On June 4, the Joslyn Institute for Sustainable Communities will present the final Sustainability Leadership Presentation Series (SLPS) program of the season — featuring excerpts from the Joslyn Institute’s highly lauded movie, “Nebraska Nexus.” The film will be presented by JISC President and CEO W. Cecil Steward, who will also talk about Nebraska resources, including […]

Re-posted with permission from the Center for Rural Affairs Guest writer Martin Kleinschmit was a participating farmer in our pioneering Small Farm Energy Project in 1976. He also worked for the Center for years in our beginning farmer and sustainable agriculture programs. Jim Knopik is a board member of the Center for Rural Affairs. Solar […]

PRE-MARCH LANDOWNER MEETUP  Saturday, June 6: 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Heartland Restaurant, 289 East 5th Street, St. Paul, MN 55101 Join us before the Tar Sands Resistance March for coffee and muffins from 9am-11am at Heartland restaurant in St. Paul. We will share ideas focused on landowners living along the various proposed tarsands and Bakken oil pipeline […]

Loading… On Wednesday, May 27, the Natural Resources Committee of the Nebraska Legislature will hold a hearing on LB 664 (full text below), Sen. Ernie Chambers’ bill that would compel disclosure of all chemicals found in fracking waste in Nebraska. Stand with us at the hearing: 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. (CT) in Room 1525 […]

Paul Seamans of Dakota Rural Action, and South Dakota landowner John Harter talk about facing down TransCanada’s eminent domain for private gain and the Keystone XL tarsands export pipeline in this new video from NextGenClimate.

The latest from political cartoonist Neal Obermeyer skewers the Nebraska Legislature for its misplaced priorities when it comes to where our tax dollars go, and who must pay taxes. The Legislature is currently considering a bill that would provide an $800,000 annual tax break to Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society — a “fraternal” organization that […]

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday May 14, 2015 Contact: Jane Kleeb, 402-705-3622, jane@boldnebraska.org Ken Winston, 402-212-3737, kwinston@inebraska.com Bold Nebraska, NE Sierra Club Urge Legislature to Ensure All Citizens’ Voices Heard at May 27 Hearing on Fracking Waste Chemicals NE Sierra Club, Bold Nebraska support legislation from Sen. Chambers to compel disclosure of all toxic chemicals in […]

Energy Barn Update In April 2015, the Build Our Energy Barn built in the path of the Keystone Export pipeline generated 281 kilowatt-hours of electricity back onto Nebraska’s public power grid, which is enough energy to power a light bulb for 30 months.  To date, the Energy Barn has produced 5.15 megawatt-hours of clean energy […]

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 to let the unicameral know that citizens do not support a government-facilitated corporate takeover of Nebraska agriculture.  For a directory of the state senators, click this link: http://nebraskalegislature.gov/pdf/senators/roster.pdf To find your state […]

Support Bold Nebraska’s work? >>Click here to chip in $10<< FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 13, 2015 Contact: Jane Kleeb, 402-705-3622, jane@boldnebraska.org Massive Crop Art of Presidential Seal Sends #NoKXL Message to Pres. Obama Nebraskans Urge Obama to Protect His Climate Legacy by Rejecting Keystone XL Neligh, Nebraska — During what is normally a time to plant […]