Feel like summer heat is lingering? That’s because it is
Forecasted temperatures are hovering in the low to mid-90s — about 10 degrees higher than average for this time of year.
Keely Brewer
Reporter
Keely Brewer is a Report for America corps member covering environmental impacts on communities of color in Memphis. She is working in partnership with the Ag & Water Desk, a sustainable reporting network aimed at telling water and agriculture stories across the Mississippi River Basin.
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Transportation & Logistics Mississippi River levels swing between historic highs and lows, causing shipping delays
Shippers are being told to expect up to three-day delays, and rates have doubled for barges leaving from Memphis and St. Louis compared to the three-year average.
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North MemphisMia’s Orchard is a North Memphis food resource and a tribute
Mia Madison, executive director of Memphis Tilth for four years and Mia’s Orchard’s namesake, died in a car crash on July 10, 2022.
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City of Memphis Here’s what $5 million and five years of research taught Memphis about the aquifer
With all this new information about one of the city’s most important resources, what happens now?
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City of Memphis Receiving multiple MLGW bills? You don’t have to pay immediately
Defective smart meters are blamed for the billing problem.
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City of Memphis If you smell rotten eggs on your morning commute, don’t worry
MLGW warned that crews will be performing routine gas maintenance at one of its electrical substations at 9645 Winchester Road.
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Metro Mississippi River mayors rally for a compact to protect the waterway
“One of the first questions is going to be: if this water is essential to prosperity and growth, whose? Should it be those who dream about it in dry places, or those who are next to it?”
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City of Memphis The Mississippi River brought low by drought — again
The National Weather Service at Memphis expects the river to approach, or maybe surpass, last year’s record low by the end of the month.
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City of Memphis Recent samples raise questions about breaches in Memphis aquifer
All the water sampled in a recent study — with the exception of one well field — was a mix of uncontaminated aquifer water with much younger water, providing evidence of breaches.
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City of MemphisMemphis’ power provider needs to double — or maybe triple — energy supply
It took the Tennessee Valley Authority 90 years to build its current electric grid, but it’s going to need to move a lot quicker to keep up with its customers’ need for power.
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Downtown Downtown power outage should be resolved by 5 p.m.
Memphis Light, Gas and Water said a failure at Substation 3 caused the outage, and there are multiple crews trying trying to restore power.
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MetroWhy Memphis lags behind in solar projects
States such as Florida have climbed in an annual report on the growth in solar power by region while the net growth of Memphis homes with solar has fluctuated.
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Shelby CountySo, you’re considering solar panels …
Residential solar systems can generate cheaper energy and be a lifeline when the power goes out, but the systems also have high upfront costs and can be complicated to install.
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Shelby CountySolar panels might not save Memphians much money, but they can keep the lights on
Next year, MLGW plans to look at the feasibility of utility-owned solar power — the utility’s first step to generate renewable energy locally — and it’s already planning on enough battery storage to power 100,000 homes for four hours during outages.
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Metro West Tennessee gets fourth round of FEMA funds
FEMA assistance will offset damages during July storms in West Tennessee.
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August 2023
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South Memphis South Memphis EtO facility plans to relocate
The attorney representing Sterilization Services said in a recent letter that the company will leave its Florida Street facility before next May.
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Shelby County MLGW power bills expected to increase in October
The board of the Tennessee Valley Authority, which provides MLGW with electricity, approved a 4.5% rate hike Thursday. The increase will equal about $3.50 more each month for TVA’s 10 million customers across seven states.
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City of Memphis Power needs could hit summer record Thursday
If estimates hold true, TVA will experience the highest demand for electricity of the summer Thursday; it would also be the highest power demand during any August in more than a decade.
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City of Memphis Local weatherization program gets almost $1M grant
The amount is a record high for the program and comes as Moore Tech plans to start a new weatherization training program in November.
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East Memphis Lichterman Nature Center breaks ground on Discovery Forest
Barry Lichterman recalls days as a child spent exploring the area that is now the Lichterman Nature Center, and a new addition to the center aims to give other children the same opportunity.
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City of Memphis MLGW eyeing solar power, battery storage to meet energy demand
The Tennessee Valley Authority’s board of directors will vote on a proposal to replace local combustion turbines with aeroderivative turbines, which are more modern, and help integrate renewable energy into the grid.
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City of Memphis Memphis’ trash service strains under severe storm debris
Memphis’ solid waste department is blaming a delay in bulk item pick-up on the amount of storm debris left on city curbs, but some say the problems predate the recent severe weather.
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Shelby County Haven’t seen an MLGW bill in months? Don’t worry, it’s on its way.
Some MLGW customers will get multiple bills in a short period of time.
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City of Memphis Greenline’s Wolf River pedestrian bridge closed for repairs
Parts of the Shelby Farms Greenline — a more than 10-mile trail that connects Midtown to Cordova — are currently closed for about two weeks.
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City of Memphis MLGW board member defends CEO: ‘Politics don’t need to be involved’
The Memphis mayor appoints MLGW’s president and CEO. Doug McGowen was appointed last fall, but the city’s next mayor will have the power to remove him at any time.
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