FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 Contact: Jane Kleeb, 402-705-3622, jane@boldnebraska.org TransCanada Hands Major Victory to Nebraska Landowners Company pulls out of lawsuits filed by 100 landowners challenging eminent domain authority; will apply for route through Public Service Commission O’Neill, NE — This afternoon, TransCanada announced that the company will pull out of the lawsuit […]

Energy Barn Update In the month of August 2015, the Build Our Energy Barn in the proposed path of the Keystone Export pipeline generated 302 kilowatt-hours of clean energy onto Nebraska’s public power grid.  That is enough energy to power a refrigerator for 2 months.  To date, the Energy Barn has produced 6.2 megawatt-hours of […]

The Associated Press reports that former Secretary of State and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Tuesday said she opposes construction of TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which would run through Nebraska’s fragile Sandhills and over the precious Ogallala aquifer. “Clinton says the project has been a distraction and she doesn’t believe it’s in the best […]

Thanks to all of the citizens who have spoken out against importing fracking wastewater for disposal in Nebraska, the Legislature has scheduled a public hearing in Sidney, NE on Sept. 22. Citizens are encouraged to testify in person, or else submit written comments via the form below that Bold Nebraska and Nebraska Sierra Club will submit […]

>>Chip in $20 to Support Landowners’ Legal Fight<< Landowners Opening Brief Filed in Nebraska Keystone XL Battle Omaha, NE — Lawyers for Nebraska landowners submitted written arguments in Court on Monday, August 31st. They contend a 2012 Nebraska law unconstitutionally authorizes TransCanada, a foreign pipeline company, to use eminent domain and to take their land. […]