Taxonomy Archives: Tennessee

Concerned Citizens Challenge the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Fast-Track Water Permit for Byhalia Pipeline

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), filed suit late yesterday on behalf of Memphis Community Against Pollution (MCAP)*, Protect Our Aquifer, and the Sierra Club, against the...

Concerned Memphians challenge Corps’ fast-track water permit for Byhalia Pipeline

Landmark Environmental Justice Bill Introduced in Congress

WASHINGTON — Today the most far-reaching Congressional bill to advance environmental justice was introduced, during a time of increasing political commitment to address how communities of color and pe...

Clean Energy Advocates Call on TVA to Halt Its Plans for New Gas, Align with Federal Goals

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Clean energy groups, in public comments submitted on March 13, are calling on the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to halt its plans for a massive build-out of gas-fired power plant...

Al Gore comes to Memphis to oppose ‘reckless, racist’ Byhalia pipeline

How the Byhalia Pipeline would have impacted Memphis

Valero crude oil leak heightens concerns over proposed pipeline

On the Ground in Tennessee

Hydrogeologic report warns of pipeline threats to Memphis drinking water source

Tennessee Congressman urges White House to rescind Memphis pipeline permit