Guest column: TVA’s empty coal ash promises
Nobody wants coal ash in their backyard – but it’s even worse when the folks dumping the waste don’t evaluate all the risks and keep the community in the dark. That’s what happening now in South Memphis.
Topic: Protect Our Aquifer
RSSThere are 44 article(s) tagged Protect Our Aquifer:
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January 2022
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July 2021
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Out of the pipeline: The city’s water movement and how it evolved
The Byhalia Connection Pipeline is over but a burgeoning environmental movement, with the city’s underground water aquifer at its center, remains. The road to that movement began with the rise of the city’s new activism several years ago, with some unexpected twists and turns along the way.
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June 2021
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End of Byhalia pipeline truce approaches with more specific proposals
Sarah Houston, executive director of the nonprofit “Protect Our Aquifer,” talked on “Behind the Headlines” about the end of a truce between the City Council, County Commission and the builders of the proposed Byhalia Connection oil pipeline.
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May 2021
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Protect Our Aquifer hires ‘water warrior’ as new leader
Sarah Houston, who has devoted her career to water resource management and protection, will lead Protect Our Aquifer as the nonprofit group enters a new phase of its existence.
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Letter to the Editor: For Memphis, oil pipeline benefits are ‘zero,’ risks are many
One of the principal components of crude oil is benzene. It takes very little benzene to make a vast quantity of water completely undrinkable.
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April 2021
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Existing pipeline makes Byhalia Connection unneeded, environmental groups say
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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Plains All American mounting fight against revised city ordinance
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March 2021
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The Memphis 10: Protecting Memphis water, the best of Craig Brewer and more
With available, clean drinking water an increasingly precious commodity, Memphis’ supply is perhaps the city’s most important asset. We did nothing to earn it. But it’s on us to preserve and manage it.
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February 2021
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Opinion: It’s big oil vs. defiant communities in major environmental dispute
In this fight, Black people and white people are on the same side. So are local politicians who don’t always agree on matters of public policy.
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December 2020
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Crude oil pipeline opponents seek broader review
Protect Our Aquifer and other environmental groups have asked the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers not to fast-track approval for the Byhalia Connection crude oil pipeline.
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November 2020
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Protect Our Aquifer hosts informational meeting in Collierville
Protect Our Aquifer will hold an informational meeting about drinking water quality Tuesday, Feb. 25 in Collierville.
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Protect Our Aquifer taps Jim Kovarik as executive director
Protect Our Aquifer, which is dedicated to protecting the Memphis Sand Aquifer that provides the region with drinking water, has hired its first executive director, Jim Kovarik.
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Protect Our Aquifer challenges TVA power contracts
Environmental advocates including Protect Our Aquifer have sued TVA, saying new agreements for power distributors weren't properly reviewed for environmental impacts before they were put in place in 2019.
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March 2020
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Carrier withdraws request to inject treated wastewater
Carrier has withdrawn a request to inject treated wastewater into the Memphis aquifer. The company, which has a site in Collierville, hopes to refile at a later date.
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February 2020
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Environmentalists fear bill could gut Shelby’s groundwater safeguards
Environmentalists believe a Farm Bureau bill pending in the General Assembly threatens to clip the wings of Shelby County regulations on water wells tapping into the aquifer that supplies drinking water.
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January 2020
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Aquifer study cleared to continue after holdup in MLGW funding
A $1,235,000 contract amendment for research on the Memphis Sand aquifer has been executed by Memphis Light Gas and Water and University of Memphis. It's retroactive to last July 1.
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MLGW seeks firmer grasp of aquifer study’s progress
Memphis Light, Gas & Water's new contract with University of Memphis on a five-year aquifer study adds data and reporting requirements designed to keep the utility abreast of research activity.
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Water supply study slowed by negotiations between MLGW, CAESER
A five-year, $5 million study of potential threats to Memphis’ drinking water supply has been slowed by protracted contract negotiations between MLGW and a University of Memphis research unit.
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December 2019
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Concert spotlights awareness for Memphis’ drinking water
Entertainment lawyer Bruce Newman’s annual benefit concert will support Protect Our Aquifer. Musicians Maria Muldaur, Ruthie Foster and Dom Flemons are among the performers.
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April 2019
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Protecting our aquifer: Who’s in charge?
We are one of the largest communities in the United States that depends solely on groundwater for our drinking water. It’s imperative that we become better stewards of this ground and these waters on which we so depend.
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