We’re building another barn! For a while, I’ve been talking to the leaders of the #NoKXL Cowboy and Indian Alliance – and together, we decided to memorialize our unlikely alliance with two structures: a barn on the Tanderup land and an Indigenous structure (like an earthlodge) on a tribal site. Our ultimate goal is to […]

  Yesterday, Omahans showed up in force to demand the board members of the Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) keep their promise to the community of North Omaha and shutter its polluting coal plant. We delivered passionate testimony about the negative health impacts the North Omaha community continues to suffer as OPPD burns dirty coal, […]

You know me best as a pipeline fighter. Now, I’m also becoming an energy builder. America is on the cusp of building out the next 100 years of energy, with wind and solar playing a major role. Rural America has the land needed to build wind and solar projects that can bring energy freedom to […]

In the state of Nebraska, there is no state agency with authority over carbon dioxide (CO2) pipelines, after the Nebraska Public Service Commission issued a statement saying it had no authority under state laws, leaving landowners, counties and first responders to come up with measures to protect property rights, themselves and the communities impacted.  The […]

ACTION: Call your State Senator: Vote NO on LB 399. (Click here to ID your Senator, and their homepage with phone number and online contact form) We need energy parity here in Nebraska — a process where wind, solar, coal, and pipelines are all required to have proper setbacks, local zoning, community benefit agreements, and […]

View photos of the 2022 Ponca Corn Planting on Facebook.  We are excited to invite all of our friends to join us again this year on Sunday, October 16th for the Ninth Annual Ponca Sacred Corn Harvest. The annual gathering happens on Ponca Nation land and the Tanderup farm near Neligh, Nebraska — we are […]

Keystone XL was the first Trump pipeline that President Biden rejected, but it should not be the last. President Biden boldly rejected KXL within a few hours of his inauguration. That was a testament to the unlikely alliance of farmers, ranchers, Tribal Nations, and climate advocates that stood together for over a decade. We now […]

President Joe Biden kept his promise to Pipeline Fighters in Nebraska, when he revoked the Keystone XL pipeline permit on day one in office. President Biden is sticking to his “NoKXL Pledge” campaign commitment — in his first conversation with a foreign leader, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Biden’s revoking of the Keystone XL permit […]

Since 2009, Bold Nebraska has stood with farmers, ranchers, Tribal Nations, environmental advocates and everyday Nebraskans who care about ensuring a livable climate for our grandchildren, and worked to protect our land, water, and climate. Bold is endorsing these Lincoln-area Climate Champions in 2020: Christa Yoakum for Lancaster County Commissioner Eliot Bostar for Nebraska Legislature, […]

Vote Early, In-Person, In Nebraska: Oct. 5-Nov 2 If you live in the state of Nebraska (attending UNL full-time counts!), you can actually vote early, in-person at the Lancaster County Election Office: Oct. 5th — Nov. 2nd:* (Note: As of Oct. 23, you must already be registered to vote in order to Vote Early In […]