United States: Democrat: Murdered Women 'An Environmental Injustice'

Apr 16, 2019 | Kellie Lunney
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The "silent crisis" of missing and murdered indigenous women is an environmental issue affected by the boom and bust of oil and gas development in this country, a New Mexico Democrat said yesterday.

"It's an environmental injustice," said freshman Rep. Deb Haaland, one of the first two Native American women elected to Congress.

Haaland's brief comments on the topic came during a Natural Resources subcommittee field hearing in Santa Fe, N.M., on the impact of oil and gas development on the environment, public health and sacred indigenous lands.