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Tag: environmental justice

Posted inCommentary

A call to action against systems of injustice

by Nathaniel Smith, Partnership for Southern Equity September 18, 2023September 18, 2023

Memphis and Atlanta will always have a psychic connection due to the history and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Before the motel, the shooting, the riots and the mourning, there was the Memphis sanitation workers’ strike.   In April 1968, King pivoted his work on the Poor People’s Campaign to travel from Atlanta to […]

Water runs along a drainage ditch. On either side of the ditch is dense brush and trees.
Posted inEnvironmental Justice

Fake testing left South Memphis’ water vulnerable to toxins

by Ashli Blow December 21, 2022September 11, 2023
A Black woman stands for a portrait. She is wearing dangling earrings, and a white sweater over a black top with a white crochet overlay.
Posted inEnvironmental Justice

Velsicol closed its chemical plant 10 years ago; Memphis still endures its toxic legacy

by Ashli Blow and Eli Motycka, Tennessee Lookout November 14, 2022August 22, 2023
A person in a red hardhat and yellow vest.
Posted inEnvironmental Justice

Environmental groups urge Memphis utility to slow down decisions on energy future

by Dulce Torres Guzman, Tennessee Lookout September 12, 2022August 21, 2023
Posted inEnvironmental Justice

Long burdened by a coal plant, South Memphis residents say no to coal ash in their backyard

by Chloe Hilles, Energy News Network August 24, 2022August 21, 2023
Posted inByhalia Connection Pipeline

Celebrate the Byhalia Pipeline victory but don’t forget there’s more to fight

by Kathy Robinson June 30, 2022September 8, 2023
Posted inEnvironmental Justice

‘TVA belongs to us and so it’s up to us to hold them accountable’

by Carrington J. Tatum April 15, 2022August 21, 2023
Posted inEnvironmental Justice

MLGW likes the progress it’s making on lead line replacement, but advocates want them to move faster

by Carrington J. Tatum January 14, 2022May 17, 2023
Posted inEnvironmental Justice

Memphis neighborhood’s gas station fight is spurring changes in zoning law

by Carrington J. Tatum November 12, 2021September 8, 2023
Posted inByhalia Connection Pipeline

Why do local environmentalists object to City Council’s proposed anti-pipeline ordinance?

by Carrington J. Tatum and Jacob Steimer November 3, 2021September 22, 2023

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