Tag: Climate Change

Jane Kleeb Discusses New KXL Climate Study, Nebraska Supreme Court Hearing on MSNBC’s The Ed Show

Mark Hefflinger
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Bold Nebraska director Jane Kleeb appeared on MSNBC’s “The Ed Show” on Tuesday, Aug. 26, to talk about the climate impacts of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. The discussion centered on a new study from Nature Climate Change that suggests Keystone XL’s greenhouse-gas emissions have been underestimated in the U.S. State Dept’s Environmental Impact Statement […]
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UNL to Release Results of Climate Study September 25th

Ben Gotschall
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Almost a year after announcing it would conduct research studying the effects of climate change on Nebraska agriculture, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources (IANR) will release the first of its kind report on climate change on September 25th, 2014. The UNL study findings will be presented as a Heuermann Lecture: […]
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Jane Kleeb Appears on MSNBC’s “The Ed Show” to Discuss New EPA Rules on Coal Plant Emissions

Mark Hefflinger
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Bold Nebraska director Jane Kleeb appeared on MSNBC’s “The Ed Show” on Tuesday, July 3, to discuss the media’s handling of President Obama’s rollout of new rules from the Environmental Protection Agency that will reduce carbon emissions from the nation’s coal-fired power plants by 30% by 2030. Nebraska currently derives over 80% of its power […]
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Global Post Interviews Nebraska Rancher Suz Straka on Climate Change

Mark Hefflinger
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(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 […]
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Rachel Maddow Interviews NE Sen. Ken Haar on Climate Deniers

Rachel Maddow had Nebraska state Sen. Ken Haar on her show on Tuesday, Oct. 29, to talk about how a committee appointed by Republican Gov. Dave Heinemant hijacked his bill in the Nebraska Legislature that tasked the state’s scientists with studying the effects of climate change in Nebraska, by prohibiting any mention of human impact. […]
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