Pennsylvania nuns oppose fracking gas pipeline through 'holy' land
by Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent from Environment | The Guardian on (#2WWKN)
Catholic order builds chapel in middle of cornfield in attempt to use religious freedom protections to block Atlantic Sunrise pipeline
Catholic nuns in Pennsylvania are resisting plans to build a $3bn pipeline for gas obtained by fracking through its land by creating a rudimentary chapel along the proposed route and launching a legal challenge, citing religious freedom.
The Adorers of the Blood of Christ order has filed a complaint against the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in a bid to keep the pipeline off their land. The nuns' lawyers argue in court papers that a decision by FERC to force them to accommodate the pipeline is "antithetical to the deeply held religious beliefs and convictions of the Adorers".