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Keystone XL Tar Sands Decision Reportedly Delayed (UPDATED)
“It’s a huge victory, and it would probably be the biggest environmental gift that President Barack Obama has given us,” said NWF’s Tony Iallonardo. Read more >
The Top-10 Myths Vs. Facts About Keystone XL
Let’s bust the biggest myths about Keystone XL one at a time, then find out how you can help stop the pipeline. Read more >
Nebraska gives TransCanada the CornFinger
As a born and raised Iowan, I can’t say I’ve always thought fondly of my neighbors to the west. Corn jokes aside, I am anticipating the new Big 10 match up between my Hawkeyes and the Huskers the fall. Without a doubt,… Read more >
Nebraska Governor Tells Feds Keystone XL Route Unsafe
The Keystone XL tar sands pipeline route is unsafe, and the federal government’s environmental risk analysis is wrongly optimistic. That’s the assessment of Nebraska Republican Governor Dave Heineman who today sent a letter to President Obama and Secretary of State… Read more >
Hitting Home: Floodwaters Force Relocations in Several States
As major flooding events continue on the northern central Plains, my parents, other family members, and friends have been working non-stop the last few days to help evacuate people in neighboring towns now threatened by the rising river. Read more >
Bipartisan Nebraska State Senators Say Tar Sands Pipeline Dangerous
Telling Secretary of State Hillary Clinton they need time to pass pipeline safety legislation in the state, a bipartisan group of five Nebraska state senators is urging a delay of Keystone XL’s approval for twelve months. (The state is unicameral)…. Read more >
Back to Bullying for Tar Sands Pipeline Giant
TransCanada, the company plotting to build the Keystone XL 2,000-mile, $14 billion pipeline splicing through five states to ship Canadian crude oil to Gulf refineries has added yet one more misstep to its history of deception and misdeeds. Under… Read more >
Blow the Whistle on Polluter Abuse! [Audio]
Nebraska landowners and citizens will be able to blow the whistle on the heavy-handed tactics of Canadian oil giant TransCanada starting today. TransCanada is the company trying to run the dirty fuel into the U.S. along a 2000 mile proposed pipeline… Read more >
Poll: in Nebraska, ‘huskers rally against tar sands pipeline
Nebraska is many things to many people. Depending on who you ask, the Cornhusker State is “Where the West Begins,” the birthplace of Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffet, or home to a uniquely football-mad populace. And really, speaking as an… Read more >
Dirty Air Act Backers Feeling the Heat
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) already took a public drubbing when she introduced the so-called Dirty Air Act. Now, three more senators are in the line of fire for co-sponsoring her bill.
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