FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Nov, 1, 2023 JANE KLEEB RECEIVES 2023 CLIMATE BREAKTHROUGH AWARD TO PURSUE TRANSFORMATIVE CLIMATE ACTION SAN FRANCISCO, NOVEMBER 1, 2023 — Jane Kleeb of the United States has been named as a recipient of the 2023 Climate Breakthrough Award, the largest climate funding for individuals, award organizer and global philanthropy Climate Breakthrough said today. Jane will receive US$3 million in multiyear, flexible funding along with comprehensive capacity-building resources to build alliances among rural Americans and advocate clean energy development that is beneficial to l ..read more

Congrats to our Bold Founder Jane Kleeb for being named a recipient of the 2023 Climate Breakthrough Award, the largest global climate funding award for individuals. With this award, Jane is creating a new project called Energy Builders that will focus on a new economic model around clean energy in rural communities. For too long climate action has been focused on the coasts or as a talking point in the halls of Congress. However, the majority of land needed to build America’s next 100 years of energy freedom with clean energy is in our rural towns. Rural people have been seen as pa ..read more

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2022 Harvest of Sacred Ponca Corn (Photo: Eric Galushi) We are honored to invite all of our friends to join us on Saturday, September 23rd for the harvesting of the Ponca Sacred Corn, on Ponca Nation land situated with the Tanderup family farm — the land where ancestors crossed the Ponca Trail of Tears. Mekasi Camp first had the dream to bring the Ponca Sacred Corn back to its ancestral land, over 10 years ago, as medicine and prayers to protect this land from the Keystone XL pipeline. After much discussion and prayer as leaders, we have decided this will be the last large gathering for the h ..read more

Thousands of impacted landowners, Tribal Nations, individual counties, cities and other communities across the U.S. have voiced major concerns about the terrifyingly large gaps in regulations on pipelines carrying carbon dioxide (CO2). Right now, developers are proposing a significant number of new interstate CO2 pipelines that would cross Midwest states including Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota and Illinois. While none of these projects has yet obtained any necessary state agency permits, developers have already begun to use eminent domain to sue landowners who refuse t ..read more

Bold Alliance published an updated version of our Nebraska Landowner and County Leader Guide to Carbon Pipeline Risks in December 2022. The updated Guide includes: About the Nebraska Easement Action Team (NEAT) landowners’ legal co-op & FAQ Maps of proposed carbon pipeline routes in Nebraska Top 8 Reasons to Oppose Risky Carbon Pipelines “The Gassing of Satartia” by Dan Zegart (exceprt) “Welcome to the 45Q Tax Credit Piggie Farm! by Paul Blackburn, attorney, Bold Alliance How to Contact Your County Board About the Pipeline Pipeline Safety Trust: Report: Carbon Dioxide Pipelines: Dangerous ..read more

April 2016 Keystone pipeline spill site on farmland near Freeman, South Dakota. (Photo: Carolyn Smith) TC Energy’s original Keystone oil pipeline recorded its 22nd spill on Dec. 8, 2022. According to Reuters, “An emergency shutdown and response was initiated at about 8 p.m. CT on Dec. 7 after alarms and a pressure drop in the system, the company said in a release, adding booms were deployed to control downstream migration of the release. “The system remains shut down as our crews actively respond and work to contain and recover the oil,” the release said. The company was not immediately availa ..read more

On Friday, December 2 in Washington, D.C., Jane Fonda will lead a Fire Drill Fridays climate emergency rally, to call on President Biden and Congress to reject once and for all Sen. Manchin’s Dirty Deal to fast-track oil and gas projects like the Mountain Valley Pipeline. Join us on the livestream! #FireDrillFridays #ActOnClimate #NoDirtyDeal #NoMVP ..read more

Bold has released a new handbook, “Landowner and County Leader Guide to Carbon Pipeline Risks,” which will be available at upcoming meetings of the Nebraska Easement Action Team (NEAT), and is also available for download here. The guide contains information on the risks of carbon pipelines, and sample county ordinance language that can be presented to County Boards in Nebraska. Landowner and County Leader Guide to Carbon Pipeline Risks ..read more

Nov 7, 2022 (Neligh, Nebraska) – Farmers in support of Women’s Reproductive Freedom etched a giant 33-acre crop art image depicting a free woman on a rearing horse surrounded by the words ‘Vote Freedom’ with the woman’s symbol serving as the o in Freedom. The crop art message calls for voters to make Women’s Reproductive Freedom their top priority in the mid-term elections on Nov 8. (Photo credit: Ryan Johnson)Nov 7, 2022 (Neligh, Nebraska) – Farmers in support of Women’s Reproductive Freedom etched a giant 33-acre crop art image depicting a free woman on a rearing horse surrounded by the word ..read more