Mossville Environmental Action Now has worked since the 1980s as environmental justice advocates to address the industrial toxins that pollute their community, Mossville, Louisiana.[1] The organization is significant for its role in advocating for people affected by pollution.[2]
MEAN became incorporated as non-profit, tax-exempt organization in the state of Louisiana in 1999.[3] In 2005, MEAN became party to a petition before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights seeking to hold the United States government accountable for violation of Mossville residents’ human rights.[2] Mossville Environmental Action Now is one of the first environmental justice organizations to bring the US government before an international human rights body on charges of violating a community's right to a clean environment and environmental racism.[4]
References
edit- ^ Staff. "UDHR Campaign 2013 Spotlight: Mossville Environmental Action Now". US Human Rights Network. US Human Rights Network. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ^ a b Cahill-Jackson, Jeannine (1 May 2012). "Mossville Environmental Action Now v. United States: Is a Solution to Environmental Injustice Unfolding?". Pace International Review Online Companion. 3 (6): 174.
- ^ Louisiana Secretary of State. "Mossville Environmental Action Now". Louisiana Secretary of State Business Filings. Louisiana Department of State. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ^ Staff. "IACHR Admits Cases Involving Ancestral Lands and 'Environmental Racism'". International Justice Resource Center. International Justice Resource Center. Retrieved 2 December 2016.