Pipeline Resources: we compiled some of our best pictures, videos for b-roll and reports on the pipeline for press and bloggers.
Health Reform: we compiled a list of group contacts and resources for press and bloggers to help with stories around the health care law.
Pictures: if you have trouble downloading any pictures below, please email info@boldnebraska.org. Most of the pictures are in various folders on our Flickr page. Additionally, photos by Mitch Paine for press/high resolution can be found here. Please give photo credit to Bold Nebraska and Mitch Paine.
Pipeline Basics
Congressional Memo on role of state vs federal regulations and responsibility of oil pipelines, 9/20/2010: download PDF (pg 5 of the memo outlines state's authority to route the pipeline and how Nebraska's eminent domain law gives TransCanada authority to take Nebraskans' land)
Packet of background pipeline information for press roundtable, 3/30/2011: download PDF
Audio transcript of press roundtable: http://tinyurl.com/3u4v2k2
Audio transcript of Farmers Union Conference where TransCanada makes it clear if Nebraska does pass regulations, they will follow them: download audio clip
White House Sit-In Pictures
Pipeline, Landowners + Canada Pictures
Randy Thompson (landowner at the heart of the "I Stand with Randy" campaign): click here
DC Delegation (can be used for free, with attribution to Mitch Paine): http://tinyurl.com/NEDCpics
Pipeline Rally (can be used for free, with attribution to Mitch Paine): http://tinyurl.com/piperally
Nebraska Landowners (can be used for free, with attribution to Mitch Paine): http://tinyurl.com/KXLlando
Canadian Tarsands Mining (with attribution's listed on the pics): http://dirtyoilsands.org/visuals
Pipeline Videos
Compilation of Landowners speaking about land and TransCanada bullying: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-67r8gVLDa0
Cindy Myers (with permission of National Wildlife): http://tinyurl.com/CinMyers
Randy Thompson (with permission of National Wildlife): http://tinyurl.com/RandyNE
Lynda Buoy (with permission of Bold Nebraska): http://tinyurl.com/LynBuoy
Susan Luebbe (with permission of Bold Nebraska): http://tinyurl.com/SusLuebbe
More on Randy Thompson, Randy is the landowner at the center of our "I Stand with Randy" campaign
More Info on Pipeline
TransCanada jobs claims debunked by Cornell University Global Labor Institute: http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/globallaborinstitute/research/upload/GLI_KeystoneXL_Reportpdf.pdf
Poll results from Sept 2011 showing Nebraskans support a ballot initiative to protect natural resources: http://boldnebraska.org/uploaded/pdf/PipelinePoll_FinalResults_2011.pdf
Dr. Stansbury, from UNL, report on worst case spills: http://www.boldnebraska.org/transcanada_worstcase
Oil Not Destined for United States report: http://priceofoil.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/OCIKeystoneXLExport-Fin.pdf
UNL Dept. Ag Economics paper on the pipeline: http://tinyurl.com/unlpipeline
Bold Nebraska resource page: http://www.boldnebraska.org/pipeline-background-resources
NWF report on pipeline: http://tinyurl.com/nwfreport
Sierra Club profile of individuals affected by pipeline: http://tinyurl.com/sierrareport
Joint report on pipeline safety: http://tinyurl.com/pipelinesafety
TransCanada uses faulty steel report: http://plainsjustice.org/files/SubstandardSteelReport.pdf
Need more help (quotes, b-roll, etc.)? Contact jane@boldnebraska.org or 402-705-3622
Health Reform Resources
On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Affordable Care Act. Information on the law and contact information for groups actively working on the issue are below.
Resources, Blogs and Reports
The government’s website on the law is: http://www.healthcare.gov
Recent polling shows most Americans want to keep the law as is or make changes to it rather than repeal the law: http://www.kff.org/kaiserpolls/upload/8166-F.pdf
Blog- Rick Poore, small business owner writes on benefits of law: http://boldnebraska.org/healthlaw_smallbiz
Blog- Nebraska Appleseed writes about the benefits of the law for small business: http://neappleseed.org/blog/3865
Report- Center for Rural Affairs releases report "Affordable Care Act, What's in it? Health Insurance Exchanges That Work for Rural”: http://files.cfra.org/pdf/Health-Insurance-Exchanges.pdf
Nebraska Citizen Contacts
Dr. McKinney, 402-239-8596, Amckinney0576@gmail.com (doctor in rural Nebraska supportive of reform)
Rick Poore, 402-560-2736, rick@shirts101.com (small business owner supportive of reform)
Emily Schlichting, 402-699-4814, eschlichting@boldnebraska.org (young person benefiting from law, has been to DC to testify in front of Congress)
Nebraska Health Reform Group Contacts
ARC of Nebraska, 402-475-4407, info@arc-nebraska.org
Bold Nebraska, Jane Kleeb, 402-705-3622, jane@boldnebraska.org
Center for Rural Affairs, Jon Crabtree, 402-687-2100, johnc@cfra.org or Jon Bailey, 402-687-2100, jonb@cfra.org
Nebraska AARP, Devorah Lanner, 402-304-6172, DLanner@aarp.org
Nebraska American Cancer Society, Dustin Perchal, 402-658-9200, Dustin.Perchal@cancer.org
Nebraska Appleseed, Jennifer Carter, 402-440-3776, jcarter@neappleseed.org
Nebraska Farmers Union, Graham Christensen, 402-476-8815, graham@nebraskafarmersunion.org
Nebraska NAMI, Jonah Deppe, jdeppe@naminebraska.org
