As Secretary of State John Kerry continues to consider the fate of the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, Rep. Henry A. Waxman and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse wrote to Secretary Kerry explaining why the project is not in our national interest and submitting formal comments critiquing several key elements of the State Department’s Final Supplemental […]

Bold Nebraska director Jane Kleeb appeared on MSNBC’s “The Ed Show” on Tuesday, April 15. The topic: differences between the showdown with rancher Cliven Bundy and the government in Nevada — and the showdown in Nebraska between a foreign corporation authorized to use eminent domain for a tarsands export pipeline, and ranchers and farmers protecting […]

Artist John Quigley has partnered with the Cowboy and Indian Alliance to create the world’s largest crop art installation, on land in Neligh, Nebraska on the Ponca Trail of Tears that would be traversed by the Keystone XL pipeline. The crop art installation will send President Obama a direct #NoKXL message from the Cowboy and Indian […]

ACTION: Call and email Nebraska state senators now and urge them to support LB 965, the “True Cost of Energy” bill being debated in the legislature today. Click here to find senators’ contact information. Introduced by Sen. Ken Haar, LB 965 is a revision of the “true cost of energy” bill. It includes many other […]

On April 18, the State Department announced an extension to the comments period for federal agencies weighing in on the “National Interest Determination” for the Keystone XL pipeline permit decision. The State Dept. said it was also still processing the more than 2 million public comments submitted opposing the pipeline. (photo by Mary Anne Andrei)  […]

On April 22nd, a group of ranchers, farmers and tribal communities from along the Keystone XL tarsands pipeline route, called the Cowboy and Indian Alliance, will ride into Washington DC and set up camp near the White House to tell President Obama to reject the pipeline. On April 26th, thousands of people will join them […]

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) on Thursday sent a letter to David L. Robertson, president and CEO of Koch Industries, demanding to know what if any financial interest the company and the Koch Bros. have in TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline. “We believe Congress and the public have a right to know […]

A new study from Berkeley Professor Maximilian Auffhammer shows that Keystone XL is, in fact, necessary for the oil industry to meet its tar sands expansion goals, and without this particular pipeline, a significant amount of Canadian tar sands will stay in the ground. Study Shows Keystone XL is Crucial to Tar Sands Growth Proponents […]

On Friday, March 14, 27 members of the U.S. House, including Reps. Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Mike Quigley (IL-05), Rush Holt (NJ-12) and Raul Grijalva (AZ-3), held a press conference to reiterate their opposition to the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, and to discuss their letter to Secretary of State John Kerry calling on him […]

On April 22nd, a group of ranchers, farmers and tribal communities from along the Keystone XL tarsands pipeline route, called the Cowboy and Indian Alliance, will ride into Washington DC and set up camp near the White House to tell President Obama to reject the pipeline. On April 26th, thousands of people will join them […]