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Landslides crushed roads and structures after Helene. Geologists have mapped more than 500.

Caroline Eggers

October 9, 2024

The remnants of Hurricane Helene triggered flooding that caused landslides across Appalachia last month. 

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: climate change, flood, landslides, soil

Tennessee’s ‘high hazard’ dams lack current emergency plans, flood mapping

Caroline Eggers

October 7, 2024

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Multiple dams in East Tennessee reached their highest peaks during recent severe floods, prompting evacuations and anxiety over potential failures. 

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: climate change, dam, flood, landslides, soil, tennessee emergency management agency, Tennessee Valley Authority

Tennessee officials are worried about wetlands. Here’s why.

Caroline Eggers

August 9, 2024

Earlier this year, the state legislature considered a developer-backed bill to remove regulations on more than half of Tennessee’s wetlands. 

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: conservation, Economic Development, flood, soil, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, wetlands

Wetlands have some protections in Tennessee. The state legislature might remove them.

Caroline Eggers

February 15, 2024

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Wetlands weave between land and water, connecting invisible threads in nature while teeming with plants and wildlife. These spongy soils absorb floodwaters and are considered among the most biodiverse habitats on Earth — and the most vulnerable. 

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: conservation, flood, soil, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, wetlands

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

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

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