Tennessee's blog

This blog was written by Michael S. Diamond, a student at Vanderbilt University

Students at Middle Tennessee State University did an action on Wednesday to stand in solidarity with gulf. Two years ago, the BP Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill happened exactly to this day.

This blog was written by James Allen, a student in climatology at the University of Tennessee, Martin. James is also a fellow for Southern Energy Network. 

PASCAGOULA, Mississippi -- A line leak has released about 45 barrels of heavy oil into the water around Chevron Corporations Pascagoula refinery wharf…what a terrible but relevant coincide.

The Tennessee Youth Environmental Network, founded nine months ago by Laura Rigell and Alex Durand of Maryville, TN, two students who decided to delay their entry to college to make a difference in the lives of Tennessee high school youth, is hosting the first ever Youth Empowerment Summit this June.

Friends,

I came to the United States from Nicaragua when I was 12 years old. One of my first memories was seeing snow for the first time, but also attending a rally against racism that my mom helped organized. Fast-forward to the year 2011, I was a junior in college interning for Southern Energy Network and found myself in yet another rally—Coal Ash is Scary. Since then, I have helped organize our state network, collect petitions, write letters to editor, write letters to elected officials, call elected officials, organized a rally, and even lobbied in DC during Power Shift 2011.