Two Iowa state legislators – Senator Rob Hogg (D-Cedar Rapids) and Representative Bobby Kaufmann (R-Wilton) – joined today to call on Congress to oppose the proposed Keystone XL pipeline because of the expected use of eminent domain in the development of the project. Thanks to Sen. Hogg and Rep. Kaufmann for speaking out; we wish […]

MSNBC’s “The Ed Show” visited Nebraska last week to meet landowners in the path of Keystone XL, as well as Native American tribe members who drove hours to join us, and also some local supporters of the pipeline. Host Ed Schultz came out in favor of the pipeline recently, taking some heat from his audience […]

On Monday, TransCanada released a statement saying that after reviewing the Nebraska court’s decision in Thompson v. Heineman, it believes the route for its Keystone XL pipeline “remains valid during appeal” of the landowners’ victory in their lawsuit over the routing process in Nebraska. Meanwhile, Pres. Obama reportedly told a meeting of state governors today […]

Bold Nebraska energy director Ben Gotschall was scheduled to appear on MSNBC host Chris Hayes’ “All In With Chris Hayes” show last night, but a conflict with the local remote studio saw his appearance bumped (although he does appear in a clip wearing his cowboy hat!) In the clip below, Chris talks about Wednesday’s ruling […]

“TransCanada has no approved route in Nebraska… the pipeline project is at a standstill in this state,” stated David Domina, attorney for landowners who sued over the process that granted eminent domain authority to TransCanada for routing its proposed Keystone XL pipeline in Nebraska. “Citizens won today. We beat a corrupt bill that Gov. Heineman […]

Lancaster County District Court Judge Stephanie Stacy today sided with three Nebraska landowners and ruled that LB 1161 — the law passed by the Nebraska legislature in 2012 that granted the power of eminent domain to Gov. Dave Heineman, and in turn TransCanada for its Keystone XL pipeline — is declared unconstitutional and void. The ruling includes a […]

This Friday, MSNBC news host Ed Schultz will travel to Nebraska, to meet with farmers and ranchers facing threats of eminent domain on their land from TransCanada for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. After coming out in favor of Keystone XL, Ed devoted a segment on his show to KXL every day last week. Schultz […]

The Stand Up to ALEC campaign this week focuses on the anti-environment, anti-renewable energy, climate change-denying agenda of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). Below is a report on ALEC’s efforts to undermine efforts to combat climate change and protect our environment, prepared with input from The Center for Media and Democracy, DeSmog Blog, The […]

Bold Nebraska will be running a new ad on a local Sandhills radio station to counter the misinformation being spread by TransCanada among Nebraska landowners and citizens. The coalition of ranchers and landowners will be matching TransCanada’s ad buy, airing their ads directly after each of TransCanada’s for the next three weeks. Listen to the […]

Bold Nebraska director Jane Kleeb was asked by The New York Times to contribute a short opinion piece on Keystone XL for their Opinion Pages feature “Room for Debate,” alongside other Pipeline Fighters such as 350.org’s Bill McKibben and Erich Pica of Friends of the Earth. Here is Jane’s piece, entitled “Our Land, Our Water, […]