Month: March 2014

Pipeline Fighters Submit State Dept. Comments: TransCanada Unfit to Build

Mark Hefflinger
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Bold Nebraska submitted a number of documents in its public comment to the U.S. State Dept. (embedded below) for the 30-day National Interest Determination (NID) for TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline that concluded on March 7, 2014. Opponents of the pipeline submitted more than 2 million public comments to the State Dept. Quote from Bold Nebraska […]
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Tell Pres. Obama: Come Get a Pipeline “Ed”ucation from Nebraskans

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In case you missed it, last night MSNBC TV and radio host Ed Schultz announced on “The Ed Show” that he had an epic change of heart, and now opposes the Keystone XL pipeline (view the clip below). A diehard union supporter, when Ed began covering this story he was staunchly pro-pipeline, citing the same […]
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Bold’s Jane Kleeb Appears on “The Ed Show” to Talk Keystone XL

Mark Hefflinger
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MSNBC host Ed Schultz (“The Ed Show”) invited Bold Nebraska director Jane Kleeb onto his show on Thursday, March 6 to talk about his recent epiphany that saw him change his mind and stand with us against the pipeline. Ed’s introduction to the segment is really something — we have watched him transform into a […]
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MSNBC Host Ed Schultz Has Change of Heart, Comes Out Against Keystone XL

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Great news! After coming to Nebraska to meet with farmers and ranchers facing eminent domain seizure of their land for TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline, and listening to the voices of Native Americans, environmental experts and Pipeline Fighters across the country, MSNBC host Ed Schultz (“The Ed Show”) announced on his show on Wednesday, March 5 […]
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Ogallala Aquifer Named “America’s Best Tasting Water”

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Where is the best-tasting water in America? It comes straight out of the Ogallala Aquifer, with no treatment, to residents’ taps in Curtis, Nebraska — the city that beat out 36 other municipalities to win the National Rural Water Association’s “Great American Water Taste Test” competition. The underground Ogallala Aquifer provides crystal clear drinking water to […]
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