Oklahoma's fossil fuel industry killed two workers, forced an entire community to evacuate
Oklahoma Governor Stitt continues to work earnestly to force Oklahoma tribes (and in turn, the rest of the nation’s federally recognized tribes) into another Termination era by fighting to strip them of their sovereignty via Supreme Court cases like Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta. As TYT reported in their series on the issue of the McGirt Supreme Court ruling, the EPA, Stitt, Big Oil, and Oklahoma, Governor Stitt’s stance against Oklahoma tribes is rooted deeply in his efforts to turn Oklahoma into a giant regulatory rollback for the fossil fuel industry.
Meanwhile, fossil fuels are literally killing us. Oklahoma has seen two separate deaths at two separate oilfield locations — one in Grady County and one in Major County and an evacuation order for a community in Grant County to evacuate following an explosion and fire at a ONEOK gas plant all in the past few days. This does not include the poisoned waters, lands, and air, the devastating impact of eminent domain, the harsh anti-First Amendment and anti-protest laws, the variety of cancers and respiratory issues, and the false propaganda circulated through public schools and spaces, in addition to some of the harshest anti-choice laws nationally on the books. Violence against the body and violence against the land are interconnected — we demand body and land sovereignty. The time to end fossil fuels is now — our lives depend on it.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/oklahomas-fossil-fuel-industry-killed-two-workers-forced-an-entire-community-to-evacuate/ar-AAZuTXW
