Author: Mark Hefflinger

Jane Kleeb on MSNBC’s “The Ed Show” to Talk Climate Change Deniers

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Bold Nebraska director Jane Kleeb appeared on MSNBC’s “The Ed Show” on Monday, June 9, to discuss President Obama and the EPA’s new carbon emissions rules on coal-fired power plants, and the campaign contributions from Big Oil that coincide with the members of Congress who profess to be climate change deniers. Watch the clip below:
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Jane Kleeb Appears on MSNBC’s “The Ed Show” to Discuss New EPA Rules on Coal Plant Emissions

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Bold Nebraska director Jane Kleeb appeared on MSNBC’s “The Ed Show” on Tuesday, July 3, to discuss the media’s handling of President Obama’s rollout of new rules from the Environmental Protection Agency that will reduce carbon emissions from the nation’s coal-fired power plants by 30% by 2030. Nebraska currently derives over 80% of its power […]
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U.S. Pipeline Safety Regulator PHMSA Letter to TransCanada on Role of Local Governments in Pipeline Safety

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Responding to complaints from Nebraska citizens and others, the U.S. pipeline safety regulator (PHMSA: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration) sent a letter to TransCanada CEO Russ Girling, dated May 28, 2014, detailing the statutorily defined roles that local and state governments play in pipeline safety, siting, and regulation. The letter clarifies for TransCanada what […]
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Jane Kleeb Discusses TransCanada’s Safety Record, Keystone XL on MSNBC’s “NOW With Alex Wagner”

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Bold Nebraska director Jane Kleeb appeared on MSNBC’s “NOW With Alex Wagner” on Tuesday, May 27 to discuss the recent action taken by U.S. pipeline safety regulator PHMSA — which placed new safety restrictions on TransCanada after documenting the shoddy work the company did while constructing the southern leg of the Keystone XL pipeline. The […]
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Send a Pipeline Fighter Postcard to Washington

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Send a Pipeline Fighter postcard to leaders in Washington, DC! While we were out building a wind and solar-powered barn directly in the path of the Keystone XL export pipeline in the summer of 2013, volunteers and art students from Nebraska Wesleyan University designed #NoKXL billboards for Nebraska farmers and ranchers to place on their […]
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Jane Kleeb on MSNBC’s “Ed Show” to Discuss Keystone XL, Climate Change

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Bold Nebraska director Jane Kleeb appeared on MSNBC’s “The Ed Show” on May 13, 2014 to discuss the Keystone XL pipeline — including the failed vote to fast-track Keystone XL in the U.S. Senate, and the impact the proposed pipeline would have on climate change, framed against climate denialist remarks from Sen. Marco Rubio of […]
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Stopping the Pipeline Rocks: A #NoKXL Benefit Album

RELEASE DATE: JULY 1, 2014 Click here to purchase the DVD+CD for $25 “Stopping the Pipeline Rocks” is a project of Bold Nebraska, Hear Nebraska — a nonprofit cultural organization that promotes music and arts — and Lincoln-based Red Rebel Media. Artists traveled to the Build Our Energy barn, located directly in the path of the […]
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