There are 5 article(s) tagged TDEC:

• December 2022

  • NASA pinpoints vulnerabilities in aquifer

    In some areas of West Tennessee, water is being pumped from the Memphis Sand Aquifer more quickly than it’s being replenished by rainfall. 

    By Keely Brewer December 23, 2022

• July 2022

  • Tennessee warns of contaminants in Mississippi River fish; Arkansas doesn’t

    A 31-mile stretch of the Mississippi River is under a “do not consume” advisory because of high levels of methylmercury, chlordane and other organic contaminants in the fish, but posted warnings only exist on the Tennessee side. Arkansas has no advisories for the same stretch of the river. 

    By Keely Brewer July 08, 2022

• June 2022

  • Rubbish to rubber: Trail project recycles 24,000+ illegally dumped tires

    A Tennessee State Parks employee used the materials to create a walking and biking trail at T.O. Fuller State Park. 

    By Keely Brewer June 12, 2022

• May 2020

  • State grant nets electric buses for MATA

    The Memphis Area Transit Authority is getting more than $2.1 million from the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation for electric buses as part of a Volkswagen settlement.

    By Sam Stockard May 21, 2020

• November 2018

  • TVA gathers public input on developing coal ash plan for Old Allen

    The Tennessee Valley Authority will conduct comprehensive research on coal ash from its Allen Fossil Plant in southwest Memphis as part of a look at waste from coal plants across the TVA system.

    By Bill Dries November 01, 2018