Soon after taking office, Mayor John Cooper signed the Global Covenant of Mayors, committing the city to creating plans to both mitigate and adapt to climate change.
Tennessee has already beaten its annual record for billion-dollar disasters. Did you notice?
While Tennessee has seen deadly floods, ice storms and lingering droughts in recent years, wind was the source of destruction for every disaster in 2023.
Nashvillians will ‘March to End Fossil Fuels’ this Sunday
Earth is heating up, because humans continue to burn fossil fuels. In the last decade, the use of oil, coal and gas accounted for as much as 86% of the global warming fueling fires and floods. The U.S. can transition all electricity to renewable and nuclear sources by 2035, and buildings and most vehicles can […]
Justin J. Pearson awarded Sierra Club’s highest honor for leadership stopping oil pipeline in Memphis
In 2021, Justin J. Pearson led people in protests against billion-dollar fossil fuel companies. Together, they helped stop an oil pipeline that would have cut through mostly Black neighborhoods in Memphis.
Banana peels, nail clippings, pet hair? Nashville wants it all in curbside composting trial
In Nashville, about 30% of what people throw away is organic and can be turned into something useful: compost. But if offered, will people do it?
Wildlife in ‘the middle of honky-tonk land’: Thousands of purple martins will be in downtown Nashville for just a few more weeks
Every night, as soon as the sky fades to lilac, thousands and thousands of purple martin birds descend next to the Schermerhorn Symphony Center in downtown Nashville.
Tennessee secured $7B in clean energy business this past year — representing nearly 80% of new investments
Clean technology manufacturing is exploding in Tennessee. Planned investments in the construction of electric vehicle, energy storage and solar panel materials were worth three times more than any other sector combined in the past year.
Climate priorities of Nashville’s next mayor — with some context
In three weeks, the mayoral election may decide whether Nashville takes significant climate action.
A small Tennessee town evacuates after a gas pipeline explodes
A gas pipeline station exploded in Middle Tennessee, sending one person to the hospital Friday morning. Anyone within a one-mile radius of the pipeline facility in Hickman County was evacuated, and authorities have set up temporary shelters.
The Inflation Reduction Act makes renewables cheaper. But TVA is still pushing fossil fuels.
The Inflation Reduction Act has been called the most significant climate law in U.S. history, with promises to radically shift electricity from fossil fuels to clean sources. In Tennessee, the legislation could shape a new wave of clean energy manufacturing, but it has been absent in the state’s electricity plans.
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