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January 28, 2021

What’s next for Alberta?

The future of Alberta’s oil and gas industry is even more unclear with U.S. President Joe Biden killing the Keystone XL pipeline his first day in office. It’s an issue Catholics are divided on, much like the rest of Canada.

With the stroke of a pen, U.S. President Joe Biden didn’t just cancel the Keystone XL pipeline. In the eyes of some, he’s cancelled Alberta.

Published in Canada
November 6, 2016

500 religious leaders join Standing Rock Sioux in opposing oil pipeline

Clergy of many faiths from across the United States participate in a prayer circle Nov. 3 in front of a bridge in Standing Rock, N.D., where demonstrators confront police during a protest of the Dakota Access pipeline. Demonstrations against the pipeline are taking place on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation near Cannonball, N.D.

WASHINGTON – When Sisters Aine O'Connor and Kathleen Erickson heard a call for a peaceful and prayerful presence on the front line of a campaign to protect sacred Sioux lands in North Dakota from a multibillion-dollar oil pipeline project, they knew they had to respond.

Published in International