Byhalia pipeline: Toxic refinery pollution, monitoring blind spot in southwest Memphis Sarah Macaraeg, Memphis Commercial Appeal
The proposed Byhalia Connection pipeline, a joint venture of Plains All American Pipeline and the Valero Energy Corp., set off an environmental justice movement that s picked up steam in Memphis and around the country, as Black families from southwest Memphis square off with Big Oil.
Running atop the city s pristine drinking water supply, the 49-mile Byhalia pipeline would cut through predominantly Black communities on its way to a terminal just over the Tennessee border in Mississippi, where Valero leaked 800 gallons of oil in January 2020.
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