SIGN the PETITION: >>DON’T FRACK OUR WATER<< The Nebraska Oil & Gas Conservation Commission held a hearing on Tuesday, March 24 on an out-of-state company’s (“Terex” or “T-Rex Oil”) application to export its toxic fracking wastewater into Nebraska, moving 80 truckloads carrying 10,000 barrels per day of pollution destined to be dumped into a disposal […]

***UPDATE***  LB106 has been delayed and will now be on the floor Monday, March 30th.  Please call as many senators as possible and urge them to vote against LB106. Take Action Your state senators need to hear from you now.  It is important that you contact your representative as well as many others in order […]

Energy Barn Update In January 2015, the New Energy Barn built in the path of the Keystone Export pipeline generated 261 kilowatt hours of clean energy onto Nebraska’s public power grid.  That’s enough energy to power a refrigerator for 58 days. In February 2015, the Energy Barn generated 221 kilowatt hours of electricity, which is […]

TELL THE LEGISLATURE: Please put in place a moratorium on any further importation of fracking waste and any new permits to dispose of such material, starting now. The Natural Resources Committee of the Nebraska Legislature held a hearing March 11 on LB 512. Read the Omaha World Herald’s coverage of the hearing. ACTION: Contact the members of the Natural […]

(Testimony of Bold Nebraska energy director and Davey Road Ranch proprietor Ben Gotschall, to be delivered in support of LB 473 during Wednesday’s 1:30 p.m. hearing before the Nebraska State Legislature’s Judiciary Committee): “What seems like a long time ago, farmers and ranchers in Nebraska started getting letters from a company called TransCanada. The letters […]

(Cross-posted from the “The Ed Schultz Show” blog) Jane Kleeb: The Real Deal on Keystone XL is to Look Us in the Eye “We get deals. We understand bargaining. When Nebraska rancher Randy Thompson goes to the sale barn to auction off cattle, he knows the asking price might be higher or lower than his […]

Bold Nebraska director Jane Kleeb appeared on MSNBC’s “The Ed Show” on Thursday, March 5 in a segment that also included pro-KXL Republican Sen. John Hoeven of North Dakota. The discussion centered on repairing American’s crumbling infrastructure, and whether Republicans would attempt to attach Keystone XL legislation to a highway infrastructure bill. Watch the clip […]

  Two very important bills will be coming up in the Nebraska Legislature next week, and farmers and citizens are working together to prepare testimony and share information.  There are two upcoming action meetings (more information below) to educate and prepare citizens for engagement on these issues. LB512: Regulate Fracking Wastewater Dumping in Nebraska LB512, […]

SIGN THE PETITION: DON’T FRACK OUR WATER PUBLIC HEARING: March 24, 10:00 a.m. MT (*11:00 a.m. CT*) Nebraska Oil & Gas Conservation Commission 922 Illinois Street Sidney, Nebraska 69162 If you can’t attend the hearing, send a written letter with your comment to the address above or via email: NOGCC@nogcc.ne.gov  LISTEN: Nebraska public radio (NET Nebraska) reports […]

I met Patrick when I spoke at Boys State here in Nebraska. He is now studying at George Washington University while keeping strong tabs on what happens back home. Patrick’s letter to Gov. Ricketts mirrors what I have heard for months from folks all across our state. It is long past due for love to […]