Responding to complaints from Nebraska citizens and others, the U.S. pipeline safety regulator (PHMSA: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration) sent a letter to TransCanada CEO Russ Girling, dated May 28, 2014, detailing the statutorily defined roles that local and state governments play in pipeline safety, siting, and regulation. The letter clarifies for TransCanada what […]

Bold Nebraska director Jane Kleeb appeared on MSNBC’s “NOW With Alex Wagner” on Tuesday, May 27 to discuss the recent action taken by U.S. pipeline safety regulator PHMSA — which placed new safety restrictions on TransCanada after documenting the shoddy work the company did while constructing the southern leg of the Keystone XL pipeline. The […]

LINK TO FLICKR: PHOTOS FOR MEDIA OF PONCA CORN PLANTING B-ROLL VIDEO (DOWNLOADABLE VIA DROPBOX): PLANTING (LONG SHOT) MEKASI PLANTING PLANTING 2 PLANTING 3 PLANTING 4 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 1, 2014 Contact: Jane Kleeb, jane@boldnebraska.org, 402-705-3622 Neligh, Nebraska—On Saturday, May 31, and Sunday, June 1, members of the Cowboy and Indian Alliance and allies came together at the […]

On Saturday, July 19, over 70 Nebraskans joined up with the Great March for Climate Action — a 3,000-mile cross-country trek on foot from L.A. to D.C. to raise awareness about climate change — as the marchers paid a visit to the renewable energy-powered barn built by Bold Nebraska and volunteers on land in the path […]

CBS News aired a report on Tuesday, May 20 on the Keystone XL pipeline that featured interviews with Nebraska farmer Jenni Harrington, whose seventh-generation family farm is on the proposed route, and Greg Awtry — editor of the York News-Times and an opponent of KXL. Watch the segment below:

More than 400 Nebraskans and South Dakotans turned out on Saturday, May 17 to three local events that were part of a National Day of Action to say NO to Keystone XL and dirty fossil fuels, and to call for a transition to clean, renewable energy. View more photos of Bold Nebraska’s events. See photos […]

The NY Times profiles our fight against Keystone XL in this Sunday's edition of their magazine. Our story is one of neighbors standing up for our land and water against a greedy and arrogant foreign tarsands corporation. We have a long road ahead of us. Please email the article to your friends and share on Facebook and Twitter.

Send a Pipeline Fighter postcard to leaders in Washington, DC! While we were out building a wind and solar-powered barn directly in the path of the Keystone XL export pipeline in the summer of 2013, volunteers and art students from Nebraska Wesleyan University designed #NoKXL billboards for Nebraska farmers and ranchers to place on their […]

“I know everybody in Mayflower,” says Linda Lynch of her hometown in Arkansas. It seems almost possible. A bedroom community for Little Rock some 20 miles down I-40, Mayflower is a town of barely 1,600 with just one shopping center—a grocery store, a Dollar Store, and a Subway. In such a small town, Linda insists […]

Bold Nebraska director Jane Kleeb appeared on MSNBC’s “The Ed Show” on May 13, 2014 to discuss the Keystone XL pipeline — including the failed vote to fast-track Keystone XL in the U.S. Senate, and the impact the proposed pipeline would have on climate change, framed against climate denialist remarks from Sen. Marco Rubio of […]