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Remember that day earlier this month when it was quite smoky outside? It turns out the smoke wasn't coming from Oak Ridge. According to the model, smoke from prescribed burns on the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Reservation traveled north and east, bypassing Knox, Roane and Blount counties.  Tim Phelps, spokesman for Tennessee's Forestry Division, said the state believes the clouds of smoke seen during the day were from "a number of large scale prescribed burns conducted across a wide region to the south of Knoxville on April 5." According to the National Weather Service, thousands of ...

An increase in white oak poaching comes amid popularity of Tennessee, Kentucky booze Updated 8:18 PM; Ben Benton; Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn. (TNS) Apr. 4—When National Park Service Ranger Justin Young saw the stark stump of a poached white oak tree on the slopes of Lookout Mountain last fall, it wasn’t the first theft of the species he’d seen. Over the last several years, Young has investigated a few thefts involving large trees, but the last two involved white oaks, at least one of which was far more than a century old, cut down inside the Chattanooga city limits.

Credit U.S. Agency for International Development - Pakistan / Wikimedia Commons Environmentalists hope the state will extend net metering rates for solar before time runs out. Net metering gives people with solar panels credits for any excess energy that they deliver to the grid. That was the topic of Friday’s Renewable Energy Day event. Four years ago, Indiana passed a law to slowly decrease the amount solar customers get for energy they generate — from the higher retail rate to the lower wholesale rate. Solar advocates say the law makes solar less affordable for homeowners and stifles j...

1:15 While the rapid transition to renewable energy may save utility customers money in the long run, it can lead to higher energy bills in the short term. That’s because customers are still paying off retired coal plants while also funding new energy sources. A state Senate bill would study how to reduce those costs through securitization. Much like refinancing a home, it allows customers to pay off coal plants over a longer period of time at a lower rate — lowering energy bills. Tim Phelps is with the Indiana Conservative Alliance for Energy, which supports the legislation. “These sec...

Samsara Expands Industrial Platform to Provide Fastest Path to Equipment Visibility New Industrial Gateway Streamlines Remote Monitoring for Industrial Operations News provided by Share this article SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Samsara, a leader in Industrial IoT, today announced its next generation Industrial Gateway, the IG41. As the backbone of Samsara's remote monitoring solution, the IG41 streams critical data from industrial equipment directly to Samsara's cloud-based platform, giving organizations the visibility they need to operate more efficiently. (PRNewsfoto/Sams...