Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 A Mackenzie Valley Pipeline: From Inevitable Next Step to Public Debate; Chapter 2 Different Stories, Different Definitions of the Problem; Chapter 3 "Hard Facts" and the Need for a Northern Pipeline; Chapter 4 Assessing the Consequences; Chapter 5 Competing Rights and Conflicting Ways of Life; Chapter 6 Post-ethical Clarification and Religious Convictions; Conclusion; Index
Summary
The Mackenzie Valley natural gas pipeline debate included many actors. This is the first in-depth study in comparative religious ethics to examine the debate with a particular focus on the role of the Canadian churches. In 1974 twenty-seven of the world's largest oil and natural gas companies applied for permission to build a pipeline through the Mackenzie Valley to transport Alaskan and northern Canadian gas to large southern markets. Many northern native peoples opposed the proposal and called for a moratorium on major northern development projects until native land claims had been settled
