Make sure your voice is heard. Sign-on to stop Keystone XL. While we are continuing to challenge the Trump administration’s rubber-stamp approval of the federal permit for Keystone XL in the courts, Trump’s State Department recently opened a public comments docket for an “Environmental Assessment” of the new Mainline Alternative route for KXL in Nebraska. […]

The Ponca Tribe of Nebraska and Yankton Sioux Tribe, along with intervenors including Sierra Club, and the Nebraska Public Service Commission’s (PSC) attorney have submitted appellee briefs in the appeal before the Nebraska Supreme Court of the PSC’s approval of a “Mainline Alternative” route for TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL pipeline. All of the new briefs […]

Art Tanderup — a Nebraska farmer and retired teacher and union rep. — as well as Pipeline Fighter, Water Protector, Ponca corn-planter, solar booster, tractor–crop–artist, Washington Monument reflecting pool-wader, and host of the famous “Harvest the Hope” #NoKXL benefit concert with Neil Young and Willie Nelson — was honored at this year’s Earth Day Omaha […]

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 […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 17, 2017 Contacts: Randy Ruppert, 402-936-4870, nebraskacommunitiesunited@gmail.com Jane Kleeb, 402-705-3622, jane@boldnebraska.org Fremont City Council’s Effort to Use Eminent Domain on Area Farmers for Costco Lagoons Fails Fremont, NE – At this week’s Fremont City Council meeting, the council attempted but failed to pass a resolution to invoke the power of eminent […]

President Trump announced today his approval for Keystone XL, a foreign pipeline using foreign steel. TransCanada can now cross our American border with their reckless pipeline. Here’s the good news: Trump doesn’t have the final word on the Keystone XL pipeline. We can stop the pipeline in Nebraska — Click here to donate $25 now. […]

Downloadable PDF of this KXL Fact Sheet  Public comments guidelines: If you’re a landowner: State that you’re a landowner on the KXL route, and location of property.  Include specific descriptions of sensitive areas on your affected property: private drinking or irrigation wells, water bodies/crossings, native prairie grasses, tribal/cultural artifacts or known burial sites, fragile and […]

The State Department said on Feb. 9 that it has received TransCanada’s re-submitted application for Keystone XL and will now “conduct a review of the application in accordance with the Presidential Memorandum and any other applicable requirements.” In a shocking silencing of the massive public opposition to the project, Trump’s State Dept. said that the federal […]

On Jan. 24, President Trump issued a Presidential Memorandum calling for the fast-tracking of completion of the Keystone XL pipeline, and invited TransCanada to resubmit a permit application. However, this action does not give any “green-light” to start the construction of Keystone XL. There are still substantial obstacles, and the pipeline is not likely to be […]