Nebraska Chapter P.O. Box 4664, Omaha, NE 68104 http://sierranebraska.org/ www.facebook.com/NebraskaS ierraClub February 17, 2015 The Nebraska Sierra Club called on Speaker Boehner of the US House of Representatives to apologize to Nebraska landowners and Native Americans for calling opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline extremists and anarchists. “It is unfortunate that Speaker Boehner has chosen to engage in cheap political demagoguery against hard-working, law-abiding, tax-paying American citizens,” said Ken Winston, Nebraska Sierra Club Policy Advocate. “Even more appalling is the silence of members of the Nebraska delegation who have failed to speak up for their own constituents. Although Speaker Boehner may be deaf to Nebraskans, our own elected officials should speak up for the people they are supposed to represent.” “Closer to home, we are pleased that Judge Kozisek enjoined TransCanada from taking land from Nebraska landowners last week. The fact that a foreign, for-profit corporation was using a law that has been declared unconstitutional by every judge who has ruled on it to try to take land from Nebraska landowners is just one more brazen attempt to circumvent our laws and democratic processes. Such attempts to undermine the constitutional rights of Americans cannot be in the best interests of the United States.” 1
The Nebraska Sierra Club called on Speaker Boehner of the US
House of Representatives to apologize to Nebraska landowners and
Native Americans for calling opponents of the
Keystone XL pipeline extremists and anarchists.It is unfortunate
that Speaker Boehner has chosen to engage in cheap political
demagoguery against hard-working, law-abiding, tax-paying American
citizens, said Ken Winston, Nebraska Sierra Club Policy Advocate.
Even more appalling is the silence of members of the Nebraska
delegation who have failed to speak up for their own constituents.
Although Speaker Boehner may be deaf to Nebraskans, our own elected
officials should speak up for the people they are supposed to
represent.Closer to home, we are pleased that Judge Kozisek
enjoined TransCanada from taking land from Nebraska landowners last
week. The fact that a foreign, for-profit corporation was using a
law that has been declared unconstitutional by every judge who has
ruled on it to try to take land from Nebraska landowners is just
one more brazen attempt to circumvent our laws and democratic
processes. Such attempts to undermine the constitutional rights of
Americans cannot be in the best interests of the United
States.President Obama has all the information he needs to deny the
permit. Study after study has concluded that it violates his
climate test because it will significantly increase greenhouse gas
emissions. It is clearly not in the national interest because it
only benefits foreign corporations and foreign governments while
risking vital American resources, such as our Ogallala Aquifer and
our many important rivers. The reality of the risks to our
resources has been demonstrated time after time by major pipeline
leaks. It is time for President Obama to deny the permit for KXL
and end this nightmare; a nightmare of threats against American
landowners by a foreign corporation, threats to our vital American
resources by one of the dirtiest fuels on the planet and threats to
our childrens future from excessive greenhouse gas
emissions.Contact: Ken Winston, [email protected],
402-212-3737
