The undersigned organizations are writing today to encourage this council to support Councilman Edmund Ford, Sr. and Councilman Dr. Jeff Warren’s Resolution Opposing the Byhalia Connection Pipeline. We believe that this council’s vote to oppose the Pipeline is pivotal to the health and well being of this community, our country and our climate.
We believe you all have the power to uphold the values of justice deeply rooted in our democratic system and in the hopes of the people of Memphis. This project is a manifestation of the interlocking injustices of systemic racism, systemic poverty, and ecological devastation. This upcoming Tuesday, we believe that collectively this body can decide to disrupt these systems that have plagued our communities, our cities, and our nation for too long.
This proposed crude oil pipeline funded by the fossil fuel corporations Valero Energy Corporation and Plains All American is burdening the people of Memphis and Mississippi, and pushing our climate closer to the point of no return, for the profit motives of corporations. It is past time to put people over corporate gains and to hear the cries of the people in communities across the world. In Memphis, it seems the cry is clear: “No Oil in Our Soil.”
This crude oil pipeline is a textbook case of environmental racism, injustice, and environmental degradation. In targeting the Southwest Memphis neighborhood, and the greater Memphis area, this project hopes to force low-wealth Black communities to carry this billion-dollar corporation’s oil barrels on their backs with no public benefit. In the US, between 1986 and 2013, there have been nearly 8,000 incidents of pipeline leaks (around 300 per year). If this pipeline were to leak it would contaminate the local aquifer, which provides drinking water to Memphis and the North Mississippi counties of DeSoto and Marshall, with carcinogenic crude oil. Not only is the Byhalia Connection Pipeline plan proposing the construction of a high-
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Kahleo Richardson
5 years ago
NOOOO OIL IN OUR SOIL‼️‼️‼️
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Paul Le
5 years ago
I love Memphis water and I don't want this company doing this stuff. Water is incrediblely important.
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Tim Stevens
5 years ago
Save us!
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Jamarcus Washingon
5 years ago
Keep Memphis water clean
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Breanna
5 years ago
Don’t do this!
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Erin Cooper
5 years ago
LEAVE US AND OUR WATER ALONE.
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Brittania
5 years ago
My family still resides in Westwood and Whitehaven. Why is this even an option?
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Anonymous
5 years ago
NO
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Anonymous
5 years ago
Please, and I mean this with everything in me. Do NOT touch my damn water.
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Donielle Finger
5 years ago
No pipeline!!!
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Madysin
5 years ago
Save the good water we have left on this earth. you know this is planned to go here because of the path through minority and low income areas. focus on issues we already have on this planet before you bring about another one.
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Eriq Alexander
5 years ago
No oil in our soil
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Anonymous
5 years ago
Not that city council cares as they are I’m sure getting a kick back but this cannot stand.
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Melchor Sauceda
5 years ago
Very bad for our water !!! We do not want it.
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Anonymous
5 years ago
Please do not put our water at risk!! Peoples livelihoods should matter more!
Nobody messes with the amazing memphis water!
Don’t let them kills us
NO pipeline
The undersigned organizations are writing today to encourage this council to support Councilman Edmund Ford, Sr. and Councilman Dr. Jeff Warren’s Resolution Opposing the Byhalia Connection Pipeline. We believe that this council’s vote to oppose the Pipeline is pivotal to the health and well being of this community, our country and our climate. We believe you all have the power to uphold the values of justice deeply rooted in our democratic system and in the hopes of the people of Memphis. This project is a manifestation of the interlocking injustices of systemic racism, systemic poverty, and ecological devastation. This upcoming Tuesday, we believe that collectively this body can decide to disrupt these systems that have plagued our communities, our cities, and our nation for too long. This proposed crude oil pipeline funded by the fossil fuel corporations Valero Energy Corporation and Plains All American is burdening the people of Memphis and Mississippi, and pushing our climate closer to the point of no return, for the profit motives of corporations. It is past time to put people over corporate gains and to hear the cries of the people in communities across the world. In Memphis, it seems the cry is clear: “No Oil in Our Soil.” This crude oil pipeline is a textbook case of environmental racism, injustice, and environmental degradation. In targeting the Southwest Memphis neighborhood, and the greater Memphis area, this project hopes to force low-wealth Black communities to carry this billion-dollar corporation’s oil barrels on their backs with no public benefit. In the US, between 1986 and 2013, there have been nearly 8,000 incidents of pipeline leaks (around 300 per year). If this pipeline were to leak it would contaminate the local aquifer, which provides drinking water to Memphis and the North Mississippi counties of DeSoto and Marshall, with carcinogenic crude oil. Not only is the Byhalia Connection Pipeline plan proposing the construction of a high-
NOOOO OIL IN OUR SOIL‼️‼️‼️
I love Memphis water and I don't want this company doing this stuff. Water is incrediblely important.
Save us!
Keep Memphis water clean
Don’t do this!
LEAVE US AND OUR WATER ALONE.
My family still resides in Westwood and Whitehaven. Why is this even an option?
NO
Please, and I mean this with everything in me. Do NOT touch my damn water.
No pipeline!!!
Save the good water we have left on this earth. you know this is planned to go here because of the path through minority and low income areas. focus on issues we already have on this planet before you bring about another one.
No oil in our soil
Not that city council cares as they are I’m sure getting a kick back but this cannot stand.
Very bad for our water !!! We do not want it.
Please do not put our water at risk!! Peoples livelihoods should matter more!
Spread love, not greed.