Projects Benefit Both the Environment and Bottom Line
Nashville – Tennessee Deputy Governor Claude Ramsey, Department of Environment and Conservation Commissioner Bob…
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Gov. Bill Haslam says he hopes not to have to cut a full 5 percent from each agency’s state budget, but officials at the Department of Environment and Conservation warn that reductions to their spending plan would leave “federal money on the table.”
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NASHVILLE – Today, the state of Tennessee filed a Lands Unsuitable for Mining petition with the U.S. Department of Interior, Office of…
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NASHVILLE – Governor Phil Bredesen today announced the state of Tennessee, through its participation in the national Electric Vehicle (EV) Project, will offer a $2,500 rebate…
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NASHVILLE – According to documents obtained from State Environmental Departments, Pilot Oil Corporation has been cited for nearly 50 violations regarding negligent…
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Bill to prohibit downblending passes Environment Committee 5-4
NASHVILLE – A Senate committee Tuesday passed a bill sponsored by Sen. Andy Berke…
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Sponsors say constitutional protection is needed to guard against attacks on sport-hunting and -fishing by hostile special interests in the future.
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They say they’re concerned about increasingly oppressive regulations at all levels of government. And, in the cases of TDOT and TDEC, they worry the state seems more interested in taking policy cues from the feds than in developing programs and protections that seek to balance the legitimate interests of all Tennesseans.
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NEWPORT, Tenn. – The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission will visit Newport, Tennessee on January 25, 2010 to take Tennesseans’ public comments on the draft permit…
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Hemlock Semiconductor Earns Silver Award for 2009 Economic Development Deal of the Year
NASHVILLE – The editors of Business Facilities magazine, a national economic development publication,…
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Grants Awarded through TDOT’s Environmental Division
NASHVILLE — Governor Phil Bredesen announced $618,806 in Roadscapes Grants today that will be awarded to 12 Tennessee cities. The…
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Two years after lawmakers asked state agencies to reduce their petroleum use by 20 percent, only one department managed to pull it off. Agencies blame shortages of both tax dollars and gas stations that sell alternative fuels.
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