months residence in south memphis had been fighting against the construction of an oil pipeline. elmer dorsey says she's worried over what it might mean if a proposed oil pipeline were to cut right through the neighborhood. she's lived in for most of her life. my thought, well, why would they bring it through my neighborhood? there is a growing movement among the local population against the plans for the energy project. the concern from activists like justin j pearson is over the route being proposed for the pipeline, which is expected to pass over the memphis aqua for so one of the most severe negative consequences is to our environment. they're planning to build a 1500 p s. i crudo a pipeline, a top the met, the sand doc for which supplies drinking water to over a 1000000 people. in addition to this, they're building a top, an area that's the most seismically active in the south eastern part of the united states. the pipeline would also pass through box to a predominantly black neighborhood that could say is already exposed to pollution from several nearby industrial site. in recent weeks,