Nashville lost a lot of trees during an ice storm last winter. Now the city is trying to bring back what was lost.
Tennessee’s biodiverse Duck River wins protections against new landfills
The Duck River watershed will be protected from landfill development, marking a bipartisan conservation outcome.
NES failed to heed ice storm forecast, independent review finds
The Nashville Electric Service did not prepare a sufficient workforce to restore power during Winter Storm Fern despite weather forecasts calling for dangerous levels of ice.
Clarksville organization working to stop the loss of southern grasslands
Grassland habitats across the United States have been on a sharp decline over the past 30 years, with some researchers suggesting a loss of nearly 62% of historic native ecosystems. To combat this, a Clarksville organization is working to halt biodiversity loss.
Nearly 20 years after Kingston spill, the EPA says it wants to relax rules on coal ash
The EPA says it will roll back Biden-era rules regulating coal ash dump sites and relax regulations enacted in response to the massive coal ash spill at the Kingston Fossil Plant in East Tennessee.
Conservative think tank calls local data center ban ‘unconstitutional’ in new civil rights lawsuit
The Beacon Center of Tennessee is representing the ExoticRidge Crypto Company in a lawsuit accusing Hawkins County government of violating the cryptocurrency miner’s civil rights by passing a sweeping data center ban.
AES fined $3M for ‘indifference’ to worker safety in blast that killed 16
The deadly explosion at the AES munitions plant could have ignited due to dangerous working conditions, according to state investigators levying a record fine.
After wait, Tennessee receives more FEMA relief for ice storm
Tennessee will receive a higher level of disaster relief for Winter Storm Fern in 29 counties.
Elon Musk’s xAI, pollution and data centers — what you need to know about a Tennessee bill
Data centers are popping up, causing concerns about electricity use, and prompting a question: Should data centers be able to produce their own power?
Tennessee wants to bury the nation’s nuclear trash. Here’s what to know
Tennessee leaders want the state to house the nation’s nuclear waste trash, and have advanced a resolution to support the effort.
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