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What kind of street will anchor Nashville’s East Bank? Advocates push for changes to Metro’s vision

By Cynthia Abrams

August 21, 2025

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East Bank Boulevard — the street that will one day serve as a major corridor in Nashville’s future East Bank neighborhood — is causing debate. Metro has put forth a six-lane proposal, which pedestrian and bicycle advocates say is unsafe.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: civic design center, East Bank, East Bank Boulevard, East Bank Development, Freddie O'Connell, mayor freddie o'connell, Meredith Montgomery, Southern Environmental Law Center, Think Tennessee, Veronica Foster, Walk Bike Nashville

NAACP, environmental group notify Elon Musk’s xAI company of intent to sue over facility pollution

By Adrian Sainz, AP

June 18, 2025

The NAACP and an environmental group say they intend to sue Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI over concerns about air pollution generated by a supercomputer near predominantly Black communities in Memphis.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: Elon Musk, NAACP, Southern Environmental Law Center, xAi

Tennessee was ‘ground zero’ for coal ash pollution. Now, EPA is promising cleanups.

By Caroline Eggers

January 24, 2022

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In 2008, the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Kingston Fossil Plant dumped 5.4 million cubic yards, or 1 billion gallons, of coal ash slurry into the local environment.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: coal ash, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Southern Environmental Law Center, Tennessee Valley Authority, TVA

Scenic Goforth Creek Canyon on Endangered List

By Nina Cardona

February 7, 2013

A tributary of the Ocoee River has been named one of the ten most endangered places in the South by a regional environmental group.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Corridor K, Goforth Creek Canyon, Ocoee River, Southern Environmental Law Center, Tennessee Department of Transportation

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