Tallgrass Energy recently received permission from the federal government to convert its existing Trailblazer pipeline, which currently carries methane gas across Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming, into a carbon dioxide (CO2) pipeline. A Community Benefits Agreement has been announced between the company Tallgrass and Bold Nebraska, also earning the support of local community groups Renewable Fuels […]

In the state of Nebraska, there is no state agency with authority over carbon dioxide (CO2) pipelines, after the Nebraska Public Service Commission issued a statement saying it had no authority under state laws, leaving landowners, counties and first responders to come up with measures to protect property rights, themselves and the communities impacted.  The […]

ACTION: Call your State Senator: Vote NO on LB 399. (Click here to ID your Senator, and their homepage with phone number and online contact form) We need energy parity here in Nebraska — a process where wind, solar, coal, and pipelines are all required to have proper setbacks, local zoning, community benefit agreements, and […]

**The deadline to submit and verify a comment for the hearing record for LB1366 is Friday, February 2, 2024 at 8:00 AM Central Time.** Nebraska State Senator John Cavanaugh has introduced LB 1366, a bill in the Nebraska Legislature that would change provisions relating to the use of eminent domain in Nebraska. The bill would […]

Congrats to our Bold Founder Jane Kleeb for being named a recipient of the 2023 Climate Breakthrough Award, the largest global climate funding award for individuals. With this award, Jane is creating a new project called Energy Builders that will focus on a new economic model around clean energy in rural communities. For too long climate action […]

Thousands of impacted landowners, Tribal Nations, individual counties, cities and other communities across the U.S. have voiced major concerns about the terrifyingly large gaps in regulations on pipelines carrying carbon dioxide (CO2). Right now, developers are proposing a significant number of new interstate CO2 pipelines that would cross Midwest states including Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota, […]

Bold Alliance published an updated version of our Nebraska Landowner and County Leader Guide to Carbon Pipeline Risks in July 2023. The updated Guide includes: About the Nebraska Easement Action Team (NEAT) landowners’ legal co-op & FAQ Maps of proposed carbon pipeline routes in Nebraska Top 8 Reasons to Oppose Risky Carbon Pipelines “The Gassing […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Oct. 3, 2022 Contact: Mark Hefflinger, Bold Alliance, mark@boldalliance.org Landowners’ Radio Ad Exposes Dangers of CO2 Pipelines with 911 Call from 2020 Explosion Chilling audio exposes carbon pipeline dangers to human life, livestock, as well as CO2’s ability to stall vehicles, endanger first responders Hastings, NE — The Easement Action Teams LLC […]

View photos of the 2022 Ponca Corn Planting on Facebook.  We are excited to invite all of our friends to join us again this year on Sunday, October 16th for the Ninth Annual Ponca Sacred Corn Harvest. The annual gathering happens on Ponca Nation land and the Tanderup farm near Neligh, Nebraska — we are […]

Bold has released a new handbook, “Landowner and County Leader Guide to Carbon Pipeline Risks,” which will be available at upcoming meetings of the Nebraska Easement Action Team (NEAT), and is also available for download here. The guide contains information on the risks of carbon pipelines, and sample county ordinance language that can be presented […]

Thanks to the due diligence of an Iowa farmer, the shady partners and foreign investors of the proposed carbon pipeline companies seeking eminent domain across the Midwest are starting to be exposed. Dakota News Now broke the story, after a landowner uncovered the details and submitted them to the Iowa Utilities Board, one of the […]

Our panel discussion includes Dan Zegart — the journalist who covered the shocking details of the Satartia pipeline rupture that sent dozes to the hospital, and months later continued to cause health issues for the victims, in his story “The Gassing of Satartia.” The panel also features several first responders who were present on the […]

#1: SAFETY In the event of a carbon pipeline rupture or leak, an explosive plume of CO2 gas can emerge, odorless and colorless, an asphyxiant that can suffocate all living beings, and prevent combustion vehicles like cars from starting to enable an escape to safety. At concentrations between 2-10%, CO2 can cause nausea, dizziness, headache, […]

HISTORY OF SPILLS: TC Energy’s Keystone pipeline (22 SPILLS: 2010-2022) (Note: TC Energy’s (formerly TransCanada) “Keystone pipeline” is not to be confused with the company’s proposed “Keystone XL” pipeline — a separate pipeline project that was defeated and cancelled two separate times under Pres. Obama and Pres. Biden. The Keystone 1 pipeline carries up to […]