Tips for Writing #NoKXL Letters to the Editor Letters to your local paper are very powerful tools to get your voice heard not only to your local community, but to elected officials as well since they read the local papers to get a gauge on how the public feels about key issues. You can also […]
TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL pipeline would carry 830,000 barrels per day of dirty tarsands oil from Canada through hundreds of American homes, farms and ranches, crossing the delicate Sandhills in Nebraska and putting at risk the critical Ogallala Aquifer and sacred Indigenous sites like the Ponca Trail of Tears. Farmers, ranchers and Indigenous peoples are […]
The Nebraska Public Service Commission has scheduled its “intervenor” public hearings on TransCanada’s permit for its proposed Keystone XL pipeline in Lincoln, NE, August 7-11, 2017 The hearings will be held at the Marriott Cornhusker Hotel (333 S 13th St, Lincoln, NE 68508) starting at 9:00 a.m. each day.The PSC is also expected to soon […]
ACTION: Host your own #NoKXL Letter-Writing House Party. Host a “party” with your friends (or, we’ll post your event on our Facebook if you’re okay with other Bold supporters showing up — let us know on the form below). It could be at your house, in a coffeeshop, in the park, anyplace works. You don’t need […]
While President Trump just rubber-stamped his approval of a federal permit for TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL pipeline — he doesn’t get the final word on KXL — Nebraska does. TransCanada still needs a permit for a route through Nebraska, and has filed with the Nebraska Public Service Commission (PSC), which just launched an 8-12 month review of […]
The Nebraska Public Service Commission has reached out to local Nebraska county boards along the proposed Keystone XL pipeline route, to solicit their views regarding the proposed route — and whether they believe Keystone XL is in the public interest. Bold is encouraging Pipeline Fighters to attend your next County Board meeting to find out […]
President Trump has taken action to undo President Obama’s rejection of Keystone XL, opening the door for TransCanada to reapply to build the risky tarsands export pipeline that would pass through the fragile Sandhills and Ogallala aquifer in Nebraska. Bottom line: This action by Trump does not “green-light” construction to begin on the Keystone XL […]
Costco wants to not only put a massive industrial chicken plant in a town of 25,000 people, they also want farmers to take out $1.5 million loans from banks to create a chicken barn according to Costco specs. This means that Costco owns the chicken from beginning to end, locking the farmer into only one buyer. Which means they call all the shots, and the farmers are at their mercy.
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