Nuns are suing to stop a pipeline—because they believe the earth is sacred

A win could change the way environmentalists fight pipelines.CREDIT: iStock

A group of Pennsylvania Catholic nuns are suing to protect their land from potential pipeline construction an unusual legal argument: religious liberty, specifically one popularized by right-wing Christians.

As the Washington Post’s Julie Zauzmer reported over the weekend, a group of nuns in Columbia, Pennsylvania are fi...