T. Boone Pickens’ Energy Independence Pledge is up and running–and it’s already landed its first big name:
Gov. Richardson Signs Pickens Pledge Joining More Than 300,000 Americans Who Want to End Our Addiction to Foreign Oil
September 15, 2008 – New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson became the first Governor to sign the pledge to join T. Boone Pickens’ campaign to break America’s addiction to foreign oil.
“Governor Richardson is a former Secretary of Energy,” Pickens said. “He knows how dangerous the current situation is from a national security standpoint. And as a sitting Governor he also knows the economic risks of spending $700 billion a year importing foreign oil.”
“Bill Richardson is a man of vision and a man of action. I salute him for his leadership in urging the next Administration in Washington – whoever wins in November – to make reducing our dependence on foreign oil an absolute priority during the first 100 days of his Presidency,” Pickens said.
Pickens was in Albuquerque for a town hall meeting last week at which nearly 2,000 people listened to Pickens explain his plan to reduce America’s dependence on foreign oil by 30% over the next ten years.
While Governor Richardson said there are elements of the Pickens plan he is concerned about, he supports T. Boone Pickens in calling on the next President to develop immediately a comprehensive energy plan that reduces U.S. oil dependence and promotes renewable energy on a massive scale.
You can find out more about the pledge, including information on how to ask your own Governor and members of Congress to sign it, at our new action center.