Environmental Politics

Black Residents of Mossville, La., Win Hearing in Pollution Battle

"African-American residents of Mossville, a community just west of Lake Charles, have won a hearing before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on charges that the U.S. government has violated their rights to privacy and racial equality in not forcing local chemical plants to stop polluting."

Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 04/01/2010

"Md. Legislature Scrutinizing Law Clinic Over Chicken Farm Suit"

"In Maryland, messing with Big Chicken can bring big trouble. The latest case study is playing out in Annapolis, where the state Senate wants to impose greater scrutiny on the University of Maryland's environmental law clinic. The reason? Apparently, it's the law clinic's pro bono work for an environmental group that is suing an Eastern Shore chicken farmer and the poultry giant Perdue Farms."

Source: Wash Post, 03/29/2010

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