Bold Nebraska submitted comments to the Nebraska Public Service Commission request for public comment as they create the rules and regulations around oil pipeline route certification. We also submitted a legal/policy “green paper” from the Domina Law Group outlining the legal authority the state of Nebraska has when it comes to oil pipelines and eminent […]

Now that the “DEQ Open Houses” on the proposed corridor of the TransCanada Keystone XL pipeline are over, we’ve been hearing a lot of feedback on the information given to citizens by TransCanada representatives at the Nebraska government-backed sessions. One of the biggest ways TransCanada is misleading the public is in the way they describe […]

Every week groups on a state and national level compile news stories and reports about TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline. This week, the Republican leaders’ hypocrisy regarding their stance on eminent domain has come to light, the facts about gas prices and energy security around Keystone XL are becoming more prominent, and it appears immediate approval without […]

Friends of Big Oil have been making a habit in this session of Congress of threatening to scuttle “must pass” legislation in order to hasten construction of the dangerous Keystone XL pipeline.  In June, yet another special interest showdown is looming as Congress takes one more stab at passing a bipartisan transportation bill that enjoys supermajority […]

Starting this week, the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) will host a series of meetings along the pipeline route where citizens and landowners can see the detailed maps of this new proposed route as well as ask questions to DEQ staff. O’Neill  – May 9, 4-7 p.m. at the O’Neill Community Center, 501 S. […]

Our concerns for our land and water remain. Landowners and citizens continue to speak out regarding the new proposed route of TransCanada’s tarsands pipeline that still crosses the Sandhills, sandy soil and the Ogallala Aquifer. More Info Background document on concerns of tarsands pipeline. US State Dept. press release on TransCanada’s new application. Reminder of […]

In response to breaking news that TransCanada will resubmit their federal application to the US State Department as early as Friday… “The fundamental facts remain, Americans are being asked to put clean water at risk and Nebraskans are being asked to give up their property rights for an extreme form of energy that will add […]

Nebraska’s DEQ just announced a series of public meetings where citizens and landowners can see detailed maps and learn about next steps in the pipeline route certification process. We want to make sure Nebraskans know that TransCanada has NOT submitted a new federal permit application yet. The Keystone XL pipeline approval is still very much […]

We created this new video to honor Earth Day and to be used at a conference in NY next week to tell our collective story. But most of all we created this video to say we are not done fighting and will not give up til we stop the TransCanada pipeline. Please share the video! […]

Representative Lee Terry (R-NE-2) may be a fan of the “Keystone rodeo,” but we know that only a clown could think that Nebraska can afford the risky tarsands pipeline that, if approved, could cross some our state’s most sensitive lands and our main water source, the Ogallala Aquifer. Representative Terry and his Big Oil buddies […]