Missouri River Authorized Purposes Study
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Council Bluffs Public Meeting – June 22, 2010
“My name is Clyde Anderson of Omaha, Nebraska. I am Treasurer and Transportation Issues Chair for the Nebraska Chapter - Sierra Club. We have over 2,000 members in the state of Nebraska. Sierra Club is America’s oldest, largest, and most influential [...]
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 [...]
It was recently announced that the city of Omaha, in partnership with the city of Lincoln, will receive $10 million from the Recovery Act Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Ramp-Up Program. The Omaha Lincoln Retrofit Ramp-Up Program application leverages resources amounting to $100 million from 27 partners across both communities to assist in the [...]
By Ken Winston, Chapter Lobbyist
Since the Legislature adjourned on April 14th, the focus has turned to interim activities. I will describe several legislative interim studies and other interim activities that are relevant to Sierra Club interests. I will also discuss other activities that are currently attracting our attention.
The Natural Resources Committee has several interim studies [...]
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 [...]
