Bold Nebraska / Bold Alliance on Thursday, June 4, 2020 joined in a letter with environmental groups standing in solidarity with the demands of the Movement for Black Lives: “As organizations striving for climate justice and environmental protection, we cannot be silent in the face of the murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, […]

Appeals Court Upholds Order Blocking Keystone XL Water Crossing Permit Ninth Circuit Rejects Push from Trump Admin, Industry to Allow Construction of Keystone XL and Other Oil and Gas Pipelines Through Waterways Amid Appeal San Francisco, CA — Today, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit left in place a district court […]

Environmental, Landowner, and Indigenous Groups Urge Court to Shut Down Dakota Access Pipeline Washington, DC — A coalition of environmental, landowner, and Indigenous groups filed an amicus brief today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in support of the Standing Rock Sioux and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribes and other affected Tribes, […]

For Immediate Release: Monday, May 11, 2020 Federal Court Upholds Ruling Blocking Construction of Keystone XL and Other Oil and Gas Pipelines Court blocks the use of Nationwide Permit 12 for pipeline water crossings Great Falls, MT — A federal judge today largely upheld an April 15 ruling vacating Nationwide Permit 12, a key water […]

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, a much smaller crowd than usual gathered for this year’s seventh annual planting of sacred Ponca corn — on Ponca Nation land situated with the Tanderup farm near Neligh, Nebraska — that crosses the Ponca Trail of Tears and proposed path of the Keystone XL pipeline. Joining hosts Art and […]

For Immediate Release: Wednesday, April 15, 2020 Yet Again, Federal Court Invalidates Key Permit for Keystone XL Court blocks the use of Nationwide Permit 12 for pipeline water crossings Great Falls, MT — A federal judge ruled today (see ruling below) that the US Army Corps of Engineers violated the law when it approved Nationwide […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 3, 2020   CANCEL KXL: Promise to Protect Coalition Calls on Montana Gov. Bullock, TC Energy to Cancel Keystone XL Pipeline Activity Due to Coronavirus Public Health Threat During month of nationwide lockdown and critical “social distancing,” TC Energy rushing to send hundreds of out-of-state workers into rural, Tribal communities and […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 31, 2020 Contacts: Mark Hefflinger, Bold Nebraska, +1 323 972 5192, mark@boldnebraska.org Jared Margolis, Center for Biological Diversity, +1 802 310 4054, jmargolis@biologicaldiversity.org Collin Rees, Oil Change International, +1 308 293 3159, collin@priceofoil.org Gabby Brown, Sierra Club, 914-261-4626, gabby.brown@sierraclub.org   Indigenous, Landowner, Environmental, and Conservation Groups Demand TC Energy Immediately Halt […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 31, 2020 Bold Nebraska’s Jane Kleeb Statement on TC Energy Decision to Continue Keystone XL Activity During Coronavirus Pandemic Hastings, NE — Bold Nebraska issued the following statement in response to TC Energy’s announcement to continue Keystone XL activity during the coronavirus public health pandemic: “Our rural and Tribal communities are […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 24, 2020 CANCEL KXL: Rural & Tribal Communities Call on TC Energy to Cancel Keystone XL Pipeline Activity Due to Coronavirus Public Health Threat As coronavirus forces social distancing and community lockdowns, TC Energy/TransCanada endangers thousands of workers and rural communities unequipped to handle public health threat, in addition to increased […]