Earlier this month,
Prime Minister Stephen Harper promised an independent review of the
environmental review of the Northern Gateway Pipeline.
Several big issues are involved in the process
Risk to the environment
Free, Prior and Informed consent for Aboriginal Peoples
Pace of oil sands development
Climate change
Risk to the environment
Free, Prior and Informed consent for Aboriginal Peoples
Pace of oil sands development
Climate change
Here is a link to the final version of the KAIROS Ethical Reflections
Paper on the Northern Gateway Pipeline. -- http://www.kairoscanada.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/SUS-RE-NorthernGatewayEthicalFramework.pdf
As our Lutheran colleague Paul Gehrs wrote recently: “It’s a fine opportunity to consider, in the light of faith, the kind of world and community we are called to work for. Issues are not simple or easy, but they do offer the opportunity to choose wisely.”
As our Lutheran colleague Paul Gehrs wrote recently: “It’s a fine opportunity to consider, in the light of faith, the kind of world and community we are called to work for. Issues are not simple or easy, but they do offer the opportunity to choose wisely.”
Still on the subject of how faith illumines our care for the whole
creation, please note that we are fast approaching the Season of Creation
(September 1 to October 4).
Liturgical material and
sermons for the Season of Creation can be found at:
Summer Blessings,
Henriette
Henriette Thompson
Public Witness Coordinator for Social
Justice
Office of the Primate
Anglican Church of Canada
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