Subject: Environmental Protection

• Can You Be a Democrat Only at Night?

  June 26, 2008

• Pith in the Waller

  June 30, 2008

• Meet George Voinovich, the Poodle Nipping at Al Gore's Heels

  July 22, 2008

• Bush Slips in an 11th-Hour Blow to the Environment

  What is this--a mountainous L.A.? Not that Smoky. Prepare to see the Smokies through a pall of smog. Unless a petition for reconsideration goes through--leaving the final say-so to Obama--the EPA is going to make it a hell of a lot easier for coal-fired power plants, lead smelters and oil refineries near national parks to vomit pollutants with abandon, according to a report by The Washington Post. Ever since the passage of the Energy Policy Act, W. has turned the gatekeepers of our wild land

  November 19, 2008

• This week in local theaters

  October 23, 2008

• The Greening of Nashville Continues: Eco-Friendly General Store Opens Today in Sylvan Park

  For weeks now, the sign for The Green Wagon has been slowing traffic in Sylvan Park and getting calls from neighbors. As of 10 a.m. today, Jennifer Casale's one-stop-shopping emporium for eco-friendly goods is now open, fulfilling its owner's mission to "take the work out of shopping green and make it affordable." Casale, a Vanderbilt graduate with a Masters in poetry and a background in teaching schoolchildren water conservation and recycling, means to keep her costs low and her carbon foot

  January 16, 2009

• The prisoner, the detention clerk and an ill-fated rendezvous

  March 19, 2009

• Blackburn Champions Fight Against U.S. Regulation of Cow Farts

  Forgive Congress(man) Marsha Blackburn. She's a little confused again. You see, the Environmental Protection Agency wants to regulate greenhouse gas emissions to combat climate change and global warming. Well, Blackburn thinks EPA wants to regulate another kind of gas emission--cow and pig farts to be precise--and, before anyone could set her straight, dammit if she hadn't already launched yet another of her madcap crusades to stop big government in its tracks. Her exploits are chronicled on th

  February 19, 2009

• Governor Won't Take Stand Against Blowing the Tops Off Mountains

  All you tree huggers out there waiting for Gov. Phil Bredesen to stand up against one of the world's worst assaults against the environment--that is, mountaintop mining--well, it's not going to happen. Bredesen is wimping out again. Did you really expect anything more from this governor? He says he can't stop coal companies from blowing the tops off our mountains because that would amount to an unconstitutional taking of property. We're guessing he wouldn't have the same qualms if he needed to

  March 4, 2009

• If Bredesen Won't Save Our Mountains, Maybe Obama Will

  Gov. Phil Bredesen won't save our mountains, but maybe President Obama will. Under the headline "Appalachia's Agony," The New York Times today urges Obama to intervene to stop coal companies from blowing the tops off more mountains. At issue is a 2002 rule by the Bush administration that brazenly took mining waste off the list of the Clean Water Act's prohibited pollutants. Environmentalists want the Obama White House to order the Corps of Engineers to suspend mining permits until that rule is

  March 16, 2009

• TVA Begins Dredging Fly Ash From Emory River Today

  Roane NewspapersToday marks the beginning of what will likely be a lengthy, filthy process--dredging the estimated three million yards of fly ash sitting at the bottom of the Emory River after a late December spill at TVA's Kingston Fossil Plant.This is just phase one of the dredging and TVA officials aim to remove nearly two million yards of it over the next two months, according to the Roane County News. A TVA ball field has been converted to an ash processing center, but it remains to be seen

  March 26, 2009

• Coming Attractions, 2009 Nashville Film Festival: 'Garbage Dreams'

  The problems of three boys growing up in literal mountains of waste and trash might sound like despairing material for a film. But Garbage Dreams, a documentary by Egyptian-American filmmaker Mai Iskander showing Tuesday, April 21, at the Nashville Film Festival, has won over audiences with the humor and resilience of its subjects. As Jack Silverman writes in this week's Scene cover story on the festival: Iskander's documentary focuses on the plight of the Zaballeen, Cairo's underclass of ind

  April 16, 2009

• Meet Market and More: Whole Foods Green Hills Calendar

  In some cities there's the Social Safeway, in others there's the Singles' Sainsbury's. Now Nashville finally has a meat meet market. Should we call it the Hopeful Whole Foods? Tonight is Singles' Night at Whole Foods Green Hills, when you can cruise the aisles, dabble in "date night" samples and watch a Meal for Two cooking demo, all with a backdrop of lounge music. If you meet your match, consummate the relationship with dinner at the Grill at Green Hills--those fried oysters can be quite t

  April 14, 2009

• Grandpa drug dealer, Killing the literate and more

  February 26, 2009

• Gonzo Environmentalism

  A radical journalist reports the state of the planet

  August 14, 2008

• Love-Hate Mail

  July 17, 2008

• The River of Life

  Strange bedfellows unite to guard the Cumberland River watershed

  May 4, 2000

• Green Day

  Environmentally friendly design makes its way to the local landscape

  September 28, 2006

• $treams Unlimited

  Private interests are eyeing millions designated to save Tennessee streams

  September 14, 2006

• The Phantom Menace

  Test for radon if you must—but there’s no need to panic

  September 7, 2006

• The Return of King Coal

  Destructive mining on Tennessee’s Cumberland Plateau makes a comeback

  June 8, 2006

• Out With the Old

  New Channel 2 boss shows veteran newsman the door

  May 13, 2004

• TDOT Botches 840 Again

  Creeks in construction zones turn brown

  October 10, 2002

• Bugging Out

  New alternative for eradicating mosquitoes looks appealing—but only up to a point

  May 19, 2005

• Goliath Laid Low

  Environmentalists are dancing on the grave of the monstrous Ford Excursion

  August 8, 2002

• A U-Turn at TDOT?

  State Route 840 is the first test for an agency that says it’s on the road to recovery

  June 12, 2003

• News Briefly

  Storm und drang

  May 15, 2003

• A Face In The Crowd

  August 29, 2002

• News Briefly

  They’ve really screwed the pooch now

  July 4, 2002

• Peas and Justice

  Nashville’s budding community gardeners want to save our city—and the world

  June 20, 2002

• News Briefly

  Big stuff

  December 27, 2001

• Bag Money

  Trash, not ash, means cash for flacks

  November 29, 2001

• Canning the Old Way

  Purcell proposes an ambitious series of waste-related improvements

  November 1, 2001

• Reuse It or Lose It

  Nashville sets itself up to try recycling—again

  May 3, 2001

• A Civic Wish List

  Nashvillians offer ideas for Metro spending

  March 22, 2001

• Abuse of Power

  A judge halts 840, tells state to do "the right thing"

  February 1, 2001

• The Week That Was

  University bound

  February 1, 2001

• Elbow Throwing

  Congressional jockeying begins in earnest

  January 25, 2001

• Editorial

  October 26, 2000

• Playing for Power

  October 12, 2000

• The Week That Was

  Suing Spencer

  September 21, 2000

• Will The Circle Be Unbroken?

  Critics take TDOT and the ultimate ring road to court

  August 31, 2000

• Poop and Politics

  Did the state get caught looking the other way on a sewage plant?

  August 31, 2000

• TDOT on the Spot

  On the heels of one fiasco, state agency penalized for more breaches

  June 29, 2000

• Metro Beautification & Environment Commission

  Parthenon Restoration Continues

  June 8, 2000

• State of Repairs

  Highway 840 construction isn't getting any more popular

  June 1, 2000

• The Green Machine

  The Sundquist administration raises its hackles over environmental criticism

  May 18, 2000

• Waking the Bureaucracy

  TDEC responds to criticism

  May 4, 2000

• Caving In

  March 9, 2000

• Price Gouging

  November 25, 1999