Author: Jane Kleeb

New Energy Voter Project Starts Today

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With 6 weeks until the Nov. 6th election, Bold Nebraska–and partner groups including the Nebraska Farmers Union–is excited to launch the New Energy Voter project. From ads, to billboards, to an online voter guide, Nebraskans will show our power and bring new energy to the voting booth. It all starts at www.nevoter.org: Nebraskans can use […]
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TransCanada Announces New Route

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TransCanada issued a press release (Sept. 5, 9:30am) stating they have submitted a new route to the NE DEQ. The route still crosses vulnerable sandy soil and Ogallala Aquifer. Background on next steps for pipeline state and federal process, click here. Map showing the vulnerable areas and counties to contamination in Nebraska, click here or […]
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Republican National Convention Keystone XL Listening Guide

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Republican National Convention Keystone XL Listening Guide What You’ll Hear Vs. The Facts *press note: Jane Kleeb (jane@boldnebraska.org) is available in Tampa to debate Keystone XL supporters or to give perspective on eminent domain, pipeline route issues, climate and other energy related issues around tarsands and TransCanada. Video of Jane on Fox Business, click here* […]
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Answering the State Dept’s Call

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Nebraskans answered the call from the US State Department to give comments on what should be studied in the new Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL pipeline. Nationally, almost 500,000 comments were submitted. Locally, landowners, citizens and experts weighed in with questions, concerns and recommendations ranging from studying the whole route since […]
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We Are Nebraska, We Are Kalamazoo, Keep Our Water Blue

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On July 25th, Nebraskans will stand with the citizens who experienced America’s worst inland oil spill. Two years ago, a Canadian tarsands company Enbridge had a rupture in their pipeline. The spill has cost $725 million dollars so far to “clean-up” and families are still picking up the pieces. Last year, Ben traveled to the […]
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Statement on Health Reform: Supreme Court Ruling

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The Supreme Court upheld the individual mandate. Bold Nebraska’s reaction to the ruling is simple: “Every single Nebraskan needs and wants access to good, affordable health care. In this toxic era of politics in our nation, its a shame that even the basic issue of health care continues to be used as a political ad […]
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Amendments are Easy. Pipelines are Hard.

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Filing an amendment in Congress is easy. Constructing, operating, and maintaining a functioning and hazard-free pipeline is pretty damn hard (just ask Canada or the communities in the US facing the clean-up of oil spills). Rep. Lee Terry can’t even successfully file an amendment to greenlight and rush TransCanada’s Keystone XL tarsands export pipeline, yet they want all […]
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