A chemical reaction taking place below the landfill’s surface is emitting harmful gases.
Category: Tennessee
Posted inAlabama, Culture, Gulf Coast, Kentucky, Land, Mississippi, Tennessee, Wildlife
Love bugs
We asked readers to submit memories and reflections about what fireflies and cicadas mean to you. Here are some of them:
Posted inJustice, Land, Mid-South, Public Health, Tennessee
‘They gave people kibbles and bits’: Black Memphis residents are fighting oil pipeline land grab
The legal battle over the proposed pipeline has become a flashpoint in a national conversation about environmental justice and land grabs by fossil fuel companies.
Posted inAppalachia, Energy, Tennessee
A New Deal legacy, electric cooperatives struggle to democratize and make a green transition
An FDR program to electrify rural America is now beset by expensive coal plants and often-hidebound governing boards, as members clamor for transparency and renewables.
Posted inClimate, COVID-19, Disaster Recovery, Gulf Coast, Infrastructure, Justice, Public Health, Tennessee
The South’s communication infrastructure can’t withstand climate change
Much of the South’s power and internet infrastructure is decades old, and increasingly failing communities during extreme weather events.
Posted inCOVID-19, Economies, Energy, Justice, Mid-South, Public Health, Tennessee
Frustrated Memphis residents to put pressure on pipeline developers at Saturday meeting
Byhalia Connection developers claim eminent domain, try to buy Shelby County Schools property for pipeline planned to run through a Black Memphis neighborhood.
Posted inAppalachia, Energy, Tennessee
‘Dead in the water’: How TVA bottlenecked a community-driven solar project
Emails show the utility could be leveraging the solar array to keep an electric cooperative locked in a long-term power agreement.