Tennessee Riverkeeper

Tennessee Riverkeeper has been a member of Linktree for 5 years and joined in March 2021. The social media accounts linked to from Tennessee Riverkeeper are: • Facebook • Instagram • TikTok • Spotify • YouTube • LinkedIn • Email • Threads • X • Bluesky • Phone • Website Besides social media accounts, TNRK has populated their site with: • What Are Microplastics? Science For Kids • Data center up for vote in Lawrenceburg • More news coverage from our U.S. Space and Rocket Center Trash Cleanup in Huntsville 🚀 🇺🇸 🌎 • AI and data centers leave goliath-sized environmental footprints globally | AP News • Nashville plans to use eminent domain to stop data center near zoo • Plastic Free July is coming! • A new method measures PFAS-based microplastics • PETITION: 🎓 Fisk Univ in Nashville - No Data Center 🎓 • All Dams On Tennessee River Spilling Excess Flood Water • PETITION: 🦒 No Data Center near the Nashville Zoo 🦒 • PETITION: McMinnville, TN - No Data Center • PETITION: Lawrenceburg, TN - No Data Center • 🚨 REPORT POLLUTION! (615) 236-6308 🚨 • 1,976 pounds of trash removed from Huntsville • Microplastics mapped in living tissue in fine detail - Previously, possible only through dissection • Plastic Pollution Is A Bipartisan Issue • Highlight reel: 🚀 1,976 pounds of trash removed from Space & Rocket Center 🚀 • Almost 2,000 pounds of trash cleared near US Space & Rocket Center | WHNT.com • 1,976 pounds of trash now removed from McDonald Creek - Hville Blast • Tennessee Riverkeeper tackles plastic pollution in McDonald Creek • Data Centers Coming • Proposed Tennessee data center in Larwenceburg TN • YouTube: Tips to reduce your exposure to dangerous Forever Chemicals • YouTube shorts: Water water everywhere but not a drop to drink • June is National Rivers Month! Here's an article on 10 significant rivers • Environmental experts warn of long-term health risks from PFAS found in water supplies • Nashville Zoo says it’s ‘vehemently opposed’ to proposed data center in South Nashville • Data center proposed in South Nashville, TN • Australia sues 3M over 'forever chemicals' in firefighting foam • How your next visit to The Orion Amphitheater can help the environment • TVA ramps up fight against eelgrass in Lake Guntersville with expanded resources • New Banner partnership focuses on North Nashville air quality - Nashville Banner • Video What to know about the impact of microplastics on the body • Huntsville Utilities sues 3M, other companies over contamination of drinking water • Huntsville Utilities sues chemical companies over PFAS contamination, says water still safe to drink • Possible culprit for ‘spoonful of microplastics’ in our brain • ‘You have to be where the pollution is’: the inventor hoping to fix your washing machine to stop microplastics • New Tennessee state record largemouth bass officially confirmed • Chattanooga area locals receive over 🌳 1,000 free trees 🌳 and bushes through environmental program 🌳 • Watershed Maps 🗺️ - part of our Education Program 🗺️ • YouTube Shorts: Educating fans at the Cake concert 🎂🎶 • FDA Identifies PFAS in 1,700 Cosmetic Products • YouTube Shorts: 🌎🌍🌏 Happy Earth Day! 🌎🌍🌏 • YouTube Shorts: 🌲🌳 Tennessee Valley has nearly 200 tree species! 🌳🌲 • Volunteers pull over 1,400 pounds of trash from Wheeler Lake in cleanup effort • Volunteers needed for Tennessee Riverkeeper cleanup at Joe Wheeler State Park on Sunday | rocketcitynow.com • Nashville's East Bank: From barges to football stadiums to the future • Next River Cleanup is April 12, 2026 in Rogersville, AL at Joe Wheeler State Park • YouTube Shorts: Cleanup soon! 🧹🧼🧽🌎 Stay tuned for details. #FightPlastic • BLOG: Microplastics Program and Sampling Update • April Earth Month Activities - City of Huntsville • YouTube Shorts: 🛞 Toxic Tires 🛞 Threaten Waterways • 🍀 March Newsletter 🍀 • Our Mission — Tennessee Riverkeeper • BLOG: Fighting Illegal Construction and Demolition Dumps • BLOG: 🛞 Toxic Tires Threaten Water Quality 🛞 • New ‘groundbreaking’ nuclear reactors coming to TN Valley: What this means for utility prices • In Memory of Marvin Leon Holcomb • YouTube Shorts: Creek Cleanup Highlights - 1,371 Lbs Removed #plastic • February 2026 💘 Newsletter 💘 • YouTube Shorts: Shoutout in The Caverns from Railroad Earth bluegrass • Making meals without microplastics: Tips for safer cutting boards • Tennessee Riverkeeper leads Big Spring Branch cleanup in Huntsville • Groups remove almost 1,400 lbs of trash from downtown Huntsville • Are PFAS "Forever Chemicals" in your drinking water? Interactive map with the latest data • New map shows Tennessee's polluted waterways | WPLN News • FDA Identifies PFAS "Forever Chemicals" in 1,700 Cosmetic Products • ‘They pushed so many lies about recycling’: the fight to stop big oil pumping billions more into plastics | Plastics | The Guardian • Documenting PFAS Contamination in Southern Communities | FRONTLINE | PBS | Official Site | Documentary Series • Scientists question the safety of BPA-free packaging | ScienceDaily • Gov. signs controversial environmental regulation bill into law • Senate advances bill seeking greater accountability for failing wastewater systems • Tennessee Lookout • Gov. sets aside $45M to turn hundreds of McDonald Farm acres into a TN state park • YouTube Shorts: 👀 Have You Seen These Waterways? 👀 • U.S. Forest Service Stops Issuing 🧑‍🚒 Firefighter 🧑‍🚒 Pants That Contain PFAS — ProPublica • Trump admin backs deadline to replace harmful lead pipes | AP News • YouTube Shorts: Our Team In the Caverns of Tennessee • The Olympic 🥇 PFAS Forever Chemical Ban Putting Pollution In The Spotlight 🥇 • YouTube Shorts: 💘 Valentine's Cards & Memes Video 💘 • SOUND ON to hear thousands of Sandhill Cranes • Stephen Colbert jokes about The Riverkeeper • January 2026 ❄️ Newsletter ❄️ • 2025 Highlight Video (45 seconds): YouTube Shorts • PFAS Forever Chemicals and 3M Quick Update ⚖️ • YouTube Shorts: 🚰 This Is the Water We Drink 🚰 • YouTube Shorts: 💡 #TVA Tennessee Valley Authority: A Short History 💡 • YouTube Shorts: 🏗️ Sandhill Cranes on the #TennesseeRiver at Wheeler Wildlife Refuge 🏗️ • 🚰 I Drank 2/3 Gallon Of Water A Day For A Week — Here’s How My Skin & Body Changed | Vogue • 2025 Annual Update from Tennessee Riverkeeper • Happy New Year! • Updated Blog! Please visit to catch up on our work • 🙋 VOLUNTEERS! We need you! 🙋 • 🎅 YouTube Shorts: Santa's Elves Remove 899 lbs of trash removed from the Tennessee River at Ditto Landing in #Huntsville. Happy holidays! 🎅 • YouTube Shorts: 🚀 Huntsville Cleanup Highlights 🚀 • YouTube: Micah Nelson aka Particle Kid plays The Ocean for Tennessee Riverkeeper • 📰 🗞️ CBS Huntsville: 899 pounds pulled from Tennessee River shore! 🗞️ 📰 • YouTube Shorts: An Alligator Gets Its Wings! 🐊 🦅 • YouTube Shorts: 899 pounds of trash removed from the #TennesseeRiver in #HuntsvilleAlabama • Microplastics: European Parliament requests scientific advice from EFSA | EFSA • TikTok: 56,000+ plays in November! 📈 • YouTube Shorts: Hope for the future! #environment #plastic #cleaning #pollution 🙏🌎 • November Newsletter 🍁 🍂 🍁 • Rare species discovered in East Tennessee • TAKE ACTION! Get phthalates (pronounced THAL-ates) out of our food. They are hormone disrupting chemicals. • Riverkeeper says City of Luttrell sewage plant over-polluting river system • 🎃 October Newsletter 🎃 • BLOG: Orion Amphitheater & TN Riverkeeper Fight Plastic • Chemicals in tap water linked to a 33% increase in cancer rates - Earth.com • Major Legal Victory Requiring EPA to Reconsider Outdated Industrial Water Pollution Standards • Study: Cumberland River pipeline to Maury, Williamson counties could cost $2B • Tennessee Lookout • PFAS in US Tapwater Interactive Dashboard | U.S. Geological Survey • City of Manchester TN Under EPA Administrative Order on Consent for Violations of Sewage Treatment Plant - Thunder Radio • The Valley of Tennessee (1944): Documentary about FDR and TVA • Check Out Our Summer Newsletter! Legal Win, Cleanups, and Community Momentum • New! 🎥 More Shorts! Updated YouTube Channel 🎥 • Other #waterkeeper Groups on #tiktok - YouTube • Find Us at Orion Amphitheater in Huntsville • Follow us on TikTok • Terry Wolaver Memorial Page • What are phthalates? • You never know what Riverkeeper might find at our cleanups! • Discussing Plastic Pollution with Today In Nashville on NBC 4 • Deep Tropics Festival in Nashville Brings Environmental Responsibility • 🎥 TikTok Updates! 🎥 • Fishing on the Duck River 🎣 • FOX54 Huntsville: Riverkeeper cleans up Pinhook Creek in Downtown HSV; volunteers pick up 2,000 lbs of trash in 4 hours • ☀️ Happy Summer! - TN Riverkeeper on Threads! ☀️ • Forever chemicals in household objects linked to type 2 diabetes, scientists warn • Microplastics: Occurrence, sampling, identification and characterization of microplastics in tap water: A systematic review and meta-analysis • TODAY IN NASHVILLE: Tennessee Riverkeeper Founder Talks Taking out the Trash from our Rivers • Support TN Riverkeeper — Donate via PayPal or Venmo • 🤢 How Plastics Are Poisoning Us 🤢 • Wheeler Wildlife Refuge on the Tennessee River Cleanup • Muscle Shoals embraces Tennessee River for health & fun • How a Southern rock icon’s epic mural came to Alabama • Legal Victory Requires EPA to Reconsider Outdated Industrial Water Pollution Standards — Tennessee Riverkeeper • Toxic Water Standards Finally Updated after Years of Delays • Microplastics are everywhere—but our methods to track them are all over the place • No data, no risk? How the monitoring of chemicals in the environment shapes the perception of risks • Toxic treads: Unveiling the environmental impact of tire wear and chemical cocktails • Pat Underwood, Cleanup Director for Tennessee Riverkeeper, discusses plastic pollution and cleaning up the Wheeler Wildlife Refuge of the Tennessee River • Kendra Scott Fundraiser on May 8 and 9, 2025 • Microplastics linked to 3 chronic diseases — and now they’ve been detected in gum • Sewage Flows Into Cumberland, according to Tennessee Riverkeeper • Tennessee town to be sued for alleged sewage pollution violations • Environmental group plans to sue Monterey • River cleanup crew pulls 1,100 pounds of trash from river in Nashville • Volunteers pull 1,000+ pounds of trash from Cumberland River in latest cleanup effort • Tennessee Riverkeeper Cleans Up More Than 1,100 Pounds Of Trash In West Nashville • New blog: How to reduce microplastics in our bodies by @DavidWhiteside • A Victory Against Pollution in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee — Tennessee Riverkeeper • Environmental group sues Tennessee town for violating federal Clean Water Act • Tennessee Lookout • RAW VIDEO: Kentucky Dam on Tennessee River open after heavy rainfall • Duck River, Tennessee waterways could see regulation rollbacks under two proposed bills • Tennessee Lookout • 12 Incredible Rivers In Tennessee • Duck River gains stronger protections in settlements between state, conservation groups • Tennessee Lookout • Proposed water withdrawals from the Duck River cause controversy • Dinosaurs away! Students, biologists release endangered Lake Sturgeon in Tennessee River • No, Oak Ridge is not 'the lab.' Here are 5 misconceptions about the Secret City, debunked • Scientists know our bodies are full of microplastics. What are they doing to us? • 60% of Tennessee’s rivers too polluted to swim in, study finds • Follow us on Threads! 🧵 • Endangered Bats! 🦇🎃🦇 • Kingston Springs sued for sewage sent into Harpeth River - Nashville Banner • Riverkeeper plans to sue Celina over sewage issues • ‘Forever Chemicals’ Reach Tap Water via Treated Sewage, Study Finds • Plastic bags from Walmart US recycling bins tracked to controversial plastic facilities in Southeast Asia • Pedestrian bridge over the Tennessee River connecting University of Tennessee to South Knoxville • Donate here (recurring donations receive a gift) | online membership drive • 'The river is under stress': Environmentalists sound the alarm about low water levels on the Duck River • River Haze Beer Supports Riverkeepers. Thank you Cahaba Brewing! • Microplastics Found in Human Brains • Bottled water packed with nanoplastics, study finds | CNN • NashVillager Podcast: Pollution that’s trashing Tennessee • 🚨 Report Pollution to Tennessee Riverkeeper! ☎️ • ☀️ Spring Newsletter 🌱 • Pollution Presentation at Patagonia Nashville on July 11, 2024 • Nashville Scene: Rubble Trouble - Construction Debris Making Its Way Into Backyards • Nashville Public Radio: A small Tennessee town’s sewage system might be polluting the Duck River • How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe • On Earth Day 2024, here's how Tennesseans can leave an important environmental legacy • Tennessee Riverkeeper Files Another PFAS Clean Water Act Citizen Suit and There May be Thousands More of These Fish in the Barrel. • Drinking water in 71 Alabama systems over EPA limits for forever chemicals • Blog — Tennessee Riverkeeper 📝 • Chattanooga Zoo releases dozens of salamanders to the wild • Study Finds Microplastics In the Brain 🧠 • New federal PFAS drinking water rules hailed for cleanup potential in Alabama • Neighbors upset over alleged illegal dump site near Beaman Park • Earth Day 2024 Events List 🌎 • EPA Proposes to Exclude Most Slaughterhouses and Rendering Plants from Updated Water Pollution Control Rules • A bill to end protections for Tennessee wetlands draws pushback • Another PFAS Clean Water Act Citizen Suit and There May be Thousands More of These Fish in the Barrel • Autumn Newsletter 2023 🍁 • Cumberland River Cleanup with WaterWheel Foundation • YouTube Channel for Tennessee Riverkeeper 🎥 • Highlight Reel: Cumberland River Cleanup in Nashville with WaterWheel • Website 🌎 • Volunteer Interest Form • Landfill Faces Lawsuit For Polluting Nashville • Tennessee Riverkeeper Supports Adding PFAS Chemicals To Superfund Law • Groups Ask EPA To Include PFAS Chemicals In Superfund Law • Tennessee Riverkeeper Sues Nashville Developer For Pollution • Orion Amphitheater and Phish's WaterWheel Foundation Support Riverkeeper At Concerts • Rising Stars: Meet David Whiteside of Tennessee Riverkeeper • Chattanooga Fundraiser - Aug 24 - All Things Fly • Summer Newsletter 2 • Plastics Flowing Into Waterways • Phish and Orion Amphitheater Support Riverkeeper • Nashville Developer Sued Over Pollution; Residents Say That's Just the Tip of the Iceberg • Nonprofit sues developer related to west side project • Orion Amphitheater, Phish to support Tennessee Riverkeeper’s efforts at concerts • Summer Newsletter 1 • Tennessee Riverkeeper Intends To Sue Company for Open Dumping • Drinking Water Pollution • Study details litter in Tennessee. The results aren't great. • Tennessee Riverkeeper, others file lawsuit against EPA over failure to update industrial pollution guidelines | Chattanooga Times Free Press • Environmental groups sue EPA over lack of updates to industrial wastewater regulations • Everyone deserves access to the outdoors - Support Outdoors For All Act • CNN Hero of the Year Chad Pregracke • Volunteers collect whopping 1,700+ pounds of trash from Pinhook Creek - Hville Blast • Creek Cleanup on Feb 4 - RSVP / More Info • 2022 Annual Report — Tennessee Riverkeeper • November Newsletter: Giving Thanks, a generous matching donation, and legal updates • Matching funds with our Huntsville donors • Tennessee Riverkeeper responds to new EPA drinking water guidelines • Health Concerns over PFAS Forever Chemicals Put in the Spotlight • Hartselle Utilities Settles Riverkeeper Sewer Lawsuit, Gets Money for Sewer Rehab • Chicken Sludge: A New Subsidy to Big Chicken from Uncle Sam • A Night with John Carter Cash and Ana Cristina Cash at Patagonia Nashville • Jack Johnson is Matching Your Donation! • Orion Amphitheater and Tennessee Riverkeeper Fight Plastic • Pesticides In Your Pee? • Alabama Fish Consumption Advisories • Phish Pre-Show Hang Benefit for Tennessee Riverkeeper and The Waterwheel Foundation • Our Mission / About the Organization • Subscribe to Newsletter • Donate • Twitter • Blog