NEWS: New Keystone XL Plan Still Finds Discontent in Nebraska
Recently on The Energy Collective, the latest in the Keystone XL oil pipeline saga was discussed by Rocky Kistner from the perspective of Nebraskan’s who are against the pipeline. The article starts:
TransCanada’s latest Keystone XL tar sands pipeline plan filed with the U.S. State Department has done nothing to quell local Nebraska opposition to the controversial project to pipe tar sands oil all the way to the Gulf for export. Nebraska residents say the massive pipeline plan still jeopardizes the world’s largest fresh drinking water source, the Ogallala Aquifer, risking the livelihoods of farmers and ranchers across country’s breadbasket. Jane Kleeb, director of Bold Nebraska, a local grassroots group of farmers, ranchers and concerned citizens, immediately blasted the plan and said they will continue to fight it.
