No means No; Environmental Injustice Indigenous People Face on their Own Land from Gas and Oil Development in the U.S.
Publication Date
2022
Start Date
20-8-2022 3:05 PM
End Date
20-8-2022 3:30 PM
Moderator
Tyler Andrews
Description
Despite the special historical obligation that Americans have – to respect indigenous rights to land, liberty, and life – people in the U.S. are violating the rights of the indigenous people through gas and oil development on their lands. The pervasiveness of liquified natural gas facilities and gas and oil pipelines in indigenous lands not only threaten the tribes’ health and well-being, but also harms their spirituality: their home mother earth, the legacy of their elders, and the lives of the unborn children. This environmental injustice is caused by targeting of the indigenous lands, weak regulatory processes, anti-protest campaigns and lobbying, and funding from large banks. To find solutions to this environmental injustice, this presentation applies the philosophical values of autonomy and equality and analyzes the case of the Keystone XL pipeline project that serves as an important precedent for indigenous environmental justice.
No means No; Environmental Injustice Indigenous People Face on their Own Land from Gas and Oil Development in the U.S.
Despite the special historical obligation that Americans have – to respect indigenous rights to land, liberty, and life – people in the U.S. are violating the rights of the indigenous people through gas and oil development on their lands. The pervasiveness of liquified natural gas facilities and gas and oil pipelines in indigenous lands not only threaten the tribes’ health and well-being, but also harms their spirituality: their home mother earth, the legacy of their elders, and the lives of the unborn children. This environmental injustice is caused by targeting of the indigenous lands, weak regulatory processes, anti-protest campaigns and lobbying, and funding from large banks. To find solutions to this environmental injustice, this presentation applies the philosophical values of autonomy and equality and analyzes the case of the Keystone XL pipeline project that serves as an important precedent for indigenous environmental justice.