Conservation Issues

Imagine hiring someone to fight for you, then finding out they also collect a paycheck from the one company whose interests are directly opposed to yours.  Especially when they are putting your community at risk. That's exactly what's happening...

By Tennessee Member and Beyond Coal Organizer Bonnie Swinford This week, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee ruled that the Tennessee Valley Authority’s decision to build the Kingston Gas Plant had “fundamental"...

There's something about being on a bike that expands what you notice. You're moving fast enough to cover ground, slow enough to actually see it. This past weekend, a crew of riders from all over Tennessee spent two days covering 100 miles along the...

TVA just made a 20-year bet on batteries — and it matters for Tennessee's energy future.TVA and Plus Power announced a deal to add 200 megawatts of utility-scale battery storage to the Tennessee Valley.  This is a big deal! This is TVA...

Tennessee Sierra Club: Protect Citizens' Ability To Protect Their Health And Communities Nashville, TN - This week, the Tennessee Senate will hear SB1958, which, if passed, would limit the ability of citizens and organizations to use their...

We just wrapped one of the best Conservation Day on the Hill events we've had, and it's hard not to still feel the buzz from an exciting day at the Capitol.Sixty-three volunteers came to Nashville, walked the halls of the Cordell Hull Building and...

When the service mast was pulled off my house during Winter Storm Fern, it was a small-scale example of what happened across Middle Tennessee. My East Nashville neighborhood went dark Sunday morning, and as I share this almost two weeks later, some...

Cheatham County Passes Jackson Law, learn how your city or county can as well

Last week, I attended the Tennessee Sustainability Conference in Gatlinburg. I was excited to learn about emerging technologies and ways to build a circular economy. Instead, I found a panel on landfill siting. And from the moment the conference...

For more information about the Roadless Rule, we are sharing the recent article by Tennessee Legal and Water Committee's Chair Axel Ringe (From August '25 E-News).And we also invite you to take action and comment to the US Forest Service...