Energy Barn Update For the month of October, the New Energy Barn in the path of the Keystone Export pipeline produced 305 kilowatt-hours of electricity, which is the energy equivalent of driving about 13 laps at the Monaco Grand Prix.  To date, the barn has generated 3.74 megawatt-hours of electricity, which is the equivalent of […]

After a series of hearings in communities affected by their Proposed R-Project power line, Nebraska Public Power District is still accepting public comments on the proposed power line project.  The project met with opposition at the hearings, with landowners and citizens voicing concerns over property rights, property values, environmental damage and dangers to wildlife.  Save […]

We’d like to take a moment and give thanks to you for your support of our continued work to organize Pipeline Fighters in opposition to Keystone XL. Without your help, we wouldn’t be able to hold our ground, standing strong to protect our land, water and climate for future generations. Thanks also to all of […]

For Immediate Release: Nov. 20, 2014 Contact: Aldo Seoane, Wica Agli Phone: 855-942-2669 Ext. 701 The Great Sioux Nation & Obama Administration Meet to Address Renewable Energy and Alternatives to the Keystone XL Pipeline Washington, DC – November 20, 2014: Tribal presidents met with members of the Obama Administration to address a revolutionary new approach to […]

You know you hit the big time when John Stewart covers the issue you are working on during the Daily Show. Keystone XL is a risky tarsands pipeline that cuts through the Heartland so Canada can get their carbon-intensive oil on the export market. They also use eminent domain to take farmers and ranchers land […]

Wica Agli co-founder Greg Grey Cloud breaks into a Native song of victory and thanksgiving after Sen. Elizabeth Warren announced the Senate Keystone XL bill had been defeated: For Immediate Release: November 19, 2014 Contact: Aldo Seoane, 855-942-2669, ext. 701 Senate Decision to Oppose Keystone XL Called for an Honor Song Washington, DC — Wica […]

Pipeline Fighters scored a victory last night when the bill to fast-track Keystone XL was defeated in the Senate. We are grateful to the members of the Cowboy Indian Alliance — including farmer Art Tanderup, Rosebud Sioux Tribe President Cyril Scott, Aldo Seoane, Greg Grey Cloud and Bold’s Jane Kleeb — who traveled to DC […]

After hours of debate on Tuesday, the U.S. Senate voted to reject a bill that would have bypassed President Obama and fast-tracked the Keystone XL pipeline. “Today’s defeat of Keystone XL should send a strong signal to the incoming GOP-led Congress that farmers and ranchers will never back down to their oil soaked intentions. We […]

Nov. 18: Letter from Randy Thompson and Jane Kleeb to Sen. Mitch McConnell Dear Senator McConnell, The ink barely dried on the voting ballots before Congress decided that the Keystone XL pipeline was the most pressing issue facing our nation and had to be addressed immediately. Maybe it’s just our Nebraska logic but this is […]

For Immediate Release:  November 18, 2014 Contact: Jane Kleeb, jane@boldnebraska.org, 402-705-3622 Jake Thompson, jthompson@nrdc.org, 202-289-2387 Opposition Mounts as Senate Prepares to Vote on Keystone XL Bill As the U.S. Senate prepares for a day of floor speeches on Keystone XL and a vote this evening on a bill that would force approval of the controversial tar sands pipeline, environmental, […]