Bold Nebraska today released a new report that documents the lies, bullying, and coercion used by TransCanada—the company proposing the Keystone XL tarsands pipeline. Lost in the intense debate about the Keystone XL tarsands pipeline is that TransCanada is not worthy of permission to build the massive project.    In their attempts to force construction […]

The President is traveling to Cushing on Thursday to show support for domestic oil production and support for a TransCanada pipeline that would go from OK to the TX port (and then off to the highest bidder from a refinery owned by Saudi Arabia). We wanted to give folks a quick update on the Nebraska […]

Update 3/13, 11am: The Natural Resources Committee voted out Sen. Smith’s bill that gives TransCanada special treatment, leaves landowners to fight to protect their property rights and violates Nebraska’s constitution. Our press release is below. Save March 30th for a citizen action to protest LB 1161. Bought Off by TransCanada, Forgotten Nebraska Roots The Natural Resources […]

The Senate voted down an amendment that would have given immediate approval to the Keystone XL export pipeline. Jane Kleeb, our Executive Director, made the following statement: “Today’s vote is an official record of who sides with Nebraskans, our land and water and who sides with TransCanada and their Big Oil allies. “We specifically want to […]

Update: At 1:30pm CT, March 8, the debate and votes begin on the various Keystone XL amendments. Some will do great things like demand TransCanada uses American steel and not imported steel from India and ensure the oil stays in the United States. Other amendments will reverse the President’s denial and approve the KXL pipeline for immediate construction. Watch […]

Editor’s note: This piece was originally published last night on http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com and was written by Brenda Norrell of Censored News. Lakotas Alex White Plume, Debra White Plume, Andrew Ironshell, Sam Long Black Cat and Don Iron Shell, were arrested at a blockade of tarsands pipeline trucks. Debra White Plume, released from jail in Kyle, South Dakota, said Monday night, […]

New information on TransCanada’s plans in relation to the rejected Keystone XL pipeline came out this week. According to TransCanada’s press release, they are moving forward with just building an extension from Oklahoma to Texas in addition to saying they will submit for a new application for their (already rejected) Keystone XL pipeline that crosses our […]

NPR’s Guy Raz with All Things Considered features Nebraska landowners Randy Thompson and Suz Luebbe. This is a two-part series, we will post the link to the second part tomorrow. Randy and Suz do a great job telling our story of fighting TransCanada and why we are doing everything we can to protect our land […]

After sitting through the hearing for LB 1161, I am quite sure that Sen. Smith’s bill is unnecessary and harmful to Nebraskans and goes against the spirit and intent of laws passed during the Special Session.  Time after time at the hearing, when questioned on items of concern in his bill (and I use the […]

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 […]