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Draft of Proposed Fracking Regulations Finally Exists
We missed this over the holidays, but the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation's Division of Water Pollution Control now has a draft of proposed...Read More Published 01/27/2012 at 12:06 PM 0 comments -
When Is a Hillside Plan Not a Hillside Plan?
When Knox County Commission passes it, apparently.At its November meeting Monday night, Commission did, as expected, vote on a revised version of the Hillside and...Read More Published 11/22/2011 at 9:11 AM 0 comments -
Chamber's Plan B Is Stillborn, as Hillside Compromise Seems Close
So much for Plan B.After the Knoxville Chamber presented its own alternative to the embattled Hillside and Ridgetop Protection Plan on Sept. 29, members of...Read More Published 10/17/2011 at 2:43 PM 0 comments -
The Hillside Plan: It's a Conspiracy!
From the Department of Interesting Theories: What if the Hillside and Ridgetop Protection Plan is actually part of a global plot? That seems to be the...Read More Published 10/06/2011 at 3:52 PM 0 comments -
One of Our "Fascinating Knoxvillians" of 2010 Gets National Honor
In 2010, Betty Bean wrote a cover story for us about a seeming oxymoron: Tree-Hugging Republicans. One of them was James McMillan, a local farmer who's...Read More Published 06/20/2011 at 3:37 PM 0 comments -
Dang, Stop Shooting the Bald Eagles Already!
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is reporting today the second shooting in a month of a bald eagle in Tennessee. The dead raptor was...Read More Published 03/08/2011 at 2:27 PM 0 comments -
Want to Support Electric Cars? Here's Your Chance
Hot on the heels of this week's cover story, the city has just announced a public forum for business owners who are interested in...Read More Published 02/11/2011 at 12:06 PM 0 comments -
Mmmmm ... Giant Crawfish ... Mmmmm
It's almost February, which means it's almost crawfish season, which means it's time to start re-perfecting that etouffee recipe. And just in time for this...Read More Published 01/21/2011 at 5:12 PM 0 comments -
Coal Ash Public Forum Rallies Environmentalists
After a great deal of public disgruntlement over the EPA's lack of a public hearing on coal ash regulation in Tennessee--the state with, you know,...Read More Published 10/26/2010 at 5:51 PM 0 comments -
Bredesen Moves to Limit Mountaintop Removal
via WhitesCreek at RoaneViews, we learn that Gov. Phil Bredesen has filed a petition with the feds asking the Department of the Interior to find...Read More Published 10/02/2010 at 11:11 AM 0 comments
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