Pickens Plan Media Coverage 9.26.09-9.28.09
Guest Commentary: Natural Gas is America’s Fuel – Daily Camera – 9/26/09 Advance Natural Gas Legislation to End Our Dependence on Foreign Oil – Carlsbad Current-Argus – 9/26/09 Natural Gas Industry Demanding a Bigger Energy Spotlight – Fort Worth Business Press – 9/28/09 Don’t Depend on Foreign Oil – Houston Chronicle – 9/25/09 Reduce Need Continue Reading
NPR Reports Natural Gas Key to Lowering Greenhouse Gas Emissions
National Public Radio reports on the increased supply and enormous benefits of using natural gas, a cheaper, cleaner burning domestic fuel. Continue Reading
Natural Gas Producers in a Big Push on Energy
In an article in the Fort Worth Business Press, reporter John-Laurent Tronche writes that the natural gas industry has formed a group to “make sure natural gas has a voice in the discussion going forward.” The group, America’s Natural Gas Alliance (ANGA) is a partner of the Pickens Plan. ANGA’s members, according to Continue Reading
Fact of the Day – September 25, 2009
“In 2008, natural gas vehicles displaced 250 million gallons of petroleum in the United States. With adequate support, by 2020, that number could grow to 10 billion gallons. Because natural gas is a domestic fuel, funding natural gas vehicles will help lessen our dependence on foreign oil.” David Parker, president and CEO of American Gas Continue Reading
Pickens Plan Media Coverage 9.25.09
What about the Grid? – Le Mars Daily Sentinel – 9/24/09 NPR Focuses on The Little Guys Who Bring You Domestic Natural Gas – The Energy Collective – 9/25/09 Continue Reading
Natural Gas Rights Generate Millions for Pennsylvanians and New Yorkers
America’s natural gas prospects continued to brighten when Fortuna Energy announced that it will pay $165 million to a coalition of landowners in Pennsylvania and New York for drilling rights in the massive Marcellus Shale. The five-year deal covers 30,000 acres at $5,500 per acre, plus royalties. Fortuna is a subsidiary of Calgary-based Talisman Energy. Continue Reading
Jason Schaefer: We shouldn't fall behind in energy
The North Dakota representative for the National Wildlife Federation had an excellent essay in the Bismark Tribune. He writes about the need to pick up the pace in alternative energy and makes a pretty strong case for action now in the U.S. Congress. Here’s the essay by Jason Schaefer: We shouldn’t fall behind in energy Continue Reading
Fact of the Day – September 24, 2009
At a recent energy conference sponsored by the Southern Growth Policies Board, Gov. Mike Beebe (D-AR) said that developing a new energy policy will give states a chance to create jobs. Arkansas has recently attracted four foreign companies that make wind turbine components. Continue Reading
Pickens Plan Media Coverage 9.24.09
The Wind Beneath His Wings – Portfolio – 9/24/09 T. Boone Pickens Talks Natural Gas at WasteCon Event in Long Beach – Los Angeles Times – 9/23/09 T. Boone Pickens Promotes Natural Gas Bills at Long Beach Convention – Long Beach Press-Telegram – 9/23/09 John Glenn: Atmosphere Looked Thin to Me, So Clean it Up Continue Reading
Fact of the Day – September 23, 2009
“What we’re saying is that come around 2012 the impact of this big recession on oil investment and capacity, if current trends continue, could be severe with much higher oil prices,” International Energy Agency chief economist Fatih Birol. Continue Reading