Yudith Nieto is a Youth Organizer and Communications Coordinator at Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services which is fighting for environmental justice and is advocating for communities around the world. During her testimony at the Paris International Rights of Nature Tribunal, she describes the situation in Manchester Community, which is a part of Houston surrounded by petrochemical industries. Houston is the petrochemical capital of the world and is witnessing contamination of the environment. The support from officials and agencies is non-existent. At the end of her speech, she presented a video with testimonies from members of the community on the destruction of Nature, environmental racism and the effects on the community members’ lives and health. Photo credit: Rights4Nature
