Community celebrates Byhalia Pipeline cancellation one year later
Family members surround Clyde Robinson as he speaks Saturday at Alonzo Weaver Park in South Memphis, where about 100 people gathered to mark the one-year anniversary of the cancellation of the Byhalia Pipeline. (Lucy Garrett/Special to The Daily Memphian)
After the Byhalia Pipeline project was canceled on July 2, 2021, the residents who opposed it met at Alonzo Weaver Park for a celebration. A year later, they returned to the same spot to mark the occasion once again.
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Keely Brewer is a Report for America corps member covering environmental impacts on communities of color in Memphis. She is working in partnership with the Ag & Water Desk, a sustainable reporting network aimed at telling water and agriculture stories across the Mississippi River Basin.
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