Old coal mines often look like vast wastelands, stripped of anything living.
Nearly 50% of Tennessee is in ‘extreme’ drought
Drought conditions have been expanding and contracting across state land since October. The drought peaked during the week of Nov. 21, when 56% of the state was considered at a level of extreme or exceptional.
Tracking Tennessee’s fossil fuel expansion in 2023 — and a few climate wins
Earth is about to finish the hottest year on record — and it was marked by deadly heat, droughts, floods and disease outbreaks. Fossil fuels are the main driver — but that industry expanded in Tennessee this year.
Tornadoes topple trees. What does that mean for forests?
Tornadoes snapped and felled trees across the region this weekend.
2023 is Tennessee’s 7th-deadliest year for tornadoes
Tornadoes directly killed 16 people this year in Tennessee. In the spring, there were 10 deaths during the March 31-April 1 tornado event in West Tennessee. There were also five deaths during the storm from straight-line winds, but the National Weather Service separates fatalities by the specific hazard.
Remembering the victims of Middle Tennessee’s deadly tornadoes
Seven people lost their lives in the tornadoes that tore through Middle Tennessee on Saturday. Those who died have now been identified
In Springfield tornado recovery, neighbors rally together
With winds up to 120 mph, the EF-2 tornado that hit the city of Springfield severely damaged several businesses, snapped and uprooted trees, tore the roofs of some buildings and even bent a steel transmission pole.
TVA proposes 8th gas plant in 3 years
The reliability of gas is under greater scrutiny after blackouts related to recent Arctic blasts, like Winter Storm Elliott in 2022 and Winter Storm Uri in 2021. TVA had generation issues in at least 10 of its 17 gas plants last year.
Tennessee is vulnerable to winter blackouts. Here is a big reason why.
Last December, the Tennessee Valley Authority said it was prepared to handle 34 gigawatts of demand. When an Arctic blast dropped temperatures right before Christmas, demand peaked at about 33.4 GW.
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