Earth Day Special: Winona LaDuke And The Women Over 50 Fighting To Save The Environment
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Environmental activist Winona LaDuke, center, and water protectors stand in front of the construction site for the Line 3 oil pipeline near Palisade, Minnesota, on January 9, 2021. Some Native American communities in Minnesota have opposed the project on the basis of treaty rights. (Photo by Kerem Yucel / AFP)
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While the consequences of climate change rising air and sea temperatures, droughts, extreme storms and even insect outbreaks have an impact on all humans around the globe, they have a disproportionate effect on women. This is because women are more likely than men to live in poverty and, according to a recent U.N. Environment Programme report, are “often discouraged from learning coping strategies and lifesaving skills, such as how to climb trees or swim,” which hampers their ability to escape or even migrate away from extre
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