The Byhalia Pipeline project is officially cancelled and our water remains protected. I am overwhelmed by the strength of this community in stopping a threat that would have devastated our neighborhoods. We won this together but we must stay vigilant to ensure our land is never targeted like this again.
June 2, 2021
Final supporters
Disclaimer: This is not a fundraiser, DO NOT DONATE USING THIS PAGE. If you would like to donate PLEASE GO TO THE FOLLOWING LINK TO DONATE TO Breach Collective, Protect Our Aquifer, or the Southern Environmental Law Center: https://www.memphiscap.org/
We are Memphians and people who care about the end of ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM. Our future, our water, our air, and our land are at risk of contamination by Valero, Plains All American and their Byhalia Pipeline.
The 49 mile Byhalia Connection pipeline is a THREAT to our community that is being permitted to happen by the silence of people in power and the rushed permitting process of the NWP12 waiver. This pipeline would disrupt communities in De Soto County through South Memphis (e.g. Rolling Green Hills, Westwood, Walker Homes/West Junction, Mitchell Sub, Boxtown, Indian Hills). Our communities are adamantly against Valero and Plains All American's Byhalia Pipeline.
- Encourage Memphis City Council to Pass the Ordinance #5782 to protect the Memphis Sand Aquifer and prevent environmental injustice
- Encourage Memphis Light, Gas, and Water (local utility) to protect Memphis' pristine and only drinking water source, the Memphis Sand Aquifer, with a wellhead protection zone ordinance.
- Stand on the side of the community against the interest of the billion-dollar crude oil pipeline company perpetuating environmental racism. This company will earn $7 Billion per year. They are only donating $750,000 to the community and $250,000 to the local university.
Will you stand with us to use our power to fight this pipeline and protect future generations from environmental racism? Sign this petition to ask the leaders in Memphis and in Tennessee to stop this Byhalia Pipeline. No oil in our soil!
Disclaimer: This is not a fundraiser, DO NOT DONATE USING THIS PAGE. If you would like to donate PLEASE GO TO THE FOLLOWING LINK TO DONATE TO Breach Collective, Protect Our Aquifer, or the Southern Environmental Law Center: https://www.memphiscap.orgUpdates
Reached 25,000 supporters
April 22, 2021
April 21, 2021
My neighbors in Boxtown and Westwood are counting on us to stop this pipeline before it poisons our drinking water. We are almost at twenty-five thousand signatures and that threshold will force the city council to face the reality of this threat. Please post this link on your social media so we can hit that mark today.
March 30, 2021
Seeing this kind of energy for the protection of our water leaves me feeling truly humbled. It hits home to know so many people care about the health of the community I live in and the safety of our precious aquifer.
Reached 10,000 supporters
February 24, 2021
February 14, 2021
Seeing one thousand names on this list feels like a weight has been lifted because it proves our neighbors refuse to let them poison our water. The idea that this many people care about protecting our community from the Byhalia Pipeline gives me real hope for our future.
Reached 1,000 supporters
February 12, 2021
5,419 Comments
The water sources underneath the city are way to precious to be at risk for oil pollution just so a few people have monetary gains. Also the disrespect towards black communities needs to stop immediately! Their homes are not your business route!
Black Lives Matter is also about preserving the health and quality of life for those black Lives. Environmental racism is violent and Black citizen of memphis should not have to bare the weight of even more pollution that they did not contribute
Hello all, My 7 year old son and I are standing up against the pipeline. Please think of all the children. Please listen to the children. Looking forward to the genuine choice being made. -Elizabeth Louise Speer and Miles Wolf Hagerty (age 7)
I am a resident of the BoxTown Community. It is my prayer and hope that we will not allow the Byhalia Pipeline to come into our community. Please preserve our land, save our community and honor our ancestors. God bless you and thanks for your service.
Time and again oil companies have shown us that they promise safety and deliver spills; they promise profits and deliver pollution. We must put people over profit. We cannot continue to sacrifice our most vulnerable communities for shareholders’ profits.
Please do whatever you can to protect the people of Memphis
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The Byhalia Pipeline project is officially cancelled and our water remains protected. I am overwhelmed by the strength of this community in stopping a threat that would have devastated our neighborhoods. We won this together but we must stay vigilant to ensure our land is never targeted like this again.
June 2, 2021
Final supporters
Disclaimer: This is not a fundraiser, DO NOT DONATE USING THIS PAGE. If you would like to donate PLEASE GO TO THE FOLLOWING LINK TO DONATE TO Breach Collective, Protect Our Aquifer, or the Southern Environmental Law Center: https://www.memphiscap.org/
We are Memphians and people who care about the end of ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM. Our future, our water, our air, and our land are at risk of contamination by Valero, Plains All American and their Byhalia Pipeline.
The 49 mile Byhalia Connection pipeline is a THREAT to our community that is being permitted to happen by the silence of people in power and the rushed permitting process of the NWP12 waiver. This pipeline would disrupt communities in De Soto County through South Memphis (e.g. Rolling Green Hills, Westwood, Walker Homes/West Junction, Mitchell Sub, Boxtown, Indian Hills). Our communities are adamantly against Valero and Plains All American's Byhalia Pipeline.
- Encourage Memphis City Council to Pass the Ordinance #5782 to protect the Memphis Sand Aquifer and prevent environmental injustice
- Encourage Memphis Light, Gas, and Water (local utility) to protect Memphis' pristine and only drinking water source, the Memphis Sand Aquifer, with a wellhead protection zone ordinance.
- Stand on the side of the community against the interest of the billion-dollar crude oil pipeline company perpetuating environmental racism. This company will earn $7 Billion per year. They are only donating $750,000 to the community and $250,000 to the local university.
Will you stand with us to use our power to fight this pipeline and protect future generations from environmental racism? Sign this petition to ask the leaders in Memphis and in Tennessee to stop this Byhalia Pipeline. No oil in our soil!
Disclaimer: This is not a fundraiser, DO NOT DONATE USING THIS PAGE. If you would like to donate PLEASE GO TO THE FOLLOWING LINK TO DONATE TO Breach Collective, Protect Our Aquifer, or the Southern Environmental Law Center: https://www.memphiscap.orgUpdates
Reached 25,000 supporters
April 22, 2021
April 21, 2021
My neighbors in Boxtown and Westwood are counting on us to stop this pipeline before it poisons our drinking water. We are almost at twenty-five thousand signatures and that threshold will force the city council to face the reality of this threat. Please post this link on your social media so we can hit that mark today.
March 30, 2021
Seeing this kind of energy for the protection of our water leaves me feeling truly humbled. It hits home to know so many people care about the health of the community I live in and the safety of our precious aquifer.
Reached 10,000 supporters
February 24, 2021
February 14, 2021
Seeing one thousand names on this list feels like a weight has been lifted because it proves our neighbors refuse to let them poison our water. The idea that this many people care about protecting our community from the Byhalia Pipeline gives me real hope for our future.
Reached 1,000 supporters
February 12, 2021
5,419 Comments
I’m born and raised in Memphis TN in a middle class home in white haven TN . Those pipes would run straight through that area where I have young nieces and nephews that’s now grow up there , please don’t put them at risk and keep Memphis healthy!
The water sources underneath the city are way to precious to be at risk for oil pollution just so a few people have monetary gains. Also the disrespect towards black communities needs to stop immediately! Their homes are not your business route!
Black Lives Matter is also about preserving the health and quality of life for those black Lives. Environmental racism is violent and Black citizen of memphis should not have to bare the weight of even more pollution that they did not contribute
Hello all, My 7 year old son and I are standing up against the pipeline. Please think of all the children. Please listen to the children. Looking forward to the genuine choice being made. -Elizabeth Louise Speer and Miles Wolf Hagerty (age 7)
I am a resident of the BoxTown Community. It is my prayer and hope that we will not allow the Byhalia Pipeline to come into our community. Please preserve our land, save our community and honor our ancestors. God bless you and thanks for your service.
Time and again oil companies have shown us that they promise safety and deliver spills; they promise profits and deliver pollution. We must put people over profit. We cannot continue to sacrifice our most vulnerable communities for shareholders’ profits.
Please do whatever you can to protect the people of Memphis
I SUPPORT THIS MOVEMENT
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I’m born and raised in Memphis TN in a middle class home in white haven TN . Those pipes would run straight through that area where I have young nieces and nephews that’s now grow up there , please don’t put them at risk and keep Memphis healthy!