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 […]

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. Friday, May 30th Washington Post Names LJS’s Don Walton Best State-Based Political Reporter: “In every state, there […]

For decades, pipelines have been built in the United States without much controversy. The result: 2.5 million miles of pipelines now traverse our nation to deliver natural gas, oil and other hazardous liquids to their destinations.1 Aside from well-publicized ruptures like the San Bruno, California natural gas explosion that took eight lives in 2010, the […]

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. Friday, May 24th Watch a Tar Sands Development Project’s Insanely Fast Growth: The federal government will be […]

Re-posted with permission from Graham Christensen of the Nebraska Farmer’s Union All Renewable Energy Is Not Created Equal Action: Call your Nebraska State Senators now and urge them to SUPPORT LB402, and REJECT LB104. At 1:30pm today (Tuesday, May 21st) LB104 comes up for Select File debate on the floor of the Nebraska Legislature. LB104 […]

Update 5/14/13: Omaha and Lincoln results are below. Bold hopes all new or re-elected officials listen to citizens. As citizens, even if the person you voted for did not get elected, you still must push to ensure your voice is heard on the issues you care about. Always push for change. Nebraksa Watchdog has an […]

Bold Nebraska’s Jane Kleeb will be in Washington, DC on Thursday to attend a press conference with residents of Mayflower, Arkansas who were victims of Exxon’s pipeline spill there. While the event is being held in DC, Jane will be available to connect with local Nebraska press for phone interviews with herself and Arkansas families. […]

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. Wednesday, May 8th: Society Will Pay Up to $100 Billion Annually for KXL: Oil Change International authored […]