Routes unveiled…all of the routes still cross the Sandhills and still cross the Ogallala Aquifer. TransCanada’s pipeline still carries toxic tarsands and still carries too much risk to our families and communities. All of the routes are unacceptable and show once again we can not trust TransCanada. Download the Initial Report Identifying Alternative and Preferred Corridors for […]

Today, House Republicans led by John Boehner and Nebraska’s own Lee Terry will once again attempt to force approval of the Keystone XL Pipeline by attaching it to a 90-day extension of the federal transportation bill.  House members will vote on H.R. 4348, the Surface Transportation Extension Act sometime this afternoon. This is once again […]

This coming weekend, April 20-22, all Sandhills lovers should head to Burwell for the Nebraska Prairie Chicken Festival. This unique event is hosted by Calamus Outfitters and the Gracie Creek Landowners.  Festival activities will include birding excursions to see the Greater Prairie Chicken and Sharp-tailed Grouse as well as other area birds. Interesting and informative presentations will […]

Most of our state senators voted to “rubber stamp” TransCanada’s pipeline and give them faster eminent domain authority to seize Nebraskans’ land for their private gain. TransCanada may have snuck a left jab in yesterday, but we are far from being down for the count.  Five bold senators voted against the bill, please send a […]

Please join us at the capitol at 2pm on Wed. April 11th to help keep the Unicameral accountable for passing a bill that “rubber stamps” a route for TransCanada. Ben will have signs (see below) that folks can hold outside the chamber as they cast their vote. The signs call out the “Pipeline Six” and […]

TransCanada’s pipeline bill makes one sad point very clear: money wins, democracy loses. TransCanada’s demands and power over our State Senators means landowner’s property rights, water concerns and a transparent process to certify oil pipeline routes are now out the window. A foreign corporation that misleads Senators and bullies landowners got a bill passed just for […]

Update: 4/5, 7:30am: LB 1161, which is now a brand new bill, gets a “second” round of debate today at 10am. This is a brand new bill, this is not an “ammendment” and it CANCELS out the two laws passed during the Special Session. Speaker Flood’s ammendment was apparently not acceptable to the pipeline supports […]

As the Nebraska state legislature considers legislation that will hastily fast track a route review of TransCanada’s Keystone XL tarsands pipeline, and undo laws passed last year during the historic Special Session, a few important points remain critically unaddressed:  Nebraska’s state constitution forbids any law being passed for the benefit of one company. The pipeline bill […]

Updated 3/22 with reaction to President’s speech in Cushing: Many of us voted for President Obama because he shared a vision for a clean energy economy, one that lives up to what America can do. TransCanada’s export pipeline does not fit into this vision. TransCanada is building an export pipeline to a refinery owned by […]

Bold and partner groups are hosting a series of meetings to update the community on the status of TransCanada’s rejected Keystone XL, the possibilities of a new application, happenings in Washington and to get input on Nebraska’s Public Service Commission (PSC) public comment process for certifying oil pipeline routes. Our goal of the community meetings […]