Pickens Plan Media Coverage 12.19.09-12.21.09
How Exxon Mobil’s Purchase of XTO Energy May Affect the Energy Industry – Fort Worth Star Telegram – 12/19/09 The Transition to Natural Gas – Deseret News – 12/20/09 Olive: Turning up the Heat on Business – Toronto Star – 12/20/09 Cash In on These Transportation Trends – Motley Fool – 12/18/09 Continue Reading
Natural Gas Leads the Charge Versus Global Warming
In the aftermath of the Copenhagen climate conference, the Associated Press has labeled natural gas "the cavalry" in the fight against global warming. Continue Reading
Fact of the Day – December 18, 2009
Natural gas is, in many ways, the ideal fossil fuel. It is clean, easy to transport, and convenient to use.- U.S. Department of Energy Continue Reading
Meet the Army – Chandrashekar Tamirisa, Maryland State Leader
Chandrashekar Tamirisa, Maryland State Leader -Tell us about yourself? My name is Chandra Tamirisa. I am a public policy and strategy consultant in the Washington, D.C. area and live in the 8th Congressional District of the State of Maryland with my family. I am, by graduate-level training, an engineer, political scientist and applied economist. My Continue Reading
$26 Billion That's NOT Necessary
Boone delivers the November oil numbers and the figures continue to be staggering. Be sure to talk about it with your family during this holiday season and ask them to join us. Continue Reading
Fact of the Day – December 17, 2009
One way to prevent an oil supply disruption is to ensure our domestic production of oil is maintained. Remaining U.S. oil fields are becoming increasingly costly to produce because much of the easy-to-find oil has already been recovered. – U.S. Department of Energy Continue Reading
Pickens Plan Media Coverage 12.17.09
T. Boone Pickens to Keynote Saturday Ceremony – San Marcos Daily Record – 121/7/09 Texas Football Boosters Think Big – Wall Street Journal – 12/17/09 2009, the Fight for New Energy & Why the Wind Industry Wins It – Renewable Energy World – 12/17/09 Continue Reading
Fact of the Day – December 16, 2009
The United States has three times the amount of natural gas it thought it had in 1966 — and 40 percent more than just a few years ago. In fact, more than 2,000 trillion cubic feet of natural gas is estimated to be available; at present consumption levels, that’s enough to heat all U.S. households Continue Reading
Rep. Larson Natural Gas Tax Break Extender Approved
U.S. Rep. John Larson (D-Ct) has had a bill approved that will extend for one year the tax credit for using domestic natural gas as a transportation fuel. The bill provides for a tax credit of 50 cents per gallon-equivalent of compressed or liquefied natural gas when used as a transportation fuel. This is an Continue Reading
Fact of the Day – December 15, 2009
General Electric has won a $1.4 billion contract to build wind turbines for a wind energy generation operation in Oregon. The operation will consist of 338 turbines, for installation in 2011 and 2012, at Oregon’s Shepherds Flat generations station, making it the largest wind farm in the nation. The station will have an 845 megawatt Continue Reading