Caroline Eggers
Environmental Reporter at WPLN-FM (Nashville, TN)
Environmental reporter for @WPLN. I also photograph critters and clouds.
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6 days ago |
wpln.org | Caroline Eggers
Wetlands across Tennessee may soon be open for construction. The state Senate passed a developer-sponsored bill on Monday to remove legal protections for certain types of wetlands, the saturated ecosystems in between land and water. The full House will take up the vote on Monday. Wetlands are limited real estate, surrounding and interacting with our rivers, creeks and aquifers, near where most people live.
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1 week ago |
wpln.org | Caroline Eggers
Warner Park Nature Center is hosting a special art exhibit this weekend. A nonprofit collective of artists called the Chestnut Group painted scenes of the nearly century-old park to benefit its preservation. Every piece in the exhibit was created “en plein air,” the act of painting in the great outdoors. For the Chestnut Group, this hobby has translated to a form of environmental activism.
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1 week ago |
wpln.org | Caroline Eggers
Developers may soon face fewer environmental regulations in Tennessee. The state Senate passed a bill on Monday to remove some legal protections for wetlands, the saturated ecosystems that flow between waterways, land and animals. The bill could come before the full House for a vote within the next two weeks. Wetlands are limited natural resources — especially isolated wetlands, a misnomer for wetlands that connect to bodies of water through groundwater or storm flows.
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1 week ago |
wpln.org | Caroline Eggers
Flash flood. Severe thunderstorm. Tornado warning. Middle Tennessee residents accrued 161 warnings for these three severe weather threats — sometimes simultaneously — in the first two weeks of April. In the past decade, the number of warnings for the entire month of April has ranged from just 5 warnings to a high of 45 warnings in 2017, according to the Iowa Environmental Mesonet’s storm warning tool, looking at warnings from the National Weather Service in Nashville.
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2 weeks ago |
wpln.org | Caroline Eggers
The National Weather Service is warning that Saturday, and Saturday night, will be the most dangerous times for flash flooding this week in Middle Tennessee. The ground is saturated from recent storms, so additional rain will run off and cause flooding. Some areas in Middle and West Tennessee have already received a month or more worth of rain this week.
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