FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 15, 2018 Contact Mark Hefflinger, Bold Alliance, mark@boldalliance.org Yianni Varonis, Greenpeace USA, 330-806-3599, yvaronis@greenpeace.org In Advance of TransCanada Earnings Call, Bold and Allied Groups Release Investor Briefing on Keystone XL Obstacles Washington, D.C. – Today, Bold Nebraska along with allied groups Greenpeace USA, Greenpeace UK, Oil Change International (OCI), the National […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 12, 2018 Contact: Jane Kleeb, Bold Nebraska, 402-705-3622, jane@boldnebraska.org Bold Alliance, Environmental Groups File Opening Brief in Lawsuit Challenging Trump’s Rubber-Stamp Federal Approval of Keystone XL Pipeline Lawsuit challenges approval of pipeline permit by State Dept. and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service before final route decided, with no updated environmental review […]

We’ve just learned that Troy Thompson, son of Randy “Stand With Randy” Thompson and part of a Pipeline Fighter family since the beginning in Nebraska, was struck by a car on Sunday while walking his dog in Lincoln, and is currently in the hospital in critical condition at Bryan West Campus. Thoughts and prayers from […]

If you’re a NEAT member and TransCanada calls, you just say, “I’m with NEAT, call Dave Domina.” We are hearing reports that this week TransCanada has begun contacting landowners on the proposed Keystone XL “Mainline Alternative” route in Nebraska, to schedule meetings and conduct surveys on their land. The Nebraska Easement Action Team (N.E.A.T.), an […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Jan. 18, 2018 Contact: Jane Kleeb, Bold Nebraska, 402-705-3622, jane@boldnebraska.org Mark Hefflinger, Bold Nebraska, mark@boldnebraska.org Bold Nebraska Statement on TransCanada Announcement of Shipper Commitments for Keystone XL Pipeline Nebraska Supreme Court still to hear landowners’ legal challenge to Public Service Commission approval of “Mainline Alternative” route this fall Lincoln — After TransCanada […]

(Bold Nebraska billboard in Lincoln on 10th & L St.) Did you see our billboard? Bold Nebraska has purchased a digital billboard in downtown Lincoln to call out Gov. Pete Ricketts for failing to protect Nebraska’s highest property taxpayers — farmers and ranchers — from eminent domain for private gain and TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline. […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Jan. 5, 2018 Contact: Jane Kleeb, Bold Nebraska, 402-705-3622, jane@boldnebraska.org Mark Hefflinger, Bold Nebraska, mark@boldnebraska.org Landowners Challenging Eminent Domain and Keystone XL Pipeline to Face TransCanada at Nebraska Supreme Court on Tuesday Separately, landowners file appeal of Public Service Commission decision; Oral Arguments not expected until late 2018 Lincoln — Landowners challenging […]

On Dec. 27, Nebraska landowners challenging TransCanada’s permit application seeking the power of eminent domain to build the Keystone XL pipeline through the state filed an appeal (embedded below) of the Nebraska Public Service Commission’s decision to approve the “Mainline Alternative” pipeline route. The filing from landowners’ attorneys with Domina Law Group triggers a process that […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Dec. 19, 2017 Contact: Mark Hefflinger, mark@boldnebraska.org Landowners, Pipeline Fighters Vow to Continue Fight After Nebraska Public Service Commission Denies Motions to Reconsider Ruling on Keystone XL Permit Application Lincoln — Landowners and Pipeline Fighters vowed to continue their fight on Tuesday after the Nebraska Public Service Commission denied a series of […]

TransCanada’s Keystone 1 pipeline (constructed in 2008) spilled at least 210,000 gallons of tarsands onto a South Dakota farm on Nov. 16, 2017. Recent drone photos (courtesy Greenpeace) show the current spill clean-up effort that now includes hundreds of workers and dozens of vehicles and equipment trailers on the spill site around the clock, where […]