Climate Desk

The Singing, Anti-Fracking Nuns of Kentucky

The unlikely activism of sisters who have lived on remote land for 200 years.

In the rolling hills of Kentucky, the Sisters of Loretto are leading a grassroots movement against the proposed Bluegrass Pipeline, a 1,100-mile project that would connect Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Kentucky with another pipeline that stretches to the coast.

This story was produced as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.