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For more information and to arrange interviews, contact: Monique Harden, AEHR, 504-919-4590 (cell) Nathalie Walker, AEHR, 504-453-6791 (cell) Louisiana Community Group Confronts Conoco Phillips Board of Directors on Record of Environmental Racism and Human Rights Abuses May 14, 2008 (Houston, TX) . . . Today residents of the historic African American community of Mossville, Louisiana

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April 19, 2011 Historic Fishing, Oyster Harvesting, and Shrimping Village to Memorialize the BP Oil Drilling Disaster in Plaquemines Parish Read More February 25, 2011 UN-appointed independent expert to study USA’s practices regarding the human right to water and sanitation Read More April 30, 2010 AEHR Statement on the BP Oil Drilling Disaster Read More

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The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of American States (“OAS”) ruled in favor of admitting a human rights complaint filed by Advocates for Environmental Human Rights (“AEHR”) on behalf of people living in Mossville, Louisiana. The decision marks the first time that the Commission has taken jurisdiction over an environmental racism case

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EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson will meet with environmental justice orgranizations and community groups in New Orleans on Saturday, May 1st. At this meeting, AEHR seeks responses from the administrator on the following questions: According to the 2000 governmental-industry study, Deep Spill Joint Industry Project, the burning of an oil slick may be largely ineffective due

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On April 20, 2010, a deep water oil rig under contract to BP exploded and later capsized after several hours of burning about 50 miles south of Venice, Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico. Eleven people who worked on the rig died. While the cause for the explosion is yet unknown, what is known is

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What If Kenneth Feinberg Resigned Tomorrow? The Perils of Ignoring a Rights-Based Recovery for America’s Gulf Region by Monique Harden & Nathalie Walker Co-Directors and Attorneys Advocates for Environmental Human Rights President Obama appointed Kenneth Feinberg to oversee a discretionary fund that is intended to pay for a host of damages arising from the BP

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Thursday, March 19, 2009 at 12noon Rayburn House Office Building – Room 2253, Washington, DC AEHR to Brief Congress on Innovations in Environmental & Health Policy A Congressional Briefing Sponsored by U.S. Representative Donna Edwards (D-MD) The growing interest in moving our country towards a green economy is an important opportunity for Congress to not

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For Immediate Release June 4, 2009 National Group of Investors to Examine the Environmental Impacts of Industrial Corporations on Louisiana Communities WHO: Advocates for Environmental Human Rights Interfaith Center for Corporate Responsibility Trillium Asset Management Corporation Mossville Environmental Action Now United Houma Nation Deep South Center for Environmental Justice The Subra Company Gulf Restoration Network

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Report to be Released on the Four-Year Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina August 24, 2009 New Report Highlights Unique Challenges to Census 2010 in the Gulf Coast NEW ORLEANS —  On Monday, August 24 at 11:00 AM CT, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR) will hold a press conference to release a new report, “Counting in

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How President Obama Can Protect Our Common Home October 12, 2009 by Monique Harden, Co-Director & Attorney Advocates for Environmental Human Rights Submission to The New Orleans Tribune Our environment is our common home, and in this home we all live with massive coastal erosion, inadequate flood protection, and sea level rise with the threat of

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