Reminder: Join us at the final PSC hearing on Oct. 16, 1pm, 1200 N Street, Hearing Room 300, Lincoln / FaceBook RSVP Link *** Thank you to everyone who sent in ideas and comments to the Public Service Commission’s third set of rules and regulations for oil pipeline siting. Below you will see what Bold […]

Nebraskans answered the call from the US State Department to give comments on what should be studied in the new Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL pipeline. Nationally, almost 500,000 comments were submitted. Locally, landowners, citizens and experts weighed in with questions, concerns and recommendations ranging from studying the whole route since […]

In case you missed the 20th Republican presidential debate, the Daily Show has a good wrapup. As the number of debates has increased, it seems the candidates’ attachment to reality seem to have decreased. Here’s your Roundup: More Keystone Pipe Dreams: An op-ed in the San Francisco Chronicle seems to think the Bay Aread will […]

Editor’s Note: This article written by Madeline Ostrander originally appeared online at YesMagazine.org. It is also the cover story for the 2012 Spring edition of YES! Magazine. In modern life, a David versus Goliath conflict rarely ends as neatly as the story—especially when the Goliath is a $7 billion energy project backed by major oil-industry […]

President Obama has announced the denial of TransCanada’s permit request to build the Keystone XL pipeline. The Obama administration’s bold decision will be celebrated for generations to come in our state. Nebraskans worked tirelessly over the past two years educating our neighbors on the risks of tarsands, researching land, wildlife and water impacts, protecting the […]

Dear TransCanada, I am writing as a Nebraska citizen representing other Nebraska citizens concerned with what seems to be inconsistencies in the information presented to the public by your company regarding tax revenues and job creation in our state. Back in 2007, before the first Keystone Pipeline was built in Nebraska, your representatives told Nebraska […]

Bold Nebraska will post Senator Langemeir’s response when received. This letter is a good example of a longer letter to a state senator. Letters can be also brief. Make sure you ask a question so you get a response. Remember to be respectful, but firm. As citizens we deserve to know where our state senators […]

Nebraska’s State Bird is the turtle, 83% of Americans are Canadian, and Michelle Bachmann prefers to be called “Stepford 5”–these and other hilarious tweets continuously come in thanks to The Daily Show ribbing Herman Cain. Here’s your Roundup:  Media Bias: While emails showing a cozy relationship between TransCanada’s lobbyists and the State Department have come […]

A proud group of Nebraskans joined over 3,000 fellow “pipeline fighters” urging President Obama to deny TransCanada’s permit request for the Keystone XL pipeline.   The event, called “Tar Sands Action: Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline,” was scheduled for August 20th-September 3rd in our nation’s capitol. Like Governor Heineman, citizens will urge President Obama to […]

Monday, August 22, 2011Members of the Stop the Pipeline Tour spent Sunday night in a contractor’s campground in Ponca City, Oklahoma, home to a huge Conoco-Phillips refinery. Without a doubt many of the other RV’s parked in the campground were those of oilworkers and refinery employees, and it’s possible some of them may have helped […]