Last Wednesday, President Obama made the monumental announcement that he is denying TransCanada’s permit request to build the Keystone XL export pipeline. We first want to say thank you to all the farmers, ranchers, urbanites, treehuggers, grandmas, students, artists, business owners and everyone in between who made this happen. All of your work writing letters, […]

This page is intended for members of the press. We want to make sure you have folks to interview and pictures to utilize. The action we are asking citziens to take in response of the denial, is to sign a thank you card/poster to the President, the image on the poster is Nebraskans holding signs thanking […]

President Obama has announced the denial of TransCanada’s permit request to build the Keystone XL pipeline. The Obama administration’s bold decision will be celebrated for generations to come in our state. Nebraskans worked tirelessly over the past two years educating our neighbors on the risks of tarsands, researching land, wildlife and water impacts, protecting the […]

News outlets are starting to report the State Department is expected to reject the Keystone XL permit. We are still waiting to hear the official word from the State Department. We’ll post statements from group leaders, citizens and landowners as well as video and photos for press once the decision is official.

Editor’s note: this piece originally appeared in the National Wildlife Federation’s blog and was written by Peter LaFontaine, the NWF Energy Polic Advocate. The Keystone XL pipeline has achieved the improbable: making Congress look even more dysfunctional than usual. Big Oil’s friends on Capitol Hill, eager to start the flow of dirty tar sands oil […]

Tonight’s the night! It’s our first ever fundraiser. Join us at the New BLK in downtown Omaha (1213 Jones St) from 7-10pm for local art, food and a live auction hosted by bold landowner Randy Thompson. It’s free to attend because the only green we want you to spend is on auction items. Free parking […]

After several comments from almost a dozen Nebraska citizens asking the NPPD board to vote down a resolution on TransCanada’s Keystone Export Pipeline, the board voted 9-1 to pass the resolution. Board member Mary Harding was the lone dissenter, after voicing opinions contrary to her peers. Harding basically argued (and we agree) that the resolution, which […]

Dear TransCanada, I am writing as a Nebraska citizen representing other Nebraska citizens concerned with what seems to be inconsistencies in the information presented to the public by your company regarding tax revenues and job creation in our state. Back in 2007, before the first Keystone Pipeline was built in Nebraska, your representatives told Nebraska […]

Last night, at A Bold New Year, we shared our plans for 2012. Here are the issues we’re going to tackle and the commitments we’re making to you, our fellow Bold Nebraskans, for this year. We resolve, as citizens in small towns and urban communities, to stay engaged in issues that matter and to ensure […]

Editor’s Note: This article was published in the Lincoln Journal Star. Mike Klink is seeking whistleblower protection from the U.S. Department of Labor. There has been a lot of talk about the safety of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. I am not an environmentalist, but as a civil engineer and an inspector for TransCanada during the construction of the […]