Tag: Tennessee

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  Outlaw Chicken Keepers Keep the Faith in Nashville

  Backyard chickens may be trendy, but in some cities they are still illegal. But that doesn't stop some would-be chicken keepers.

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  Tennessee Passes Law Allowing Creationism, Climate Denial to be Taught in Classroom

  Woops.

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  Corporations Wrote a Law Requiring Climate Denial be Taught in School. Tennessee Just Passed It.

  Would you let corporations decide how climate science gets taught in your kids' classroom? That's what's happening in Tennessee.

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  Sustainable Development, Smart Growth and Agenda 21 Now Illegal in Tennessee

  Because everyone knows that bike paths are just the thin edge of the wedge. Next, they come for your cars.

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  Spring Back Now Recycles What Landfills & Other Recyclers Don't Want: Mattresses

  Mattresses have plenty of reusable materials, but most recyclers don't want them. Landfills don't like them either. But a Tennessee nonprofit does.

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  3 Years After Tennessee Coal Ash Spill, Other TVA Ponds Just As Unstable

  “The dangerous conditions behind the Kingston disaster were not isolated."

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  Rare Flower Bounces Back From Presumed Extinction

  The delicately hued petals and striking brown florets of Tennessee's purple coneflower once seemed fated to live on only in description, or as a ghostly sketch yellowing on the page of some dusty botanical volume, yet today it's

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  Bear's Head Freed From Jar After Three-Week Search

  Late last month, when officer Shelley Hammonds of the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency received word of an animal in distress, it might have sounded like a routine rescue operation. Witnesses described

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  Tennessee Valley Authority Expecting Nuctuplets

  TVA and reactor-maker Babcock and Wilcox have agreed to work together to see if they can build up to 6 "small reactors." Nuctuplets, then? They can knock these

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  Biggest Financers of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Exposed

  PNC, Citi, and UBS are the top three financial enablers of mountaintop removal coal mining, according to a new report by Rainforest Action Network and the Sierra Club that ranks ten of the world's largest banks.These

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  DIY Homes Using Recycled Pallet Wood - Appalachian Gothic Architecture (Video)

  From a $50,000 portable recycled house to a tiny green egg house for Chinese students, TreeHugger has already offered plenty of posts that prove that green living doesn't have to mean high-end LEED certified luxury.

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  Nashville Underwater: Images from the City's Epic Flood (Slideshow)

  After a storm hit Tennessee last Sunday and Nashville saw record-shattering rainfall, the Cumberland River swelled to overflowing and the city experienced an epic flood. As soon as it was safe, residents were out

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  Surprise! UT First To Electrify Bike Sharing in the U.S.

  The obvious goodness of pairing pedal assist electric bikes with a bike sharing infrastructure is one of these great ideas whose time has come. In Tokyo, Sanyo recently installed 100 of their eneloop battery powered e-bikes at a "community" bike share

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  World's Largest Tree House Stands 10-Stories Tall

  16 years ago, Horrace Burges had a divine vision, a calling from heaven. And, like the ark-crafting Noah before him, Horrace picked up a hammer and built a large wooden structure of his own--the world's largest tree house. At 10

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  Appalachian Coal Set For Big Decline, Protests & High Profile Debates or Not

  Regardless of the outcome of high profile public debate--viz Waterkeeper Bobby Kennedy Jr v. Dirty Coal Don Blankenship smackdown tomorrow night at the University of Charleston--or vehement protest from the likes of youth

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  One Year Later, TVA Coal Ash Spill Problems Still Far From Over

  Sad Anniversary digg_url = 'http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/12/one-year-later-tva-toxic-coal-ash-spill-tennessee.php';A year ago, a massive coal ash spill took place in Tennessee. About 5.4 million cubic yards of ash ended up in a river and

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  Tennessee Town Passes Nation's First Green Food Resolution

  Beating out New York City, the small Tennessee town of Signal Mountain is the first in the nation to pass a Green Food Resolution. But, just what does a Green Food Resolution mean for farmers, consumers, and

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  8 Celebrity Eco-Businesses We Can't Stop Talking About

  While we've seen many celebrities jumping on the green bandwagon, we've also seen them doing it for the real deal. Many have been eco-conscious for years--some are just realizing how important it is to promote a sustainable