Tag Archives: Keystone XL

Biden must keep his promise to stop DAPL expansion

January 20, 2021 by Ed Fallon
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, January 20, 2021, 1:30 pm CT Contact Ed Fallon at (515) 238-6404 or [email protected] — www.boldiowa.com Biden must keep his promise to stop DAPL expansion As the President shuts down Keystone, Iowans remind him of his opposition to DAPL Des Moines, Iowa — Leading up to the 2020 Iowa Caucuses, Joe Biden told Bold Iowa climate activists on several occasions that he opposed the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). (View the record of Bold Iowa’s interactions with Biden on ten occasions.) On August Continue reading →

Bills Target Energy Pipeline Protesters

October 21, 2019 by Samantha Kuhn
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This article featured our favorite agitator-in-chief, Ed Fallon, talking about the latest pipeline protest laws and how the labor unions are now worried about what these prospective laws mean for ALL protesters, including members of labor unions. Excerpt from Urban Milwaukee: Ed Fallon, a former Iowa legislator who now heads an environmental advocacy organization called Bold Iowa that focuses on combating climate change, says that his organization and the union have often found themselves on opposite sides where the pipeline project was concerned. The project, Continue reading →

Standing with frontline communities

August 15, 2019 by Ed Fallon
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Dear Friends, As Energy Transfer Partners pushes to double the flow of oil through the Dakota Access Pipeline, it’s important to remember not only fossil fuels’ impact on the climate crisis but the devastation pipelines and extraction projects have on “sacrifice zones” — often communities of color, and almost always in regions with little economic and political clout. I found this message and the accompanying photos from Jennifer Falcon a powerful statement about what we’re fighting for. Thanks to Regina Tsosie with Sage Sisters for Continue reading →

Support Bold action to stop Trump, Keystone XL and Dakota Access

December 21, 2016 by Mark Hefflinger
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While many of us are looking forward to putting 2016 behind us, we here at Bold are reflecting on what was an amazing year of growth for us — and gearing up for big battles to come in 2017. In 2016, the Bold Alliance launched nationwide, expanding on Bold Nebraska’s successful organizing model of unlikely alliances protecting the land and water. We grew our team from three to eight Bold staff members in Nebraska, Iowa, Louisiana, and Oklahoma. Bold worked with union and progressive partners Continue reading →