Enthusiasm for cycling soared in Memphis during the pandemic, shows little sign of slowing
Many Memphians who started putting their feet to the pedals during the early parts of the pandemic might have picked up a long-lasting hobby. During...
New Tennessee solar farm to provide Facebook data center with 110MW of renewable energy
A new $140 million solar farm in Shelby County, Tennessee is to power Facebook’s data center in the state. The Tennessee Valley Authority this week...
Kerry aims to talk US back into a lead role in climate fight
From a wood-paneled library in his Boston mansion, new climate envoy John Kerry is talking the U.S. back into a leading role in global climate...
Mayor John Cooper, Sustainability Experts Meet on Carbon Emissions Reduction
Mayor John Cooper today met with experts about reducing harmful carbon emissions in Nashville, a latest step in his work to make Davidson County’s neighborhoods...
Sierra Club releases report grading utilities on their clean energy efforts
Environmental group Sierra Club released Monday (Jan. 25) a report and research tool that grades U.S. utilities based on their plans to retire coal plants,...
Report: Severe weather events caused nearly $4 billion in damage across Tennessee in 2020
According to a new report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), severe climate events caused nearly $4 billion in damage across Tennessee in...
Two Decades Of Roadless Rule Helped Fight Climate Change
The Roadless Rule became law 20 years ago today. The bedrock conservation policy halted commercial logging and the building of new roads across nearly 60 million...
The TVA’s slower pace toward renewable energy weakens Nashville’s future, report finds
The report suggests Nashville and communities in seven southeast states could suffer economically if the TVA doesn’t speed up its energy transition.