On January 20, Representative Steve Cohen (D-Tenn) introduced the Keeping Evictions Off Credit Reports Act, H.R. 1594, in the U.S. House of Representatives seeking to prohibit evictions.
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“No crude oil pipelines built near an earthquake zone atop an aquifer that supplies a predominantly Black community drinking water can be safe,” said Justin J. Pearson, a lead organizer of the Memphis Community Against the Pipeline, or MCAP. “This fast-track permit removes community voices and doesn t protect our most invaluable resource our water from the dangers of this pipeline. It’s time to stop the Byhalia Pipeline and end this environmentally racist pipeline project.”
In his letter, Representative Cohen requested the administration review and reconsider the use of a fast-tracked Nationwide Permit 12 by the Corps for this project, where fast-tracking cuts requirements for public input and allows the pipeline to be placed above the drinking water source of the surrounding communities and the city of Memphis.