CBS News CBS News April 1, 2021, 10:05 AM This land means a whole lot to me: Property owners, advocates in Memphis fight to stop pipeline project This land means a whole lot to me, he told CBS News Adriana Diaz.
The 80-year-old is among several Memphis landowners fighting to keep a crude oil pipeline from cutting through their property.
Robinson and others, like Scottie Fitzgerald, said they are being robbed of their land and livelihood. This, to me, it is hurtful. I am offended, Fitzgerald said.
The two energy companies overseeing the project plan to build a pipeline about 4 feet underground. It would stretch 49 miles in order to connect two existing pipelines transporting crude oil to the Gulf Coast.