Caroline Eggers
Environmental Reporter, WPLNCaroline Eggers covers environmental issues with a focus on equity for WPLN News through Report for America, a national service program that supports journalists in local newsrooms across the country. Before joining the station, she spent several years covering water quality issues, biodiversity, climate change and Mammoth Cave National Park for newsrooms in the South. Her reporting on homelessness and a runoff-related “fish kill” for the Bowling Green Daily News earned her 2020 Kentucky Press Association awards in the general news and extended coverage categories, respectively. Beyond deadlines, she is frequently dancing, playing piano and photographing wildlife and her poodle, Princess. She graduated from Emory University with majors in journalism and creative writing.
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The Tennessee Valley Authority announced last Tuesday that it intends to build a methane gas plant in Kingston, requiring a 122-mile pipeline in six counties between Nashville and Knoxville.
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Tennessee lawmakers are considering legislation this year that would require public access to maps of floods and landslides across the state.
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In Tennessee, wetlands cover just 3% of the state, and more than half of these ecosystems may soon be in the path of construction.
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Nearly half of Tennessee is in extreme drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.
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In Oak Ridge, the place where the first electricity from nuclear power was generated, the Tennessee Valley Authority is planning to build what may become the nation’s first mini nuclear plant.
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The Tennessee Valley Authority announced last week that it plans to build a methane gas plant in central Mississippi. This is the eighth proposed fossil fuel plant in just three years.
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The Tennessee Department of Military has requested about $5 million during a budget hearing with Gov. Bill Lee last week to develop “flood preparedness tools.”
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In the next few months, the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation will complete two firsts for the state. The agency will create an inventory of the state’s biggest climate offenders — and then draft a plan to cut that pollution statewide.
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Wildfires are popping up across Tennessee, as the state endures its worst drought since 2016.
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Internet service will be Tennessee’s top environmental spending priority next year.