Pickens Plan Media Coverage 10.14.09
The Pickens Plan – The Hill’s Pundits Blog – 10/13/09 Financier Pushes for Independence from Foreign Oil – Virginian-Pilot – 10/14/09 U.S. Imported $25B in Oil in September – Dallas Business Journal – 10/13/09 DART May Buy Nearly 600 Buses that Run on Natural Gas – Dallas Morning News – 10/13/09 DART Moves to Buy Continue Reading
The Hill: The Pickens Plan makes life easier for joggers
One of the two major newspapers which cover Capitol Hill in Washington is named “The Hill.” The paper has senior strategists from both sides of the aisle blog on a regular basis. This appeared on Wednesday afternoon. The Pickens Plan By John Feehery – 10/13/09 The Hill’s Pundits Blog Back when I was a more Continue Reading
China's State-Run Energy Company to Buy Trillions of Cubic Feet of Russian Natural Gas
Boone Pickens has long said that American companies face an uphill battle when competing against state-owned energy companies. That was definitely the case on Tuesday when the prime ministers of Russia and China inked an agreement for 2.5 trillion cubic feet of gas per year. Continue Reading
Pickens Plan Media Coverage 10.13.09
In a Big Switch, DART Staff to Recommend Natural Gas Buses – Dallas Morning News – 10/13/09 Betting Big on a Boom in Natural Gas – BusinessWeek – 10/12/09 Economy Better; Oil and Gas Still Struggling – Ada Evening News – 10/12/09 Wind Turbine Entrepreneur Invites Obama to Local Event – Hesperia Star – 10/12/09 Continue Reading
U.S. Spent $25 Billion on Foreign Oil in September
The September Oil Import numbers have been released and the news is not good. According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA) of the U.S. Department of Energy we imported 357 million barrels of oil in September at a cost of $25 billion. We imported 63 percent of the oil we required in September which is Continue Reading
Boone Says: Turn Off the Lights!
Join the Pickens Plan to push for energy freedom during energy awareness month. Boone learned about energy conservation at his grandmother’s knee. Go to www.PickensPlan.com/energy_efficiency for more details. Continue Reading
Pickens Plan Media Coverage 10.10.09-10.12.09
Reading File – New York Times – 10/10/09 Making Natural Gas America’s Fuel – The Pueblo Chieftain – 10/11/09 Next Week’s Guest: T. Boone Pickens – Forbes – 10/12/09 Enact Legislation to Develop Natural Gas Vehicles – Watertown Daily Times – 10/9/09 Forget Foreign Oil And Go With Natural Gas – The Galveston County Daily Continue Reading
Boone was Right! Natural Gas is the Answer.
An article in the U.K. newspaper the “Telegraph” is headlined, “Energy Crisis is Postponed as New Gas Rescues the World” written by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard. Evans-Pritchard was reporting on the World Gas Conference which was held in Buenos Aires last week. According to the article, Advances in technology for extracting gas from shale and methane beds Continue Reading
Cong. Betsey Markey and Boone in The Pueblo Chieftain
U.S. Rep Betsey Markey (D-Colo) and T. Boone Pickens had a co-signed essay in Sunday’s Pueblo, Colorado Chieftain titled, “Making Natural Gas America’s Fuel.” Rep. Markey and Mr. Pickens write natural gas is a viable, clean, and abundant replacement for imported oil. The op-ed reminds Colorado readers that The latest study conducted by the Potential Continue Reading
Solar Decathlon in DC this month
This month the U.S. Department of Energy is sponsoring The Solar Decathlon. The event joins 20 college and university teams in a competition to design, build, and operate the most attractive and energy-efficient solar-powered house. Following is a video overview of the event. You can also find more information at www.solardecathlon.org. If you’re in the DC Continue Reading