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2009

Pickens Plan Media Coverage 3.26.09

  • March 26, 2009

Metadata: Revisiting The Pickens Plan – Forbes.com – 3/26/09 One Week Until Pickens’ “Virtual March” – KTUL – 3/25/09 Wired for Progress Version 2.0 – Center for American Progress Action Fund – 3/25/09 Pickens: Obama Coming Around to My Plan – NBC Dallas-Fort Worth – 3/25/09 Continue Reading

Fact of the Day – March 26, 2009

  • March 26, 2009

Clean Currents, a company offering wind electricity within Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. and Pepco service areas, said last week that the cost of its “greener” electricity is now lower for some customers than the cost of standard stuff from the utilities.  Clean Currents buys its wind power from wind farms in several other states, Continue Reading

Boone Rocks Columbus

  • March 26, 2009

Boone and Mike Morris, American Electric Power’s chairman, president, and CEO rocked a house full of America’s New Energy Army foot soldiers in Columbus, Ohio, as they count down to the Virtual March April 1-3! Continue Reading

Boone to Speak to Energy Summit at University of Missouri

  • March 26, 2009

T. Boone Pickens will be, according to a University press release, the “keynote speaker for a statewide Energy Summit hosted by the University of Missouri’s four campuses April 22-23 in Columbia, Missouri.” Pickens’ keynote address is scheduled for 12:15 p.m. Wednesday, April 22 (Earth Day) in Jesse Hall Auditorium on the University of Missouri-Columbia campus. Continue Reading

Fact of the Day – March 25, 2009

  • March 25, 2009

AT&T Inc. recently announced it would spend up to $565 million to replace more than 15,000 gasoline-powered vehicles with a fleet powered by compressed natural gas and hybrid engines. “It’s obviously going to reduce our reliance on foreign oil.” AT&T chairman and chief executive Randall L. Stephenson Continue Reading

Pickens Plan Media Coverage 3.25.09

  • March 25, 2009

Pickens Brings Energy Conservation Message to Columbus – Columbus Business First – 3/24/09 The T. Boone Pickens Alt-Energy Show Rolls Across America – Minneapolis City Pages – 3/25/09 Oilman Makes Case for Renewable Energy; AEP Embraces Pickens’ Plan for More Wind Energy, Natural Gas – Columbus Dispatch – 3/25/09 My First Close Encounter with a Continue Reading

Pickens Plan Media Coverage 3.24.09

  • March 24, 2009

Guests Line Up for T. Boone Pickens Book Signing – Houston Chronicle – 3/22/09 Costly Alternatives May Drive Up the Price of Oil – The National – 3/23/09 Letter: Try Tapping Sewage Plant for Cleaner Power – The Salem News – 3/24/09 Obama Pledges Billions for Renewable Energy Projects – The Guardian – 3/23/09 Laz Continue Reading

Pickens Plan Media Coverage 3.20.09-3.23.09

  • March 23, 2009

Five Steps Toward Clean Energy – The Star Gazette – 3/22/09 The Viability Of Future Nuclear Reactors – The Abilene News Reporter – 3/22/09 Even With Solar, Power-Line Battles Loom – The Arizona Republic – 3/22/09 Get Ready: Here Comes The ‘Prosumer Economy’ – The San Francisco Chronicle – 3/22/09 PSC: Seek New Energy Sources Continue Reading

Fact of the Day – March 23, 2009

  • March 23, 2009

“The development of wind energy stimulates the whole economy, particularly at times of crisis.” Marcin Korolec, Secretary of State for the Ministry of the Economy in Poland Continue Reading

Fact of the Day – March 20, 2009

  • March 20, 2009

We believe natural gas vehicles (NGVs) are the best solution available today for this effort.  We like plug-in hybrids, but are concerned about the cost.  We believe the plug-in will be viable once more advancements are made in battery technology.  Obama’s goal to “Get 1 Million Plug-In Hybrid Cars on the Road by 2015” is Continue Reading