Environment Archives – Page 4 of 10

Year Five: Women of Storm Re-energized by BP Spill

By Diane Loupe ● Arts & Culture ● August 24, 2010

The group Women of the Storm gathered force after Hurricane Katrina and descended on Congress to rally lawmakers. Five years later, after the BP oil gusher, the public-awareness group is back in attention-getting mode.

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Status of Female Farmers Rises During Food Crisis

By Womens Enews Staff ● Health & Science ● August 10, 2010

Women produce between 60 and 80 percent of the food in poorer countries.

Oil Spill’s Harm to Pregnant Women Unknown

By Diane Loupe ● Health & Science ● July 22, 2010

Pregnant women along the Gulf Coast say they’re staying out of the water. The CDC says some toxins associated with BP’s multi-million-gallon oil leak may be harmful to pregnant women under some conditions.

Breast Cancer Link to Environment Goes Mainstream

By Molly Ginty ● Health & Science ● July 3, 2010

Suspicions that breast cancer could be caused by environmental pollution were once considered politically fringe. But in recent weeks, U.S. lawmakers, a presidential panel and the influential Susan G. Komen for the Cure have all signed on.

Clothing Stores Adjust for Recession-Weary Women

By Barbara Thau ● Employment ● April 1, 2010

Women’s clothing retailers are making bearish, long-term bets on the longevity of frugal shoppers in a cash-strapped, uncertain economy. “The overbuying mentality is gone,” says the president of retail consultancy.

CO2 Releases Wary Talk of Population, Gender

By Anna Louie Sussman ● Health & Science ● March 26, 2010

Population control policies have been linked to the subordination of women’s rights through coercive abortions and sterilizations. But in the age of C02 anxiety, a wary discourse is growing about the importance of reproductive rights to climate.

Protesters Break Prayer Rules at Leading Mosque

By Julia Marsh ● Arts & Culture ● February 23, 2010

The Feb. 20 protest at a leading U.S. mosque ended peacefully and unresolved. Demonstrators seeking to remove a partition blocking women’s view of the prayer leader say they will persist with their decade-long push.

Boat Brings Aid to Climate-Afflicted Bangladeshis

By Amy Lieberman ● Health & Science ● February 5, 2010

Women in the isolated northern chars of Bangladesh are the first to feel the effects of climate change. Fairly forgotten by most of the world, they now have a boat that floats their way, bringing some medical help and community health training.

Bangladesh Char Women Live at Mercy of Monsoons

By Amy Lieberman ● Health & Science ● January 25, 2010

The men of Bangladesh’s tiny islands, called chars, often leave home in the summer to find work on the mainland. The women stay behind, vulnerable to the monsoons and often driven to the rooftops of their inundated homes.

For Climate Activists, All Eyes on Copenhagen

By Bijoyeta Das ● Health & Science ● December 11, 2009

Women such as Gracen Johnson have been pouring time and energy into demonstrations pressing for lower global greenhouse gas emission standards. Now many of them are hoping the U.N. meeting in Copenhagen this week won’t be too disappointing.