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Broken Ground

Broken Ground is a podcast produced by the Southern Environmental Law Center digging up environmental stories in the South.

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Trailer: Meet Journalists Reimagining Environmental News

Trailer: Meet Journalists Reimagining Environmental News

As more and more news outlets close, writers, editors, and photographers across the South are reconsidering how communit... Read more

3 Aug 2023

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How Memphis Beat The Odds To Stop A Pipeline, Trailer

How Memphis Beat The Odds To Stop A Pipeline, Trailer

Hear how a small group of neighbors in southwest Memphis built a coalition strong enough to defeat a crude oil pipeline.... Read more

10 Oct 2022

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Lesson 7: Do It Again

Lesson 7: Do It Again

An announcement late on the Friday of a holiday weekend is a classic move. And in the case of the Byhalia Pipeline it is... Read more

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Lesson 6: Hold On

Lesson 6: Hold On

With a federal permit approved and state officials supporting the project, in the spring of 2021 the Byhalia Pipeline ha... Read more

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Lesson 5: Embrace Your Allies

Lesson 5: Embrace Your Allies

As aquifer advocates and the residents of southwest Memphis in the path of the pipeline began looking for help pushing b... Read more

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Lesson 4: Call 'Em Out

Lesson 4: Call 'Em Out

While pipeline developers deploy common tactics to secure support, like spreading donations around the community, organi... Read more

11 Aug 2022

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Lesson 3: Dig In

Lesson 3: Dig In

All of Memphis drinks from a world-class underground source, known as the Memphis Sand Aquifer. The realization that the... Read more

28 Jul 2022

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Lesson 2: Raise a Ruckus

Lesson 2: Raise a Ruckus

It was a throw away line by an out of town pipeline representative but it struck a nerve and came to define much of the ... Read more

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Lesson 1: Nobody Asks

Lesson 1: Nobody Asks

This is Boxtown, a neighborhood in southwest Memphis founded by formerly enslaved people who put down deep roots and res... Read more

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Brenda Mallory: Federal Action on Environmental Justice

Brenda Mallory: Federal Action on Environmental Justice

Brenda Mallory, former Director of Regulatory Policy at SELC, sat down with us in December 2020 before joining the Biden... Read more

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