Existing pipeline makes Byhalia Connection unneeded, environmental groups say
Protesters gathered at a Memphis Community Against the Pipeline rally April 18 at Alonzo Weaver Park. In a new development, a group is asking the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation to rescind its approval of the proposed 49-mile oil pipeline because a pipeline that follows a parallel route already exists. (Brad Vest/Special to Daily Memphian)
Environmental groups are asking the state to reconsider a permit for the proposed Byhalia Connection oil pipeline because they say an existing pipeline could serve the same purpose.
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Byhalia Connection Pipeline Sierra Club Southern Environmental Law Center Plains All American Pipeline Valero Energy Corp. Protect Our Aquifer Memphis Community Against the Pipeline
Blake Fontenay
Blake Fontenay’s 27-year journalism career has taken him to many newspapers in four states. However, he had never returned to work in any of the other cities where he had been before until the opportunity to report for the Daily Memphian presented itself. He covers business for the Daily Memphian.