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The epicenter of coal country belatedly begins to acknowledge the realities of renewables.

Reclaiming damaged landscapes for recreation takes pressure off of other precious places

The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation will take back regulation and permitting of coal mining from the federal government.

May 26, 2021 "Mister Peabody's Coal train" doesn't run much through upper East Tennessee these days. The trains John Prine sang about in his famous song, "Paradise," are practically non-existent. Subscribe Compared to the 1950s and '60s when Claiborne, Campbell and Scott counties were considered coal-mining country, the industry has nearly vanished, according to those who monitor it. Yet the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation is set to resume regulation and permitting of Tennessee's coal mining, taking over from the federal Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforceme...

Environmental News For The Week Ending 23May 2019 This is a collection of interesting news articles about the environment and related topics published last week. This is usually a Tuesday evening regular post at GEI (but can be posted at other times). Please share this article - Go to very top of page, right hand side, for social media buttons. Note: Because of the high volume of news regarding the coronavirus outbreak, that news has been published separately: Covid totals continue to fall, both in the US and worldwide. New US cases during the week ending May 22nd were down 22.0% from those ...