Author: Mark Hefflinger

New Energy Voter Campaign 2014

Election Day: Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014 FIND YOUR POLLING PLACE WHY NEW ENERGY? The election season is here and we think it’s time for New Energy. Bold Nebraska partnered with landowners, citizens and leaders in our state to create the New Energy Voter PAC as a place pipeline fighters, new energy lovers and water warriors can get information […]
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Cowboy Indian Alliance Hosts Buffalo Roast to Mark Expiration of Keystone XL Permit in South Dakota

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  PHOTOS: Click here for photos of event, downloadable by members of the media (via Flickr).  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 30, 2014 Contact: Aldo Seoane, 605-319-8151 Jane Kleeb, jane@boldnebraska.org 402-705-3622 TransCanada In Trouble South Dakota Permit Expired, Landowners and Tribes Organized Rosebud Sioux Spirit Camp near Ideal, S.D. — TransCanada’s state permit from the South Dakota […]
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Landowners File Brief with Nebraska Supreme Court in Lawsuit Over Keystone XL Route

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On Friday, June 20, Nebraska landowners Randy Thompson, Suz Straka and Susan Dunavan filed their brief in the case now before the Nebraska Supreme Court challenging the state law (LB 1161) that fast-tracked the Keystone XL pipeline route approval process in Nebraska. In their brief, the landowners argue that LB 1161 is unconstitutional because it […]
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Bold Nebraska Director Jane Kleeb Talks Keystone XL Senate Committee Vote on MSNBC’s “The Ed Show”

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Bold Nebraska director Jane Kleeb appeared (via phone) on MSNBC’s “The Ed Show” on Thursday, June 19 to discuss the politics behind the largely symbolic vote in the Senate Energy Committee to approve the Keystone XL pipeline. The bill has no chance of being taken up by the full Senate, which is controlled by the […]
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Donate to Buy Toys for the Kids of Pilger

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Donate $10 now to buy toys for the kids of Pilger: On Monday, June 16, severe weather ripped through the Midwest and a pair of tornadoes devastated the small but mighty town of Pilger, Nebraska (pop. 378). According to reports, at least two people were killed, including a 5-year-old girl, and 16 were critically injured, while the […]
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TransCanada Flouts Warning Letter from Pipeline Regulator on Local Zoning Efforts

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“No one can give citizens or local governments an actual definition of ‘safety’ and where that word draws lines between what the feds, states and local counties can do to protect health, well being and economic activity,” said Bold Nebraska director Jane Kleeb. “Industry likes that there is no clear definition so they can keep […]
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Report: Canada’s Tarsands Industry Threatens Migratory Birds

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Report: Interior Must Address Bird Deaths Caused by Canada’s Tar Sands Conservation Groups Urge Interior to Declare Canada is Undermining Wildlife Protections cross posted from National Wildlife Federation 06-11-2014 // Miles Grant Destructive mining and drilling practices in the heart of Canada’s forest bird nurseries have already killed thousands of birds and are putting millions […]
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Join #NoKXL Greeting Party for Pres. Obama’s Visit to Indian Country

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On Friday, Pres. Obama will travel to Indian Country to meet with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in Cannonball, North Dakota, six years after he first visited the Crow Nation in Montana, who adopted Pres. Obama and gave him an Indian name — Awe Kooda Bilaxpak Kuxshish, which translates as, “One Who Helps People Throughout the Land.” A group […]
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Jane Kleeb on MSNBC’s “The Ed Show” to Talk Climate Change Deniers

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Bold Nebraska director Jane Kleeb appeared on MSNBC’s “The Ed Show” on Monday, June 9, to discuss President Obama and the EPA’s new carbon emissions rules on coal-fired power plants, and the campaign contributions from Big Oil that coincide with the members of Congress who profess to be climate change deniers. Watch the clip below:
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