We Killed KXL!
Victory in fight to stop KXL pipeline!

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KXL pipeline victory!
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BREAKING: TransCanada (aka TC Energy) announced the Keystone XL pipeline *TERMINATED!*

“Without a determined group of farmers, ranchers and tribes, KXL would have been in the ground years ago. Congratulations to all pipeline fighters!  #WeKilledKXL!” — Art Tanderup, Nebraska farmer and a leader in fight to stop KXL pipeline.

“Pipeline fighters never gave up, even after President Joe Biden stood with us and we knew locally the fight was not over until TransCanada waved the white flag,” said Jane Fleming Kleeb, Bold Nebraska founder. “Now, the Nebraska Public Service Commission must prepare an order revoking the state permit they granted TransCanada. Until the Commissioners act, farmers and ranchers will continue to face TransCanada’s attorneys in court, protecting their property from an eminent domain land grab by a foreign corporation.”

“We want to thank Nebraska State Senators Adam Morfeld and Eliot Bostar for urging the PSC to act,” Kleeb added. “Governor Ricketts is on a tour of Nebraska right now, talking about ‘property rights.’ Now is Gov. Ricketts’ chance to back up his words and protect Nebraska landowners.” 

“On behalf of our Ponca Nation we welcome this long overdue news and thank all who worked so tirelessly to educate and fight to prevent this from coming to fruition. It’s a great day for Mother Earth,” said Ponca Tribe of Nebraska Chairman Larry Wright, Jr.

“After a decade, it is a good day that TransCanada has realized that there is no future in tar sands and the Keystone XL Pipeline, but it is imperative that all permits granted in Nebraska be revoked, especially the Nebraska Public Service Commission’s permit,” said Art Tanderup, landowner and farmer on the now-cancelled Keystone XL pipeline route near Neligh, Nebraska and also along the historic Ponca Trail of Tears. “The further taking of easements by TransCanada must stop, and current easements must be returned to the landowners. This action provides proof that the stewards of the earth and the water; the farmers, ranchers, and Tribes know how to respect what the Creator has given us.”

View press release.

Also, see the link to an article in Indian Country Today.

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