Tag: Bold Nebraska

Bold, Lawsuit Plaintiffs Submit Detailed Comment on Keystone XL to U.S. State Department

Along with the more than 7,500 public comments from citizens submitted by Bold Nebraska to the State Department’s draft environmental review for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline — including hundreds of handwritten letters and postcards sent by Nebraska farmers and ranchers who are landowners in the path of the pipeline — Bold signed onto a […]
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Vote for Bold: CREDO Nominates Bold to Receive Funding in November

 Bold has been nominated as one of three nonprofits to receive a grant from our friends at CREDO Mobile this month. CREDO Donations is giving away more than $150,000, but the amount that Bold receives depends on YOU. They divide up the money depending on the number of votes that Bold receives from our […]
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Submit a Comment to the State Dept: NO Keystone XL

Update: Local TV station KTVQ and the Williston Herald covered the rally and hearing in Billings on Oct. 30. I traveled to Billings, Montana today to stand in solidarity with landowners, Tribal Nations, and Water Protectors at a rally before the one and only public hearing being held by the U.S. State Department on the […]
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Democratic Presidential Candidates Sign “NoKXL Pledge” to Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline on Day One if Elected

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 4, 2019 Democratic Presidential Candidates Sign “NoKXL Pledge” to Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline on Day One if Elected As candidates gear up for CNN and MSNBC Climate Forums, activists push for clarity on fossil fuel infrastructure Hastings, NE — After delivering a letter asking all of the 2020 Democratic presidential […]
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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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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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Sixth Annual Ponca Corn Planting + NoKXL Crop Art Installation

*VIEW PHOTOS FROM THE SIXTH ANNUAL SACRED PONCA CORN PLANTING* This year, we’re combining our sixth annual planting of Sacred Ponca Corn on land inside the proposed Keystone XL pipeline route with the chance to help create a gigantic new NoKXL crop artwork — all on the Tanderup Farm, and now, formally-deeded Ponca Nation lands […]
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