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Environment

Appalachian forests fall under Trump’s logging plans. In Tennessee, 500,000+ acres are at risk.

Caroline Eggers

July 2, 2025

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Forests in the Appalachian Mountains may soon see more logging due to new executive orders and the possible end of certain protections.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, Cherokee National Forest, forests, logging, Tennessee Heartwood

Here’s how to apply for FEMA aid for April storms

Tony Gonzalez

July 2, 2025

Tennesseans impacted by tornadoes and flooding in early April can now access additional in-person FEMA disaster recovery help.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: disaster, disaster recovery, FEMA, Looby Community Center, tornadoes

Livestream a rare ‘corpse flower’ bloom in Clarksville (and be thankful you can’t smell it!)

WPLN Staff

July 1, 2025

The time has come for an infamous flower bloom — rare enough to draw crowds — inside a greenhouse at Austin Peay State University.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: Austin Peay State University, corpse flower, titan arum

FWS proposes ‘endangered’ listing for fish endemic to Middle Tennessee

Caroline Eggers

June 30, 2025

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services proposed to list the Barrens darter as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. 

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: Barrens darter, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife

Flooding and rock slides close heavily damaged I-40 section in Smoky Mountains

The Associated Press

June 19, 2025

Heavy rain, flooding and a rock slide have again closed a section of the major cross country highway Interstate 40 along its narrow corridor through the Great Smoky Mountains.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: Great Smoky Mountains, Hurricane Helene, Road closure

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

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’s second-largest job sector could take hit under Trump tax bill

Caroline Eggers

June 17, 2025

Tennessee faces one of the highest potential job losses in the nation under Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.”

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: clean energy, Donald Trump, inflation reduction act, Manufacturing, One Big Beautiful Bill Act

Listen: Tennessee mines a lot of clay — and manufactures a lot of tile

Caroline Eggers

June 13, 2025

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Tennessee is one of the top clay mining states in the country, and where there is mining, there is often manufacturing.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: Manufacturing, mining

Trump fires 3rd TVA board member since March

Caroline Eggers

June 12, 2025

President Donald Trump fired TVA board member Beth Geer on Tuesday without citing a reason for the termination. 

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: fossil fuels, Tennessee Valley Authority, TVA board

Runaway pet zebra captured in Rutherford County

The Associated Press

June 10, 2025

The zebra quickly became the subject of internet memes. One fake posting showed Ed dining at a Waffle House, a southern staple. Others had him visiting other Tennessee cities or panhandling on the side of the road.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: wildlife, zebra

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