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Oct. 4 - Oct. 10, 2002

The Greening of Asian Pacific America

APAs and the Environmental Justice Movement

By Tomio Geron
Special to AsianWeek

The clouds of putrid black smoke rising above Richmond, Calif., in March 1999 were reminiscent to Laotian refugees of the clouds of war in their native Laos.

But the frightening billows were from a closer and ostensibly more preventable danger — a fire at Chevron’s Richmond refinery. Contra Costa County’s emergency warning system telephoned all nearby residents, as it was supposed to in the event of such an incident, though the calls were 20 minutes late.

But the calls did not do much good for the over 10,000 Laotian residents in the area. Over half of this community of refugees from the Vietnam War do not speak English. Because of the explosion, hundreds of people were admitted to hospitals with respiratory problems...

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The Greening of Asian Pacific America
(Feature)

First and Only APA Congresswoman Dies
(in National News)

APAs Struggle To Fit Into the Landscape of Progressive Politics
(in Bay Area News)

Fashion and Compassion
(in Business)

The Ultimate Sports Fan
(in Sports)

Out of Hiding
(in A&E)

Emil Amok: Un-American Airports
(in Opinion)

First and Only APA Congresswoman Dies

Washington Journal: Ethics, War, and the Power of Money

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• Political Potstickers: Progressives Are Displacing the APA Community
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Fashion and Compassion

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Out of Hiding

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