis and TVA breakup saga is about money. But it’s also about pollution and environmental racism.
The MLGW Board was expected to vote on a new 20-year contract with TVA on Wednesday, but, after a month of community pushback, that decision was delayed.
Extreme rainfall in Tennessee is revealing a hidden health threat — hazardous chemical facilities
In the U.S., more than 11,000 facilities have “extremely” hazardous chemicals in amounts that could harm people, the environment and property if released. About a third are located in areas with prominent climate hazards, like wildfires, storm surges, flooding and sea level rise. In Tennessee, the main threat is flooding.
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.
Tennessee’s second-largest crude oil spill narrowly missed the state’s biggest aquifer
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.
Tennessee just had its second-largest crude oil spill ever, with 200,000 gallons leaking into rural town
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.
From uranium to dry cleaner chemicals, Tennessee has lots of legacy pollution. A $40M grant might erase some of it.
While a small piece of Gov. Bill Lee’s proposed $53 billion budget, the funds represent the largest single investment to clean up Superfund sites in Tennessee’s history.
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