Vietnam to Spend Millions to Train Nuclear Power Workforce
Nguoi Viet, News Report, Posted: Aug 31, 2010
Vietnam plans to build nuclear power plants in five provinces by 2030, and needs to train more people with the expertise to work in the industry.
Categories: Asian, Environment, Ethnic Media Headlines
Tags: education, energy, nuclear power, science, technology, Vietnam
Vietnamese Americans, the BP Spill, and the Lessons of Katrina
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 29, 2010
Unlike some ethnic groups, the Vietnamese community reinvented itself after the hurricane—and learned lessons that are proving critical to its post-BP survival.
Categories: Asian, Elders, Environment, Front Page, News, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: BP, hurricane, Katrina, oilspill, Versailles, VietnameseAmericans
Chinese Rescue Team Reaches Pakistan
China Daily USA, News Report, Posted: Aug 28, 2010
55 Chinese international rescue team, along with their relief aid, arrived at Islamabad on Thursday to help the victims of one of Pakistan's worst natural disasters.
Categories: Chinese, Environment, Health, International Affairs, Top Stories
Tags: aid, China, flood, natural disaster, Pakistan, reconstruction, relief
How U.S. Fears Over Flood Play Into Pakistan Army's Hands
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 27, 2010
By framing the flood as a security issue, Pakistan is playing the only card it has—the terror threat—and the U.S. will pay the price.
Categories: Environment, International Affairs, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: Afghanwar, Musharraf, Pakistanfloods, Taliban, terrorism, U.S.foreignpolicy, Zardari
How Katrina Changed Versailles: A Conversation with Leo Chiang
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Aug 26, 2010
A documentary filmmaker discusses how the Vietnamese-Americans of east New Orleans lost their homes in the flood but found their voice.
Categories: Asian, Environment, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Video
Tags: BO, hurricane, immigrants, Katrina, oilspill, Versailles, VietnameseAmericans
Eco-Friendly Richmond Plunge Pool Reopens
New America Media, Video, Posted: Aug 20, 2010
After years of renovation, a historic Richmond, CA, swimming pool reopens better—and greener—than ever.
Categories: Environment, Health, Intersections, Science & Technology, Sports, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: green. solar, plunge, pool, richmond, water
New Study Asks: Is Your Home Trying to Kill You?
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Aug 20, 2010
A new study shows that products from plastics to electronics may be filling our homes with toxic chemicals.
Categories: Environment, Health, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: cleaningproducts, earlypuberty, endochrinedisruptors, environmentaltoxins, phthalates, thalates
Grass Greener in South Korea for Korean Americans
Korea Daily, News Report, Posted: Aug 16, 2010
Korean Americans with environmental experience are flocking to work in South Korea, which is spending 2 percent of its GDP on a green agenda.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Environment, Ethnic Media Network, Top Stories
Tags: environment, green economy, Korean American, South Korea
International Community Must not Neglect Haitians
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Aug 15, 2010
Haiti needs to rebuild from the ground up and in the area of health care that means a long term commitment from the international community.
Categories: Environment, Health, International Affairs, Top Stories
Tags: disaster, earthquake, haiti, healthcare, international aid, physicians, relief
Gulf Coast Vietnamese Fishermen Face Uncertain Future
Pacific Citizen, News Report, Posted: Aug 12, 2010
Vietnamese American fishermen face an uncertain future after officials from Louisiana fisheries reopened the Gulf waters.
Categories: Asian, Economy, Environment, Front Page
Tags: bp, economy, fishermen, gulf, jobs, oil spill, unemployment, vietnamese
Katrina Pain Index -- Five Years Later
New Orleans Agenda, News Report, Posted: Aug 10, 2010
Five years after Katrina, the most liberal estimates are that 141,000 fewer people live in the metro New Orleans area.
Categories: African American, Economy, Education, Environment, Intersections, Multi-ethnic, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: anniversary, index, katrina, new orleans, oil, pain, spill
No Relief in Sight for Black Communities Hurt by Oil Spill
Final Call, News Report, Posted: Aug 06, 2010
Black fishermen are losing millions in revenue, complain of being deprived of recovery jobs and denied payments made to those affected by the spill.
Categories: African American, Environment, Front Page, Health, Intersections, Politics & Governance
Minorities Drive California Environmental Movement
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Aug 04, 2010
Ethnic Californians are at the forefront of support for environmental policies in the state, according to a new poll.
Categories: African American, Asian, Environment, Latino, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: ab32, californiaenvironment, climatechange, environementallaw, greenhousegas, prop23