https://www.langan4tn.com/environment daily 0.75 2026-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6262fb66f94ce738564f17bd/6d0a203b-3097-4353-90b9-36d9e14b2456/DE45DC87-121D-4076-842F-B34C90713F7D.jpeg Environment - Tennessee We must protect our natural resources Under the current leadership, our waterways have become much more polluted. From 2010 to 2020 our state went from 32.4% of our waterways being impaired to 55.4%. Impaired means that a waterway can no longer serve at least one of its intended functions. About 50% of these waterways are impaired due to e.coli contamination. Of the 39 listed in Knox County, 20 are contaminated with E. coli. This is the result of agricultural waste restrictions being loosened along with runoff and overflow of our existing sewage systems which can no longer handle the load. This means infrastructure. We must invest in upgrading our sewage systems to not only handle our current population, but also plan for future growth. We must also address unlined coal ash ponds in our state, like the one at the Kingston Coal Plant that polluted our rivers, the surrounding land and our citizens when the dyke retaining the ash pond failed, resulting in the deaths of over 30 workers. In 2020 the EPA extended the usage of unlined coal ash ponds through 2038. We have seen what happens when one of these ponds fails and the destruction and deadliness of the materials it releases into the environment right here in East Tennessee. Not only do they pose a higher risk of failure than lined ponds, but they also leach into the groundwater potentially contaminating the drinking water of the surrounding communities. We should not only move away from the use of finite resources with toxic waste products, but ensure that we protect our waterways and drinking water for the people of Tennessee. We can require these operations take measures to protect our citizens. We must hold companies doing business in Tennessee accountable for what they are releasing into our environment. I understand profit is the driving principle behind any business, but we should ensure they are doing it the right way and hold any business that operates in Tennessee accountable to a standard that preserves our resources for generations to come. https://www.langan4tn.com/about-me daily 0.75 2026-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6262fb66f94ce738564f17bd/f8379f5c-fe32-4fc6-9bd0-f3c9690f06fc/Langan4TN4%282%29.jpg About Me - Meet the Candidate I’m a jack of many trades and master of none who likes music, photography, cards and pickleball. I came to Knoxville to attend the University of Tennessee. After graduating, I knew this was home. I decided to stay and have been proud to call Knoxville home for over twenty-five years. This is where I met my wife. Our daughter was born at UT Medical Center, and this beautiful state is our home. I believe in Tennessee, and that together we can work towards a better future for Tennesseans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6262fb66f94ce738564f17bd/6d0a203b-3097-4353-90b9-36d9e14b2456/DE45DC87-121D-4076-842F-B34C90713F7D.jpeg About Me - Believe in a Better Tennessee I believe our mountains, waterways, and wildlife are three of the things that make Tennessee such an amazing place to live in, and as such, we should protect these resources. Not only is it the right thing to do, but it is also a key piece of our economy that is slowly being destroyed. I want our children to be able to play in a river or a creek without having to worry about getting a bacterial infection. I want them to be able to hike through the mountains with their kids and still see the wonderful array of plants and animals Tennessee has to offer. I want Tennesseans to be able to fish from our rivers, lakes, and creeks and not worry about whether the fish they are feeding their families is contaminated by pollutants. We must protect our natural resources and invest in water conservation, reclamation and updating our sewage systems to prevent further contamination of our waterways. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6262fb66f94ce738564f17bd/0087eaa9-a4ee-4bf1-b7d7-609aff2ad1de/Langan4TN8.jpg About Me - Tennessee Deserves Better I am a dad with an amazing daughter, and yes, I worry about raising her in Tennessee. I worry about raising her in a state where she could be ostracized, feel ashamed or be bullied by an adult in power for being different. A state with an abortion ban, telling my daughter and every other woman and girl in Tennessee that they no longer have bodily autonomy, that they do not get the same control over their body or their pursuit of happiness as a male. I worry about raising my child in a state where the legislature is attacking education, teachers, librarians and books while underfunding our public schools. A state where being homeless is a felony and the House Leader endorsed burning books while another member extolled the virtues of Hitler. We have a legislature that is so terrible at their job that they must scapegoat minorities to distract from their continuous failures and misdeeds. None of this is acceptable, and I’m running because it’s time our legislators actually started working for the people of Tennessee instead of just passing laws to punish us and doing whatever they can to assist corporations in their relentless fleecing us. 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