Carla M. Perez

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  We say it's necessary to address serious environmental racism," said Carla Perez, program director with CBE.

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  Attn. Carla M. Pérez, Northern California Program Director1440 Broadway Ste. 701Oakland, Ca 94612

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  Carla Perez, Northern California Program Director, at cperez@cbecal.org or 510-302-0430 x 11

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  Carla Perez, Northern California Program Director for Communities for a Better Environment, and Mateo Nube, incoming Director of the Movement Generation Justice and Ecology Project will present and facilitate the discussion.

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  Carla Perez (Environment)
  
  An Oakland resident, Perez is a community organizer who is described as a passionate fighter for environmental and social justice.
  
  She is the Northern California program director for Communities for a Better Environment.

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  Published on: 3/2/2005    Last Visited: 3/6/2008  

  Carla Perez, executive director of Communities for a Better Environment, said that while there are no published scientific studies that have been able to measure the damage done to people's health after breathing in chemicals from refinery flaring, anecdotal evidence has suggested that the pollutants may cause lung disease, cancer and other health problems.
  
  "We know flares emit certain chemicals," Perez said."We know what health effects those chemicals tend to cause.And we know what symptoms people are experiencing."
  
  People living near the Chevron refinery frequently experience severe asthma attacks, dizziness, migraine headaches and rashes, Perez said.
  
  One study showed that people living downwind from the Chevron refinery have the highest rates of hospitalization due to asthma attacks in California, Perez said.
  
  Women living in west Contra Costa County also have some of the highest rates of breast cancer in the state and some of the worst breast cancer mortality rates, Perez said.

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  Carla Perez, Northern California Program Director, Communities for a Better Environment: "Community-based Research for Environmental Justice"

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  Carla M. Perez, Northern California Program Director, Communities for a Better Environment, Oakland, CA
  
  The Right to Know in an Era of Toxic Ignorance: Ethical and Scientific Challenges for Reporting Back Personal Exposures to Environmental Chemicals (transcript)

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  Published on: 10/12/2008    Last Visited: 3/2/2007  

  According to Carla Perez, a community organizer for the Oakland-based Communities for a Better Environment, Richmond's five major refineries routinely flare excess gas leading to respiratory infections, asthma attacks, eczema and eye irritations among the city's nearby residents, most of whom are low-income people of color.12

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  Published on: 5/29/2007    Last Visited: 5/29/2007  

  Green businesses are the future and fossil fuels are a resource that can only dwindle, said Carla Perez, Northern California program director with Citizens for a Better Environment.
  
  "Expansion of a plant that depends on an energy source that is going to be used up is really bad for the long-term future of that community, socially and economically," Perez said."Green clean production of fuel and energy is up and coming."
  
  Perez did not specify what kind of fuel source would replace crude oil in Rodeo.
  
  Rodeo and Crockett could be left out of that green boom should the refinery upgrade.
  
  "ConocoPhillips should install equipment and infrastructure that would make it possible to convert the refinery to a facility that would produce energy in line with green and sustainable protocols," Perez said.
  
  Soften the blow
  
  Asked if such conversions might imperil thousands of East Bay refinery jobs, Perez pointed to proposals from the Just Transition Alliance, a coalition of community and environmental groups.

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