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Nebraska Sierra Club Comments to State Dept on XL-Pipeline
Ken Winston at Rally By Ken Winston, Nebraska Sierra Club Lobbyist On this Earth Day, with memories of the Gulf Oil rig explosion newly revived on the anniversary of that disaster, coupled with images...
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By Helen Winston Do you see us? A sea of desperate faces undulating in the winds of tyranny But even as we are frozen and blown around, we do not bend Do you see us? Standing tall together despite the...
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Nebraska Sierra Club Lobbyist Legislative Update
Ken Winston at Rally By Ken Winston, NE Sierra Club Chapter Lobbyist First of all Sen. Ken Haar, our best friend in the Legislature, had a mild heart attack this weekend while cutting trees with a...
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Lack of Electricity Transmission Infrastructure Biggest Wind Energy Impediment
Steve Andrews By Steve Andrews, MoValley Sierra Club Vice-Chair In light of the advancement status of LB 104 and LB 402 it is imperative that we access the current infrastructure. One such report was...
View ArticleMoValley SC Potluck Picnic at Heron Haven
By Mary Green, MoValley SC Group Program Chair What: Picnic and Evening Walk at Heron Haven When: Thursday evening. June 27, 6 p.m. Where: Heron Haven, 11809 Old Maple Rd., Omaha 6 p.m Potluck...
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By Ken Winston, Chapter Issues Advocate — June 4 Good News! Senator Tyson Larson, evidently realizing there was strong opposition to LB 57 and little support for the bill, moved to bracket it until...
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2013 Legislative Wrap Up
Ken Winston at Rally By Ken Winston, Chapter Policy Advocate The 2013 legislative session resulted in several strong policy enactments supporting clean energy and the environment. LB...
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Keystone XL-Pipeline Fight Still Going Strong
XL Pipeline Protest – Lincoln – Mar 2011 – Photo by Mitch Paine By Jane Wilson, MoValley Sierra Club Keystone Activist Pumped up by the Forward on Climate rally in Washington, D.C. and the solidarity...
View ArticleTargeting Dirty Coal
By Graham Jordison, Beyond Coal Campaign Organizer I moved to Nebraska eight months ago for the Beyond Coal Campaign. In the three years I’ve worked for the Club this is the fourth state I’ve lived...
View ArticleWildlife Sightings Likely at Heron Haven Program
By Mary Green, MoValley Program Chair Heron Haven is a little gem of a wetland tucked into urban Omaha near 120th and Maple Streets. One of the last riparian oxbow wetlands of the Big Papio Creek...
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World Herald: Keystone XL pipeline plan skips latest tools to detect leaks
Ken Winston at Rally By Ken Winston, Chapter Issues Advocate - This is the Front Page Story in the Thursday, June 20th Omaha World Herald. Click here to read the full article on the World Herald web...
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Sierra Club Launches New Online Electric Vehicle Guide!
Nissan LEAF By Gina Coplon-Newfield - June 18th the Sierra Club launched a new online Electric Vehicle Guide. You can find it here: sierraclub.org/EVguide We’ve put a lot all in one place, including...
View ArticleOpportunities for OPPD Investment in Renewable Energy
TO: Chairman Ulrich and OPPD Board of Directors FROM: Ken Winston, Issues Advocate, Nebraska Sierra Club Two recent events have highlighted the need to take advantage of opportunities for investment in...
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Beyond Coal Campaign Update
Ken Winston at Rally By Ken Winston, NE Sierra Club Chapter Advocate - June 28, 2013 The Beyond Coal Campaign continues to have an active presence in Nebraska. We are working on three specific efforts;...
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Update on the Battle Against the Tar Sands
Ken Winston at Rally By Ken Winston, NE Sierra Club Chapter Advocate - June 28, 2013 The battle against the tar sands and the Keystone XL continues. Nebraska continues to play a key role in this...
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2013 Legislative Wrap Up
Ken Winston at Rally By Ken Winston, NE Sierra Club Chapter Policy Advocate – June 28, 2013 The 2013 legislative session resulted in several strong policy enactments supporting clean energy and the...
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Chapter Chairs Assembly Report
Tyler Mainquist, Vice Chair By Tyler Mainquist, NE Sierra Club Chapter Vice-Chair As a reminder, at the beginning of May I attended what was billed as the “first ever” meeting of chapter chairs from...
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Permaculture Basics
Our August program will focus on permaculture. By Mary Green, Program Chair Mary Green, Program Chair
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Donate your appreciated stock to Sierra Club Foundation!
By Clyde Anderson, Chapter Treasurer Do you have stock that you have owned for more than one year that has appreciated in value? If you sell that stock, you will owe capital gains tax on the...
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Nebraska Sierra Club Re-activating Its Bluestem Group
Dick Boyd, Chpt Chair Lincoln area conservation leaders are requested to rally to re-activate this vital local environmental group – the local arm of the Sierra Club in Nebraska” When: Wednesday,...
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