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Author Archives: Leanna First-Arai

Posted inJustice, Land, Mid-South, Public Health, Tennessee

‘They gave people kibbles and bits’: Black Memphis residents are fighting oil pipeline land grab

by Leanna First-Arai April 22, 2021January 14, 2022

The legal battle over the proposed pipeline has become a flashpoint in a national conversation about environmental justice and land grabs by fossil fuel companies.

Posted inCOVID-19, Economies, Energy, Justice, Mid-South, Public Health, Tennessee

Frustrated Memphis residents to put pressure on pipeline developers at Saturday meeting

by Leanna First-Arai October 16, 2020January 14, 2022

Byhalia Connection developers claim eminent domain, try to buy Shelby County Schools property for pipeline planned to run through a Black Memphis neighborhood.

Posted inInfrastructure, Justice, Mid-South, Public Health, Tennessee

This Black Memphis neighborhood is trying to stop an oil pipeline. They’re running out of time.

by Leanna First-Arai September 10, 2020January 14, 2022

Boxtown residents have had little say in the Byhalia Connection pipeline project, which could erase their properties’ value and threaten Memphis’ water supply.

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