The Keystone XL pipeline is proposed to run through hundreds of Nebraska homes, farms and ranches, crossing the delicate Sandhills and putting the critical Ogallala Aquifer at risk. This summer, Nebraskans will stand up for their future by literally building the clean energy future we need. We will challenge Big Oil to show their true […]

Rep. Lee Terry earlier this week gave national and Nebraska press the false claim that tarsands from Keystone XL would replace heavy oil from Venezuela. This is not true and has never been true. Oil Change International released a report today (embedded below) that documents the fact that the refineries on the Gulf Coast equipped […]

On Thursday, the U.S. House passed a “split” version of the Farm Bill, which since 1973 has always included funding for food and nutrition programs, including food stamps and the current Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Below is reaction from our friends at Nebraska Appleseed. Here is coverage of Thursday’s vote by Dana Milbank of The Washington […]

The U.S. House is currently considering a “split” farm bill, which removes crucial SNAP food and nutrition programs and just considers the farm program elements. Over 500 farm and conservation organizations are on record opposing this split. More details below from our friends at the Nebraska Wildlife Federation, and you can watch the proceedings live […]

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At a hearing on Friday, July 19 at the Lancaster County Courthouse, the judge overseeing the landowners’ lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the law that fast-tracked approval of Keystone XL in Nebraska set a date for the claims to come to trial. The first day in court for the three landowners — Randy Thompson, Susan […]

Sen. Smith is best known among pipeline fighters for “authoring” the unconstitutional LB 1161, but we now know he is also a jet setter on Canada’s and TransCanada’s dime. Following up on reporting yesterday by investigative journalist Nick Surgey at the Center for Media and Democracy, which uncovered an oil-lobbyist-and TransCanada funded trip by U.S. […]

A new poll finds that Rural Americans believe elected officials ignore small communities and fail to invest in their future. The poll was conducted by Celinda Lake of Lake Research Partners and Ed Goeas of The Tarrance Group for the Center for Rural Affairs, and the announcement below is cross-posted from the Center for Rural […]

Bold Nebraska has joined the Sierra Club, Center for Biological Diversity, National Wildlife Federation, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Oil Change International in demanding that the U.S. State Department prepare a new supplemental environmental impact statement for the Keystone XL pipeline that takes into account new analyses that prove the project will accelerate tarsands expansion […]

Today, President Obama made a bold proclamation that he will not approve Keystone XL if it contributes to climate pollution. He said that, “Our national interest will be served only if this pipeline does not significantly exacerbate the climate problem.” It is now up to the State Department to prove that the pipeline will not […]