Flood prevention, climate change project underway in Southwest Memphis - After more than a decade, the wait for the start of the $13 million South Cypress Creek Stream and Wetland Restoration Project was finally over.' dailymemphian.com/section/neighb…

#ClimateAction of the day: Tell EPA Administrator Michael Regan to ban toxic vinyl chloride! Beyond Plastics

Vinyl chloride is a danger to the human health & environment. There is no safe level of exposure to vinyl chloride.

Urge EPA to act today!
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The application for U.S. EPA’s Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Grant Program is open until July 25. This grant program provides another opportunity for schools to replace dirty, unhealthy diesel school buses with electric ones. stnonline.com/news/epa-annou…

Residents living within 3 miles of Freeport LNG in Texas and Plaquemines LNG have a much higher percentage of Black Americans than the state and national average where these sites are located, a historical pattern of the siting of fossil fuel industries. #LiquefyingTheGulfCoast …

The Gator Express Pipeline located in Plaquemines Parish would lay more than 26 miles of new 42-in-diameter pipeline through open waters, marshland, and vegetated land, disturbing 75 acres of wetland. See the report 'Liquefying the Gulf Coast' to learn more about the…

'The utility should instead invest in cheaper energy options, like solar power and energy efficiency programs that meet our energy needs while lowering monthly bills.” 
-Memphis Community Against Pollution (MCAP) President, @KeshaunPearson
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Appeals court: Wildlife officers' warrantless searches of private property are unconstitutional • Tennessee Lookout tennesseelookout.com/2024/05/13/app…

South Memphis celebrates its collective power after the closure of a toxic facility that exposed their community to ethylene oxide for four decades.

“The fight for environmental justice is going to continue,' Memphis Community Against Pollution (MCAP)
Pres. KP. said. 
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Do you want to help stop TVA’s gas buildout? Then come out to the Tri-County Preservation Group’s Spring Fest this weekend!

🗓Saturday, May 18
⏰1-4pm CT
📍707 Promise Land Rd. Charlotte, TN

#CleanUpTVATour

To all of the great moms, stepmoms, foster moms, adoptive moms, spiritual moms, god moms, and mother figures making the world better, Happy Mother's Day! 🌷

Join us Next Week May 18th as we canvass homes impacted by lead service lines in the South Memphis Community and extend opportunities for FREE water and lead paint testing.

bit.ly/canvassmem.

#EnvironmentalJustice #Memphis #health #environment

This week Tennessee Valley Authority board members had a quarterly meeting & public listening session. As the largest federal utility w/ one of the largest planned gas buildouts of any utility this decade, we should all be outraged that the board is delaying the transition to a renewable future.🧵

Rose Sims, a resident of southwest Memphis, reflects on her health: 'I used to be outside a lot. I was in good health. All of a sudden, I got breast cancer.' #ethyleneoxide #environmentalracism
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Trump Reportedly Asks Fossil Fuel CEOs For $1 Billion huffpost.com/entry/donald-t…

Sign our petition to the White House calling on President Biden to hold TVA and its Board accountable for the intentional destruction of our communities and environment. memphiscap.org/takeaction

'The new rule builds on a landmark 2015 rule prohibiting coal ash from being permanently stored in places where it comes into contact with groundwater... the new rule will require the cleanup of hundreds of “legacy” coal ash ponds.'
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TVA’s coal ash disposal plan leaves South Memphis neighborhoods in the dark. commercialappeal.com/story/opinion/…

The Drive To Add Two Non-Memphians to MLGW Board | Smart City Memphis smartcitymemphis.com/2024/05/the-po…