Climate change is shifting what plants are ideal for Nashville.
Tennessee’s military department is planning to fund flood preparedness tech — including a ‘mesonet’
Flood preparedness may be the top safety priority in Tennessee next year. The Tennessee Department of Military requested about $5 million during a budget hearing with Gov. Bill Lee last week to develop “flood preparedness tools.”
Tennessee is drafting its first-ever plan to cut climate pollution. The state wants your input.
In the next few months, the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation will complete two firsts for the state. The agency will create an inventory of the state’s biggest climate offenders — and then draft a plan to cut that pollution statewide.
Wildfire risk is high in Tennessee as drought lingers
Wildfires are popping up across Tennessee, as the state endures its worst drought since 2016.
Tennessee plans to spend 64% of its next environmental budget on internet service
Internet service will be Tennessee’s top environmental spending priority next year.
‘Flash droughts’ can shift the ground beneath Nashville. That’s a problem for water pipes.
In Nashville, the ground often dances between parched and soaked.
Tennessee is in a ‘flash drought’
Nearly half of Tennessee is in severe drought, including some of Middle Tennessee. The city of Franklin recently asked citizens to voluntarily reduce water consumption, and some cities have issued burn bans.
Nashville is getting a new rooftop solar program. Here’s what we know so far.
Rooftop solar will soon be more affordable for some people in Nashville. The Nashville Electric Service is creating a new program to pay households with solar panels that produce excess electricity. The program was designed through a new contract with the Tennessee Valley Authority.
‘Stop polluting the communities of Black folks’: A Memphis resident reacts to TVA’s latest methane gas proposal
The Tennessee Valley Authority has planned the largest fossil fuel buildout of any utility in the nation this decade — and it just proposed another project.
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