Canada’s poor record on climate and pursuit of unfettered tar sands growth make mitigation of carbon emissions unreachable. For Immediate Release: August 14, 2013 Contact: Josh Mogerman 312-651-7909 Mitigation: Impossible Canadian Climate Policies are Unable to Prevent the Significant Increase in Climate Pollution from the Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline Canada’s poor record on climate […]

Nebraska’s top climate denier and head cheerleader for the Keystone XL pipeline, Congressman Lee “Tarsands” Terry, was presented with an award acknowledging his achievement as the state’s “#1 Climate Denier” at his district office in Omaha this morning. Because denying that humans are causing climate change is like believing in unicorns. The fanfare-filled ceremony — featuring the […]

In spite of what TransCanada’s allies might claim, respected industry voices have made it clear that rail is not a viable option for widespread transportation of tar sands, and that without Keystone XL, much of Canada’s supply of tar sands will, in fact, stay in the ground. Industry Analysis Proves Tar Sands Industry Needs Keystone […]

Read today’s news from around the state and country. Each day in the Roundup we cover politics, always with a side of bold humor. We think politics should be fun, informative and encourage us all to take action. August 16th Nebraska, Texas Att. Gens Missing From Pro-KXL Letter: This may just be a fluke, but […]

Read today’s news from around the state and country. Each day in the Roundup we cover politics, always with a side of bold humor. We think politics should be fun, informative and encourage us all to take action. August 9th NPPD Approves Two KXL Agreements: The Nebraska Public Power District board advanced two Keystone XL-related […]

Update, 8/8 3:20pm: Ben presented to the NPPD board on Thursday and his comments did not receive a favorable response. Bold Nebraska spoke with NPPD representative Terry Warth and offered to post any comment from NPPD on our website. We believe in our public power system. We simply do not think NPPD should enter into a […]

Our investigative research into the environmental reviews of the Keystone XL pipeline has revealed a broken process that seriously undermines the trust that citizens are supposed to be able to place in their government. The State Department review process acts as a revolving door through which pipeline companies get their projects green-washed by third party […]

Our members of Congress are back in Nebraska for five weeks of recess starting this week. They are holding a series of town hall meetings to hear from their constituents (you) on important issues. We have put a listing of the meetings below so you can attend these meetings and speak out against the KXL. Stand […]

Our members of Congress are back in Nebraska for five weeks of recess starting this week. They are holding a series of town hall meetings starting tonight to hear from people like you on important issues. Our friends at Nebraska Appleseed put together a listing of the meetings so you can speak out in favor […]

Help build a wind and solar-powered barn inside the proposed Keystone XL route in Nebraska. The Keystone XL pipeline is proposed to run through hundreds of Nebraska homes, farms and ranches, crossing the delicate Sandhills and putting the critical Ogallala Aquifer at risk. Nebraskans will stand up for their future by literally building the clean […]