Activists in Michigan are planning a march and overnight sit-in on Sunday at the enormous mountain of tarsands petcoke byproduct piled up along the Detroit River. (Details cross-posted from Detroit Coalition Against Tar Sands) Have you seen the newest and most unwelcome tourist attraction along the Detroit river? Three-story high petcoke mountains from captains of industry and […]

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. June 21st County Authority Limited in Pipeline Debate: York County is in a place to stake a position […]

The latest cartoon from Neal Obermeyer parodies the popular support for Keystone XL here in the U.S. Editor’s Note: Neal Obermeyer cartoons reflect the opinions of the cartoonist and not necessarily those of BoldNebraska.org  

The “Pipeline Posse” is organizing a Horseback Trail Ride and campout in Holt County, Nebraska on Saturday and Sunday, June 22-23. Lodging will be tent camping, or primitive cabins (electricity, but separate shower/bathroom facilities. Bring bedding or a sleeping bag for bunks). There is no alcohol or smoking allowed at the Cleveland Bible Camp facilities. […]

  For interested parties: We will close out the RFP application process at midnight on Friday, June 14th, 2013.  We will then review the RFP responses and will notify applicants by email of the decision by end of business day on Friday, June 21st. Bold Nebraska Request for Proposal on Summer Heat Wind, Solar Building […]

The lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Keystone XL pipeline route in Nebraska is moving forward with a decision by Lancaster County District Court Judge Stephanie Stacy. Three landowners sued Governor Heineman and the State of Nebraska in 2012 arguing LB 1161 violated the Nebraska State Constitution that makes it clear common carriers are regulated […]

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. June 14th More on Perhaps-Impending Republican Senate Candidate: Nebraska Watchdog has done a very nice profile of maybe-senatore […]

Environmental leaders hosted a press conference in Washington, DC today, to call for an investigation by the State Department Investigator General of the flawed Keystone XL review process. We also submitted a petition started by Bold Nebraska’s own Chelsea Johnson, with over 2,000 signers demanding that Sec. Kerry halt the Keystone XL review process and investigate conflicts […]

Here’s a new political cartoon from Neal Obermeyer.

(Written by Andy Rowell and originally published by Oil Change International) For years now the Canadians have been engaged in a ruthless and relentless international public relations campaign to sell tar sands to the world. The two bottlenecks that they are trying to unblock are the KXL pipeline in the US, and climate legislation in […]