Join Bold’s Jane Kleeb and Tallgrass Energy to hear about the Trailblazer Pipeline Community Benefits Agreement: Tuesday, Sept. 3 (12p): Hastings Wednesday, Sept. 4 (12p): Columbus https://bit.ly/tallgrasscba ..read more

Omaha World-Herald: Jane Kleeb’s Nebraska group launches new clean energy model fueled by $3 million grant Julie Anderson, July 2, 2024 “A Nebraska group that got its start organizing rural alliances to fight oil pipelines now is seeking to forge similar partnerships to catalyze renewable energy projects — and harvest the economic benefits that can come with them — in rural areas. The launch of the Bold Alliance’s new clean energy model is fueled by the $3 million Climate Breakthrough Award founder Jane Kleeb received in November,” the Omaha World-Herald reports. “The international award will ..read more

Screenshot York County is currently considering what most folks would probably consider to be unreasonable “setback” distance requirements for solar energy development in the county. A recent poll found that nearly 90% of York County residents believe landowners have the right to allow solar projects on their land, while more than 60% are comfortable with solar development. But the proposed solar setback distance in York County is 2,640 feet (1/2 mile), which is not fair, or based on health risks. For comparison, the only federal setback requirement for a hazardous gas pipeline is 50 feet. A&n ..read more

Volunteer to help Get Out the Vote for Bold candidates who will protect our land and water. For more details about an event, contact Stephanie Matejka: 402-314-0826 (stephanie@boldalliance.org) Friday April 26 6-8pm Friday Phone Bank, Innovation Campus Mill Coffee & Tea 2021 Transformation Dr #1350, Lincoln, NE 68508 Tuesday April 30th 6-8pmText Bank Tuesday Innovation Campus Mill Coffee & Tea 2021 Transformation Dr #1350, Lincoln, NE 68508 Friday and Saturday May 3 & 4Lincoln Calling (Music Festival, Bold booth) https://lincolncalling.com/ Tuesday May 7th 6-8pmText Bank Tuesday ..read more

Tallgrass Energy recently received permission from the federal government to convert its existing Trailblazer pipeline, which currently carries methane gas across Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming, into a carbon dioxide (CO2) pipeline. A Community Benefits Agreement has been announced between the company Tallgrass and Bold Nebraska, also earning the support of local community groups Renewable Fuels Nebraska, the Nebraska State Volunteer Firefighter Association, the Nebraska Farm Bureau, the Nebraska Corn Growers Association, the Nebraska Cattlemen Association, the Nebraska Farmers Union, the Nebr ..read more

In the state of Nebraska, there is no state agency with authority over carbon dioxide (CO2) pipelines, after the Nebraska Public Service Commission issued a statement saying it had no authority under state laws, leaving landowners, counties and first responders to come up with measures to protect property rights, themselves and the communities impacted.  The Tallgrass Trailblazer methane gas pipeline was constructed in 1981 to carry gas across Wyoming, Colorado and Nebraska. The company recently applied for and was granted permission by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to t ..read more

ACTION: Call your State Senator: Vote NO on LB 399. (Click here to ID your Senator, and their homepage with phone number and online contact form) We need energy parity here in Nebraska — where wind, solar, coal, and pipelines are all required to have proper setbacks, local zoning restrictions, and decommissioning requirements for the infrastructure after its purpose has been served. But a bad bill currently on the floor of the Nebraska Legislature unfairly singles out wind and solar, taking away local control and setting clean energy projects up for rejection by a state board hand-picked and ..read more

John Cavanaugh. District 9. Nebraska Legislature. Nebraska State Senator John Cavanaugh has introduced LB 1366, a bill in the Nebraska Legislature that would change provisions relating to the use of eminent domain in Nebraska. The bill would change existing state law so that no entity would be authorized to use eminent domain to take a landowner’s property in Nebraska unless a majority vote of the governing body of the county, city, or village where the property is located approves such taking — and only after a “good faith” effort has been made by the entity seeking eminent domain authority ..read more

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