Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claimed there was a correlation between the fossil fuel industry and violence against Native women during a hearing.
"Today, I want to discuss part of this crisis that is all too often overlooked, but whose evidence shows that there's a very meaningful connection here: The correlation between fossil fuel extraction sites and abductions and murders of indigenous women across the United States," Ocasio-Cortez said during a March 3 hearing on"The Neglected Epidemic of Missing BIPOC Women and Girls.
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez departs after a meeting between President Biden and Democratic lawmakers at the U.S. Capitol, October 1, 2021.Angel Charley, the executive director of the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women, argued that the fossil fuel industry creates"man camps" near the proximity of Native people's communities.
"We know that when these man camps or temporary establishments are created, that there is an increase in violence and particularlyWorkers remove a large clamp from a section of pipe during construction of the Gulf Coast Project pipeline in Prague, Oklahoma, March 11, 2013. AOC proceeded to question about"ruthless" oil companies."Am I right to understand that companies building these oil pipelines are often ruthless in their resistance against protesters and sometimes even encouraging violence against them?"Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks during a meeting of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform June 12, 2019.
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