by TEAM APEN | Aug 22, 2022 | Media, Richmond, Standing Up to Big Polluters, Stories
The Guardian: ‘No time for inaction’: how a California refinery disaster created a generation of activists Brandy Khansouvong’s aunt had to seek medical care following the emergency. Photograph: Asian Pacific Environmental Network By Danielle Renwick On the afternoon...
by TEAM APEN | Aug 12, 2022 | Climate Resilience, Media, Oakland, Stories
SF Chronicle: Oakland’s Chinatown is worried about climate change. Big plans are afoot to adapt Dancers perform in July during the monthly Lincoln Summer Nights at Lincoln Square Park in Oakland. Stephen Lam/The Chronicle By Momo Chang On a given day, the basketball...
by TEAM APEN | Nov 3, 2021 | Media, Standing Up to Big Polluters, Statewide, Stories
East Bay Times Opinion: Cap and trade lets California’s biggest polluters off the hook By Amee Raval As many state lawmakers and Gov. Gavin Newsom’s cabinet members join the U.N. global climate conference this week, they rightly face calls to take aggressive action on...
by TEAM APEN | Jun 1, 2021 | Climate Resilience, Los Angeles, Media, Mobilizing the Power of Asian Voters, Oakland, Power to the Frontlines, Richmond, Safe, Stable, and Affordable Housing, Standing Up to Big Polluters, Statewide, Stories
Grist: From pollution to policing, this Asian-American group is expanding environmental justice in the Bay Area Asian Pacific Environmental Network members work at a community event. Courtesy of the Asian Pacific Environmental Network By Adam Mahoney Sandy Saeteurn...
by TEAM APEN | Apr 26, 2021 | Media, Oakland, Safe, Stable, and Affordable Housing, Stories
KQED: Public Safety for Asian Americans Starts with Nurturing Our Communities Visitacion Valley neighbors gather to honor Yik Oi Huang, a grandmother who passed away after being attacked in 2019. They hope to rename their local park after her, and have been working to...
by TEAM APEN | Jan 29, 2021 | Media, Standing Up to Big Polluters, Statewide, Stories
LA Times: With Democrats in power, an emboldened environmental movement confronts them Miya Yoshitani, executive director of the Oakland-based group Asian Pacific Environmental Network, has been part of California’s growing environmental justice movement. (Gary...
