Check out the latest editorial cartoon from Neal Obermayer below. EDITOR’S NOTE: Nebraska State Sen. Mark Christensen (R-Imperial) wants to arm teachers with guns after a few hours of training. His new bill mirrors language that the NRA has been pushing around the country. Christensen says this will help rural schools. There is no evidence […]

The Center for Biological Diversity has filed a pair of Freedom of Information Act lawsuits demanding the release of federal documents confirming the endangered status of the northern swift fox. For Immediate Release, January 16, 2014 Contact: Amy Atwood, (503) 504-5660 (image via Wikipedia) Lawsuit Filed to Force Release of Documents on Keystone XL and […]

Senate candidate Shane Osborn mocked special needs kids on Thursday, in a tweet that called a bill under consideration in Washington a “short bus to nowhere” — a derogatory reference to the shorter school bus equipped with wheelchair and disabled access often used to transport special needs kids to school. In his criticism of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, […]

The Texas Supreme Court has ordered TransCanada to submit information by Feb. 6 in the lawsuit filed by landowner Julia Trigg Crawford against the Keystone pipeline operator. The justices are weighing arguments to hear the case regarding eminent domain abuse. “As we await a Nebraska ruling from Judge Stacy regarding the eminent domain and pipeline routing process […]

(The Global Post video news story below features Nebraska rancher Suz Straka Luebbe, who is also one of the three landowner plaintiffs currently challenging the unconstitutional Keystone XL routing process in Nebraska. Read about the ongoing lawsuit here.) Calamity Calling: Heartland Under Threat from GlobalPost on Vimeo. Calamity Calling: Weird weather hits America’s breadbasket  by Erik […]

TransCanada CEO Russ Girling recently told Financial Post reporter Claudio Cattaneo that he would “love to have a dialogue with environmental groups about actually reducing GHG [greenhouse gas] emissions.” “By forcing oil companies to look at these alternatives, doing it by rail, we are actually increasing GHG emissions. But nobody will engage in a dialogue with me […]

Rep. Raul Grijalva and 24 other House Democrats sent a letter to President Obama on Thursday, highlighting the serious corporate conflicts of interest in the environmental review of the Keystone XL pipeline. “It would be unwise and premature for State to release an EIS prepared by Environmental Resources Management while it remains under investigation for […]

NOTE: This posting originally appeared as a Letter to the Editor in the Grand Island Independent on 11/24/13.  A day later, a more in-depth article appeared in the Midwest Energy News and is available at this link: http://www.midwestenergynews.com/2013/11/25/is-this-man-slowing-wind-development-in-nebraska/ At last week’s Nebraska Wind Conference, in response to statements made by Sen. Ken Haar (see this link or […]

Watchdog group Public Citizen on Tuesday sent a letter to Congress, urging a halt to construction on the southern segment of the Keystone XL pipeline, as one section dug up for inspection was found to need repairs on 205 of 425 total welds — or nearly 50%.   Public Citizen Calls for Probe of Construction […]

With turkey day around the corner, and folks making plans for their holiday meals, we have compiled a handy list of local Nebraska producers to source all of the meats, vegetables, wines and beers you’ll need for your family feasts! (As Nebraska’s growing season is now over, we strongly suggest you contact these producers ASAP […]