Reporters from the Toronto Star traveled the proposed TransCanada pipeline route to talk with landowners and citizens. Watch the video from their trip, it’s 13 minutes and profiles Nebraskans and our friend Paul up in North Dakota. The written article in the Toronto Star also features Nebraskans and folks all along the route. If this […]

On June 4, diverse groups from around the world will black out their websites and post images in a symbolic protest of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative government’s attack on transparent environmental reviews, land, water and democracy.  The attacks come in a sweeping budget legislation that, to prevent debate, touches on everything from environmental […]

Every week groups on a state and national level compile news stories and reports about TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline. This week, the Republican leaders’ hypocrisy regarding their stance on eminent domain has come to light, the facts about gas prices and energy security around Keystone XL are becoming more prominent, and it appears immediate approval without […]

Friends of Big Oil have been making a habit in this session of Congress of threatening to scuttle “must pass” legislation in order to hasten construction of the dangerous Keystone XL pipeline.  In June, yet another special interest showdown is looming as Congress takes one more stab at passing a bipartisan transportation bill that enjoys supermajority […]

Our concerns for our land and water remain. Landowners and citizens continue to speak out regarding the new proposed route of TransCanada’s tarsands pipeline that still crosses the Sandhills, sandy soil and the Ogallala Aquifer. More Info Background document on concerns of tarsands pipeline. US State Dept. press release on TransCanada’s new application. Reminder of […]

In response to breaking news that TransCanada will resubmit their federal application to the US State Department as early as Friday… “The fundamental facts remain, Americans are being asked to put clean water at risk and Nebraskans are being asked to give up their property rights for an extreme form of energy that will add […]

Routes unveiled…all of the routes still cross the Sandhills and still cross the Ogallala Aquifer. TransCanada’s pipeline still carries toxic tarsands and still carries too much risk to our families and communities. All of the routes are unacceptable and show once again we can not trust TransCanada. Download the Initial Report Identifying Alternative and Preferred Corridors for […]

Most of our state senators voted to “rubber stamp” TransCanada’s pipeline and give them faster eminent domain authority to seize Nebraskans’ land for their private gain. TransCanada may have snuck a left jab in yesterday, but we are far from being down for the count.  Five bold senators voted against the bill, please send a […]

TransCanada’s pipeline bill makes one sad point very clear: money wins, democracy loses. TransCanada’s demands and power over our State Senators means landowner’s property rights, water concerns and a transparent process to certify oil pipeline routes are now out the window. A foreign corporation that misleads Senators and bullies landowners got a bill passed just for […]

As the Nebraska state legislature considers legislation that will hastily fast track a route review of TransCanada’s Keystone XL tarsands pipeline, and undo laws passed last year during the historic Special Session, a few important points remain critically unaddressed:  Nebraska’s state constitution forbids any law being passed for the benefit of one company. The pipeline bill […]