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Environment

Wetlands in Tennessee under threat as lawmaker proposes another bill to cut protections

By Caroline Eggers

January 31, 2025

If passed into law, the measure would benefit developers, making construction easier and cheaper on some Tennessee wetlands.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, biodiversity, conservation, flood, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, water pollution, wetlands

Tennessee’s wetlands are at risk

By Katherine Ruppelt

January 29, 2025

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Tennessee has a precious natural resource: wetlands. We even have wetlands right here in the heart of Nashville. And they are at risk.

Filed Under: Environment, Politics, Programs Tagged With: wetlands

In Tennessee, who uses the most fracked gas?

By Caroline Eggers

January 14, 2025

Methane gas, the fracked fossil fuel that’s also called natural gas, powers a lot of Tennessee.  But, who uses the most gas? The answer might surprise you.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, climate change, fossil fuels, methane, pipeline, Tennessee Valley Authority

Why the eastern hellbender salamander is at risk and how you can help save it

By Curtis Tate, WVPB

January 13, 2025

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed listing the Eastern hellbender salamander as endangered. Learn about the hellbender’s habitat in Appalachia and what threatens its population.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: conservation, Eastern Hellbender, endangered species

Nashville neared 4 inches of snow Friday. Here’s how that stacks up with previous years.

By Caroline Eggers

January 9, 2025

Snowfall has been mixed in recent years. The city got nearly 8 inches last year, no snow in 2023 and more than 13 inches in 2022. 

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: snow, Weather

When it snows in Nashville, these streets get cleared first

By Miriam Kramer

January 9, 2025

An interactive map from Metro Nashville shows what streets get priority for snow removal. Explore it now.

Filed Under: Environment, Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: severe weather, snow

Nashville just had its hottest year on record, for the 2nd year in a row

By Caroline Eggers

January 3, 2025

Nashville experienced its hottest year on record in 2024, breaking the record set in 2023.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: 2024 Year in Review, drought, heat, severe weather

Gray bats are flourishing in a Tennessee cave thanks to one simple conservation trick

By Caroline Eggers

January 1, 2025

Bat populations have been on the decline in the U.S. for decades. But the grey bat has been making a major comeback in Tennessee. 

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, bats, caves, climate change, conservation, karst

Monarch butterflies are threatened with extinction. Here’s how Tennessee is helping.

By Caroline Eggers

December 18, 2024

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is now proposing federal protections for the iconic butterfly under the Endangered Species Act. 

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: butterflies, climate change, conservation, pesticides, Tennessee Department of Transportation

NashVillager Podcast: Superfund sites in Tennessee

By Nina Cardona

December 11, 2024

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Where did the term “superfund site” come from? Plus, the local news for December 11, 2024.

Filed Under: Environment, History, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: environment, Environmental Protection Agency, superfund

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