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TransCanada makes moves for Keystone pipeline land
Posted by Associated Press: Grant Schulte on January 21st, 2015
Associated Press: The developer of the Keystone XL oil pipeline took its first steps in Nebraska on Tuesday since the state’s high court removed a major legal barrier for the planned route. Officials with TransCanada said they’ve filed paperwork in nine counties to acquire access to the remaining land that’s needed to construct, operate and maintain the pipeline. The two-year window for TransCanada to invoke eminent domain in Nebraska closes Thursday. The pathway could still face legal challenges in Nebraska. Opponents...
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Keystone XL foes undaunted by State Dept. report
Posted by Associated Press: Grant Schulte on February 1st, 2014
Associated Press: With yet another obstacle removed for the Keystone XL pipeline, opponents were pressing forward with a lawsuit to challenge the project, public protests and an effort to inject the issue into the November elections.
Supporters and opponents both were quick to claim victories with the U.S. State Department report released Friday, which raised no major objections to the pipeline. The oil industry, some union groups and congressional Republicans called on the Obama administration to move forward...
Keystone XL Opponents Turn Focus to Local Governments
Posted by Associated Press: Grant Schulte on July 3rd, 2013
Associated Press: Frustrated with state and federal officials, opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline are turning to low-level county commissions and zoning boards in a new attempt to slow a project that has become a focal point of national battle over climate change.
Landowners and other opponents of the pipeline, which could carry 830,000 barrels of oil per day from Canadian tar sands to refineries on the Texas Gulf coast, are asking county commissions along the route to pass resolutions formally opposing the...
Nebraska opposition muted ahead of Keystone XL hearing
Posted by Associated Press: Grant Schulte on April 18th, 2013
Associated Press: A proposed Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline would run just 1,000 feet from Terri Funk's doorstep, but the Nebraska farmer and her husband don't plan to protest or even attend the U.S. State Department's lone public hearing on the contentious proposal Thursday.
That's because the company building the pipeline has pledged to restore any of their land it digs up. So her opinion is this: Build away.
Just months after intense opposition in Nebraska helped delay and reroute the Keystone XL pipeline,...
Keystone XL opponents brace for protests in Neb
Posted by Associated Press: Grant Schulte on April 18th, 2013
Associated Press: Opponents of a massive Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline converged on a snowy Nebraska town Thursday for a critical hearing on the project, but they already were preparing for acts of civil disobedience should President Barack Obama approve it.
Despite a spring storm that brought sleet and snow to Nebraska, the U.S. State Department hearing in Grand Island drew more than 1,000 supporters and opponents from around the state, as well as activists from outside the region who consider Nebraska a key battleground...
Drought contributes to Neb. climate change debate
Posted by Associated Press: Grant Schulte on March 24th, 2013
Associated Press: A harsh summer drought that threatened Nebraska farms and ranches has prompted lawmakers to take a fresh look at climate change, an issue that has gotten little traction in the Legislature.
A bill that would launch a state review of climate change and its possible impact on life in Nebraska advanced out of a committee last week and is on pace to be debated this year.
Sen. Ken Haar's proposal would direct the state's climate-assessment commission to draft a report for lawmakers and the governor....