Take Back Our Energy Future
Remember this date: July 8, 2008. We look back on that day as the moment you decided to stand up for America and team up with me to set America’s energy course. We are in the final countdown to the Pickens Plan Anniversary and Energy Independence Day. Have you started working on your video? Get Continue Reading
Boone on the "Green Revolution Show"
T. Boone Pickens will be the guest on the popular Internet radio program, “The Green Revolution Show” at 11:00am (PST) on http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Mr-Wayne Mr. Wayne and Boone will talk about the upcoming Energy Independence Day – July 8, 2009. From the Mr. Wayne website: It’s the best plan we have on the table, and quite frankly, Continue Reading
AT&T to deploy vans running on CNG in Oklahoma
Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives Chris Benge and AT&T have announced that AT&T is going to deploy 30 vans running on compressed natural gas for its Oklahoma fleet. Remember, in March, AT&T announced it was going to replace 8,000 of its domestic fleet with vehicles running on natural gas over the next few Continue Reading
Energy Independence Day Video Contest!
Attention Army! It’s your chance to tell the world enough is enough. Do it your way with your cameras, kids or just your can-do Pickens Plan spirit. Declare yourself free from foreign oil. Join the Anniversary celebration! Continue Reading
Pickens Plan Media Coverage 6.30.09
AT&T Updating Plans to Convert Vehicles to Run on Natural Gas – Dallas Morning News – 6/30/09 Reactions to the Energy Bill: Obama, Cleantech Biz, Environmentalists – Earth2Tech – 6/29/09 Gray Construction Tapped for Automotive Project – Lexington Herald-Leader – 6/29/09 Charleston Gaz: COMMENTARY: ; Report of Coal’s Death Premature – Charleston Gazette – 6/30/09 Continue Reading
Energy Independence Day Rallies and Video Contest
For the past year, the New Energy Army has been working hard to push for American energy independence. The Army is the reason the Pickens Plan is going to become a reality! July 8, 2009 is the 1 year anniversary of our campaign – we’re calling it Energy Independence Day. To celebrate, we want to Continue Reading
Fact of the Day – June 30, 2009
The Palm Desert, CA, city council has approved the purchase of a natural gas-powered ambulance, becoming the first city in the country to use such an ambulance, and has applied for federal funds to purchase even more natural gas-powered vehicles to add to its fleet. Continue Reading
Pickens Plan Media Coverage 6.27.09-6.29.09
Calling It Like I See It – Huffington Post – 6/26/09 Natural Gas Vehicles Get No Respect – Reuters – 6/26/09 Annual Cost of Climate Change Bill: $560 Per American – NewsMax – 6/28/09 Report: U.S. Gas Reserves More Than Originally Thought – Fort Worth Business Press – 6/29/09 Guests for the Sunday TV News Continue Reading
House Democratic Caucus Chair John Larson Speaks Out on Ending U.S. Addiction to Foreign Oil
Congressman John Larson of Connecticut, one of the driving forces behind the push for America to end its addiction to foreign oil, share his thoughts with the Pickens Plan Army. Continue Reading
Coal-to-Oil Could Possibly Yield $35 a Barrel Oil?
Researchers at the University of Texas Arlington have succeeded in producing Texas intermediate-quality crude oil from lignite, an abundant and cheap variety of coal. Their discovery, which was reported in Sunday’s Dallas Morning News, is a major step toward converting the country’s enormous coal reserves into a transportation fuel and reducing the country’s dependence on Continue Reading