Author: Mark Hefflinger

BREAKING: Nebraska Supreme Court Keystone XL Decision Day: Friday, August 23

The Nebraska Supreme Court just announced that it will issue its decision on the proposed Keystone XL pipeline route tomorrow morning, Friday, August 23. Shortly after the decision is announced, Bold Nebraska’s Jane Kleeb will host a Facebook Live video update responding to the Court’s decision, which will be broadcast from this Facebook event page. […]
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TransCanada Bribed Nebraska County Commissioner with $49,000 “Bonus” if “Works Well With Them” to Get KXL Built

Canadian pipeline company TransCanada (now called “TC Energy”) bribed a Nebraska County Commissioner, offering a “bonus” of $49,000 if the Commissioner “worked well with them” to see that its controversial proposed Keystone XL pipeline project was ushered through to completion. The details of the bribe are laid out in a “conflict of interest” disclosure letter […]
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Letter Urges Democratic Candidates to Take “NoKXL Pledge” to Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline on Day One if Elected President

UPDATED: NoKXL PLEDGE TAKERS — THANK YOU! Sen. Elizabeth Warren (8/13/19)  Gov. Jay Inslee (8/13/19) Sen. Bernie Sanders (8/14/19) Tom Steyer (8/15/19) Sec. Julian Castro (8/19/19) Mayor Bill de Blasio (8/19/19) Sen. Cory Booker (8/27/19) Admiral Joe Sestak (8/28/19) Mayor Pete Buttigieg (8/28/19) Sen. Kamala Harris (8/29/19) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 13, 2019 Letter Urges […]
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Take the “NoKXL Pledge”: Democratic Candidates Urged to Pledge to Stop Keystone XL Pipeline if Elected

UPDATE (May 18, 2020): V.P. Joe Biden announces he will rescind TransCanada’s cross-border presidential permit for the Keystone XL pipeline if he is elected! Thank you Joe!!! VP Biden’s campaign tells me a Biden administration would rescind Trump’s Keystone XL cross-border permit. That would effectively kill the pipeline. https://t.co/lsmqrQSRrx — Ben Lefebvre (@bjlefebvre) May 18, […]
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ACTION: Speak Out Against KXL At Nebraska County Board Meetings

Landowners who live on the proposed Keystone XL pipeline route in Holt County, Nebraska, and who are opposed to the project recently attended a County Board meeting to provide their elected Commissioners an update on the status of the controversial project. Some of these landowners have now been actively voicing their opposition to the pipeline […]
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Conservation Groups Launch New Legal Challenges to Keystone XL Pipeline Approval

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 1, 2019 Conservation Groups Launch New Legal Challenges to Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Trump administration violated National Environmental Policy Act, Clean Water Act, and Endangered Species Act by approving controversial tar sands pipeline Great Falls, MT— Conservation groups filed a federal lawsuit today challenging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ illegal […]
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Giant Message to Trump Etched into Nebraska Cornfield: “No 45” + “No KXL”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 12, 2019 Giant Message to Trump Etched into Nebraska Cornfield: “No 45” + “No KXL” World’s largest crop art message to Trump unveiled Wednesday in 33-acre field on the Tanderup farm was created by volunteers with artist John Quigley Neligh, NE — A gigantic message to President Trump, etched into a […]
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Appeals Court Throws Out Case Blocking Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline, Relying on New Permit Issued by President Trump

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 6, 2019 Appeals Court Throws Out Case Blocking Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline, Relying on New Permit Issued by President Trump SAN FRANCISCO (June 6, 2019) –The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a legal challenge to the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, ruling the case was no longer active due […]
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Rosebud Sioux Tribe Public Hearings on Keystone XL: May 28-29

The Rosebud Sioux Tribal Utility Commission will hold a public hearing on the proposed Keystone XL pipeline on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 28-29, 2019 at the St. Francis Indian School gym in St. Francis, S.D. The hearing is open to all members of the public to provide testimony, both Native and non-Native. The hearings will […]
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Environmental, Landowner Groups Urge Court to Reject Trump’s Newest Keystone XL Pipeline Ploy

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, April 24, 2019 Environmental Groups Urge Court to Reject Trump’s Newest Keystone XL Pipeline Ploy Court Should Continue Blocking Fossil Fuel Project Despite New Permit San Francisco, CA – Environmental and landowner organizations today urged the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to maintain the prohibition on construction of the Keystone XL […]
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