Last Friday, I delivered the following testimony to the House Subcommittee on Energy and Power. You can watch the video of the hearing here. Thank you Chairman Whitfield and Members of the Committee for asking me to be with you today on an issue that has captivated our state for the past several years. My […]

We fought long and hard leading up to and during the Pipeline Special Session. Every single citizen who wrote, called, emailed, attended, and brought friends to all the different events should look in the mirror tonight and remind yourself…you are a pipeline fighter, you are a Sandhills lover, you protected our land and water.  It […]

Editor’s Update, 11/17/2011, 5pm: Senator Haar introduced and withdrew an amendment that would have designated the Sandhills as an “avoidance area” this morning on the floor. While we wish this could have been accomplished during the special session, we look forward to Senators Haar and Schilz brining up the critical issue of protecting the Sandhills […]

Late Wednesday evening, the Natural Resources Committee advanced a bill to set forth regulations on pipeline routing. The bill, which will be available on Thursday morning, was mostly Senator Langemeier’s bill with components of Senator Dubas’ bill. “It’s the Governor’s special session and the Natural Resources Committee has advanced a bill to deal with the […]

TransCanada is threatening landowners like Randy, our land, water and way of life. As citizens, we can stop the pipeline and make sure our state elected officials–including Gov. Heineman–pass regulations to ensure our land and water are safe from risky tarsands pipelines. TransCanadas first pipeline has had 14 spills in one year when they said their pipeline […]

Updated, 10/19, 11:45am: Speaker Flood sent a letter to Gov. Heineman today stating we do not have the constitutional authority to change the pipeline route and therefore do not need a special session. Our only question, when is tee time? It is crystal clear Flood, Heineman, and the others would rather be golfing than working. […]

Two great events are happening this week.  One thanks Gov. Heineman in advance for doing the right thing on the pipeline. The second event involves pumpkins, kids, you and friends. Thank You (in advance): Dedicated pipeline fighters bring homemade gifts to the Governor’s Mansion every Monday at noon. Just bring your gift and thank you note […]

Yesterday, Speaker Flood and a few other state senators met with TransCanada to discuss issues around the pipeline. Instead of bowing to TransCanada and their arrogant attitude towards basic protections of our land and water, Speaker Flood should be gathering the votes for a special session and calling in state and national experts on both […]

Big news happened in Nebraska in our hopes to get some common sense oil pipeline regulations on the books. State Senator Annette Dubas released a press statement and a bill that would finally give the Public Service Commission the authority to route oil pipelines in our state, versus TransCanada telling us where a massive pipe […]

Americans want a level playing field with Big Oil. We want to know before any major oil project crosses our land and water that it has been studied with an independent and unbiased eye. A major conflict of interest and serious questions about the validity of the Environmental Impact Statement for the TransCanada Keystone XL […]