Pickens Plan Media Coverage 5.9.09-5.11.09
The Oil Price Roller Coaster is on the Upswing – The Huffington Post – 5/8/09 T. Boone Pickens: ‘We Need to Run on Domestic Fuel’ – Monroe News Star – 5/9/09 T. Boone Pickens attends unveiling at Chatham – Shreveport Times – 5/8/09 North LA Parish Goes Green – KSLA – 5/8/09 From Toronto to Continue Reading
We need to keep pushing forward
Army! The pace of our march toward energy independence is picking up. Legislation has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives – H.R. 1835 – which will make a huge difference in the way we use domestic natural gas to replace foreign oil. H.R. 1835 is known as the NAT GAS Act of 2009 Continue Reading
Pickens Plan Media Coverage 5.8.09
Drill, Ivan, Drill – Investor’s Business Daily – 5/7/09 For Pickens, It’s Not Just Green, but Red, White and Blue, Too – Medill Reports – 5/7/09 Re: “Oil tycoon Pushes Renewable Energy,” May 1 News Story: – Roanoke Times & World News – 5/7/09 Where will your new job be? – Control Engineering Blog – Continue Reading
U.S. Continues to Import Nearly 70% of Foreign Oil
T. Boone Pickens: April U.S. Foreign Oil Dependence Figures Highest Yet in 2009 U.S. Sent $18.6 Billion Overseas and Imported 375 Million Barrels of Oil in April 2009 Chatham, Louisiana – May 8, 2009 – Speaking at the unveiling of a newly constructed EXCO compressed natural gas vehicle fueling facility, today energy expert T. Boone Continue Reading
Blown away by the turn out!
Boone visits the windy city for WINDPOWER 2009 put on by Pickens Plan partners AWEA. A new poll shows resounding support of the Pickens Plan. Special thanks to Pickens Plan Army members who showed up! Continue Reading
For Sam Brownback, It's About Balancing the 3 E's: Energy, the Economy, and the Environment
The abundant resources of the Sunflower State are a golden opporunity for America to decrease its dependence on foreign oil and re-power our country's economy. Continue Reading
Boone at the Windpower Convention
The American Wind Energy Association Convention attracted over 21,000 people – that is not a typo – 21,000 people to its convention in Chicago earlier this week. Reporter Maria Surma Manka posted a summary of a conversation with Boone which she described: T. Boone Pickens was the clear star of yesterday’s morning session. The 80-year-old Continue Reading
Pickens Plan Media Coverage 5.7.09
Pickens Says Wind-Power Mandate Should Come Soon – Associated Press – 5/6/09 T. Boone and The Best Economy America’s Ever Had – New Energy News – 5/7/09 WINDPOWER 2009: Conversation with T. Boone Pickens – Maria Energia – 5/7/09 Scenes from the Time 100 Bash – CNN Money (Fortune Blog) – 5/6/09 2008 SUCCESS Achiever Continue Reading
Boone speaks at the WINDPOWER 2009 Conference & Exhibition
This morning, Boone was in Chicago to speak at the WINDPOWER 2009 Conference & Exhibition, put on by the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA). The United States has the best wind power in the world and Boone talked about the critical need for Congress to pass legislation to institute a national RES (Renewable Electricity Standard) Continue Reading
Fact of the Day – May 6, 2009
According to a new survey by Baselice & Associates, Inc, 85% of Texas residents believe it’s important for the state to develop and use renewable energy – even if it costs them more on their monthly electric bills. Continue Reading