Donate $10 now to buy toys for the kids of Pilger: On Monday, June 16, severe weather ripped through the Midwest and a pair of tornadoes devastated the small but mighty town of Pilger, Nebraska (pop. 378). According to reports, at least two people were killed, including a 5-year-old girl, and 16 were critically injured, while the […]

“No one can give citizens or local governments an actual definition of ‘safety’ and where that word draws lines between what the feds, states and local counties can do to protect health, well being and economic activity,” said Bold Nebraska director Jane Kleeb. “Industry likes that there is no clear definition so they can keep […]

Report: Interior Must Address Bird Deaths Caused by Canada’s Tar Sands Conservation Groups Urge Interior to Declare Canada is Undermining Wildlife Protections cross posted from National Wildlife Federation 06-11-2014 // Miles Grant Destructive mining and drilling practices in the heart of Canada’s forest bird nurseries have already killed thousands of birds and are putting millions […]

On Friday, Pres. Obama will travel to Indian Country to meet with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in Cannonball, North Dakota, six years after he first visited the Crow Nation in Montana, who adopted Pres. Obama and gave him an Indian name — Awe Kooda Bilaxpak Kuxshish, which translates as, “One Who Helps People Throughout the Land.” A group […]

On Tuesday, June 10, Bold Nebraska director Jane Kleeb appeared on MSNBC’s “NOW With Alex Wagner” to discuss how a fracking ordinance on the November ballot in Colorado is affecting Democratic candidates. Watch the clip below: Media Matters pulled the entire interview segment:

Bold Nebraska director Jane Kleeb appeared on MSNBC’s “The Ed Show” on Monday, June 9, to discuss President Obama and the EPA’s new carbon emissions rules on coal-fired power plants, and the campaign contributions from Big Oil that coincide with the members of Congress who profess to be climate change deniers. Watch the clip below:

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 […]

President Obama announced new rules that limit the amount of carbon pollution that coal plants can emit into the air that all of our families breathe. This is the first time that coal plants will be required to regulate carbon pollution. Bold Nebraska’s energy policy is simple: no tarsands, less coal and more renewables. Statement on the […]