On a non-descript Saturday, January 17th 2015, just before sunset, trucks hauling trailers pulled into a field near Alda, Nebraska. A place of solitude, with Nebraska’s last remaining tall and … Read more
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Nebraska Court Decision Means Time to Reject Keystone XL Has Arrived
The time to reject Keystone XL has arrived. Last spring, the Administration put a decision on the pipeline on hold until a legal issue over the route in Nebraska was … Read more
Senate Says “No” to Keystone XL; Next up, President Obama
The Senate narrowly defeated a bill on November 18th that would have approved the Keystone XL pipeline. NWF applauded the Senators that stood up for wildlife, clean air, and healthy landscapes by … Read more
Nebraska Groups Offer Utilities Road Map to Cleaner Energy Future
Nebraska is unique among the U.S. states: It’s the only one that serves its electric customers entirely through public power entities. While this system of 100 percent public power has … Read more
Big Oil vs. Big Birds – Who Will Win?
On Thursday, the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline will be front and center in Grand Island, Nebraska, when the US State Department holds its lone public hearing on the immensely … Read more
Hold Your Senators Accountable on their Dirty Oil Vote
On Friday, the U.S. Senate passed Senator Hoeven’s amendment 62-37, a non-binding amendment that expresses support for building the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline–despite the projects’ devastating impacts on … Read more
New Keystone XL Pipeline Route to Steamroll Bald Eagles?
Will America’s national icon be yet another casualty of the tar sands megapipeline? Read more
NWF Says New Keystone XL Map Revisits Old Problems
TransCanada, the company behind the Keystone XL pipeline, has submitted its official route through the state of Nebraska–but still managed to dodge its responsibilities to people and wildlife. This controversial portion … Read more
Sandhill Cranes: an Ancient Bird, a New Threat, and How You Can Help
What does Big Oil have in store for one of the planet’s oldest residents? Find out more about this amazing animal and its trek across our continent — and how Canada’s tar sands industry puts it in danger. Read more
New Keystone XL Route – Same Risks, Same Threats
Building a 1,700-mile pipeline tocarry up to 800,000 barrels a day of thick, tar-like crude oil through the middle of America will rip up Canada’s boreal forest, leave toxic sludge … Read more