The National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) on Tuesday released a report on diluted bitumen that disappointingly fails to answer the basic question of what the risks are once a spill happens. Citizens understand tarsands shares some chemical properties of other heavy crude like oil from Venezuela. However, the concerns about what happens once tarsands spills–most important […]

The House voted this week to reject the new five-year Farm Bill by a vote of 195-234. Our friends at the Nebraska Wildlife Federation have some perspective on the vote and what it means below. House Farm Bill Falls Short: 195-234    On Thursday, the House of Representatives surprised most observers when a vote to approve a new […]

TransCanada, the Canadian corporation behind the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, is providing security briefings to Nebraska authorities warning them to look into the application of “anti-terrorism laws” on people who oppose the pipeline despite the fact that no Nebraskan has committed a crime in the state in their efforts to stop the pipeline. Bold Nebraska […]

Public Citizen has documented dozens of anomalies, including dents and welds, reportedly identified on a 60-mile stretch of the southern segment of Keystone XL in Texas. Landownerns have asked the U.S. Dept. of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) to investigate. Despite the clear evidence outlined below, TransCanada is in damage control mode, […]

Tell Sec. Kerry: Halt the Keystone XL Review Process and Investigate the State Dept.’s Environmental Report At the U.S. State Dept.’s sole public hearing on the Environmental Impact review for the Keystone XL pipeline last month in Grand Island, Nebraska, myself and hundreds of other Nebraskans waited outside for hours in a blizzard for the […]

Congressional Budget Office Projecting $51 Billion Profit for Government From Federal Student Loans in 2013 Fiscal Year (Reposted with permission from One Wisconsin Now) Madison — As thousands of University of Wisconsin students and their families prepare to celebrate their graduation, the federal government has revised its estimate of how much profit they will earn […]

On May 15, 2013, Bold Nebraska sent formal requests for all records, emails, minutes, etc. on meetings the Nebraska State Patrol and the Nebraska Attorney General’s office recently held with TransCanada and local sheriff’s departments regarding the Keystone XL pipeline, talk of “protestors” and public safety. Since we were not invited to any discussion about […]

The following letter was sent to President Barack Obama today by a group of prominent business leaders, philanthropists, and supporters of his 2008 and 2012 campaigns, urging him to reject the Keystone XL pipeline.   Letter to President Obama on XL Keystone Pipeline  

A crucial piece of legislation is being obstructed in the Legislature.  We need your help! (Originally posted at Nebraska Appleseed) LB 577, the bill that would extend Medicaid coverage, would help 54,000 uninsured, working Nebraskans get access to health care.  It would provide security to our rural hospitals, our working families, and our veterans.  It […]

We did it! Over 1 million comments were submitted to the State Department. More than 1 Million Comments Urge Obama Administration to Reject KXL Public Comments highlight that Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is all risk and no reward Opponents of Keystone XL have submitted more than one million comments urging President Obama, Secretary Kerry […]