There are 5 article(s) tagged MCAP:

• July 2021

  • What’s next for MCAP?

    After gaining its moment in the spotlight with the Byhalia Connection Pipeline project, MCAP is now looking ahead and figuring out how to face future battles. 

    By Rob Moore July 14, 2021

  • 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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    By Bill Dries July 12, 2021

  • Citizens who fought Byhalia Pipeline can rightfully claim victory

    Don Wade: ‘Their efforts to stop a pipeline from running through southwest Memphis were spirited and admirable. But they weren’t supposed to win. And then they did.’

    By Don Wade July 03, 2021

• May 2021

  • 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.

    By Letters to the Editor May 06, 2021

• March 2021

  • Al Gore joins Byhalia Connection Pipeline fight in southwest Memphis

    Former Vice President Al Gore joined with Memphis residents fighting construction of the Byhalia Connection Pipeline, which he called a “reckless, racist, rip-off.”

    By Daja E. Henry March 14, 2021