PLEASE ATTEND ONE (OR MORE!) OF THE FOLLOWING RALLIES IF YOU ARE WILLING & ABLE
by Jane Wilson
Guardians of the Good Life is sponsoring a week of action, August 18-25, to speak out about the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline and educate as many people as possible about this eminent threat to our Sand Hills and [...]

By Albert Lierz
Yard signs go up, weekly demonstrations with Burma Shave type signs, letter to editor, etc.
TransCanada, one of North America’s largest providers of gas storage and pipeline services, is currently constructing a 30-inch Keystone Pipeline that will extend 2,151 miles to transport crude oil from the tar sand mines near Hardisty, Alberta to Cushing, [...]

Environment Omaha launches www.passthepotatoes.com, a virtual town hall event that invites anyone interested in Omaha to submit ideas for improving the sustainability of the city. It’s powered by MindMixer, a new web platform that allows the public to generate ideas, help others evolve their ideas and ultimately vote and prioritize the best ideas. Ideas will [...]

Internationally renowned global warming activist and writer Bill McKibben will lead a protest over the use of coal energy Thursday morning June 17 in downtown Omaha. The 11:00 a.m. protest will be held in front of the Union Pacific’s corporate headquarters at 14th and Douglas Streets to spotlight Nebraska’s leading role in the transport [...]

By Ken Winston and Clyde Anderson
TransCanada is one of North America’s largest providers of gas storage and pipeline services. It also owns, controls or is developing approximately 11,700 megawatts of power generation. TransCanada’s 30-inch Keystone Pipeline is presently under construction and will extend 2,151 miles to transport crude oil from the tar sand mines near [...]