Former Vice President Al Gore’s message on the climate remains stark 20 years after his influential documentary, “An Inconvenient Truth.”
Grasslands are vulnerable in the Appalachians. New research shows a path for conservation
The Cumberland Plateau’s ecology has been misunderstood. Conservations now have a plan to save its rare habitats.
Spring in Tennessee has been warm, dry and early
Spring in Tennessee has been warm, dry and early.
Nashville works to rebuild its urban forest after losing trees in winter storm
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.
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