There are 15 article(s) tagged Sierra Club:

• August 2022

  • Letter to the Editor: Air pollution too often goes unchecked

    “Because health effects are not immediately noticeable, air pollution goes unchecked,” says Rita Harris.

    By Letters to the Editor August 11, 2022

• July 2022

  • Community celebrates Byhalia Pipeline cancellation one year later

    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. 

    By Keely Brewer July 22, 2022

• June 2022

  • First public bidder for MLGW electricity contract is familiar name

    At a meeting Tuesday, local residents in favor of a split from the Tennessee Valley Authority criticized MLGW’s bid process — and learned who submitted at least one of the power proposals. 

    By Keely Brewer June 16, 2022

• April 2021

  • 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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    By Blake Fontenay April 30, 2021

• February 2021

  • 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.

    By Otis Sanford February 18, 2021

• December 2020

  • 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.

    By Wayne Risher December 30, 2020

• August 2020

  • MLGW board to get recommendation Wednesday on TVA ties

    The board heard Monday from a coalition of groups pushing for cutting ties to TVA and other electric power suppliers that could replace TVA.

    By Bill Dries August 18, 2020

• July 2020

  • Sierra Club says MLGW-TVA report distorts renewable-energy use

    While critical of the first draft of the IRP by Siemens consulting, the environmental group says it still makes a case for more renewable energy to generate electric power. The Sierra Club response also stops short of recommending cutting ties to TVA, saying the cost of transmission lines to rival MISO should be fully explored.

    By Bill Dries July 06, 2020

• April 2020

  • MLGW’s got a once-in-a-generation shot at clean energy

    We must not waste this unique opportunity to build a clean, prosperous energy economy by relying again on the same old dirty sources of power.

    By Dennis Lynch April 22, 2020

• February 2020

  • 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. 

    By Wayne Risher February 18, 2020

• October 2019

  • TVA leaders outline plan for old Allen Fossil plant site

    The 60-year-old Allen Fossil plant is scheduled for demolition in 2022, Tennessee Valley Authority President and CEO Jeff Lyash said Tuesday as leaders got a look at possible future uses for the 500-acre site.

    By Bill Dries October 09, 2019

• April 2019

  • 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.

    By Ward Archer April 22, 2019

  • We’ve come a long way, but slipped a little

    Memphis is at the forefront of efforts in Tennessee to adopt clean energy, energy efficiency, climate resiliency and solid waste solutions. Initiatives by the University of Memphis, the City of Memphis and the Memphis nonprofit community give reason for hope. 

    By Scott Banbury April 22, 2019

  • TVA’s Lyash says MLGW decision on future relationship should take long view

    TVA CEO and president Jeff Lyash said during a Memphis visit on his third day on the job that the power industry will see as much change in the next 20 years as it did in the last half-century.

    By Bill Dries April 10, 2019

• October 2018

  • Sierra Club rips Bellefonte Nuclear proposal

    The Tennessee chapter of the Sierra Club says a proposal to end Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division’s ties to the Tennessee Valley Authority and instead buy electricity from a renovated Bellefonte Nuclear Plant in Alabama is “pie in the sky.”

    By Bill Dries October 12, 2018