Hutchison Says "Access All Potential Sources of Energy"
As the senior Senator from Texas, Kay Bailey Hutchison knows firsthand what it takes to power America. Here she shares insights about what we can do right now as well as ways we can secure our country's future energy needs. Continue Reading
Interior Secretary Salazar Pledges Wind, Solar Development
Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar, testified yesterday that his Department will be aggressive in looking for ways to balance the need for domestic, renewable energy with the needs of the environment and landscape in the land under the Department’s jurisdiction which is “20 percent of the land mass of the United States and 1.7 Continue Reading
Pickens Plan Media Coverage 3.17.09
Tom Brokaw’s New Global Warming Documentary – Time – 3/17/09 Pickens Leading Virtual March for Energy Independence – Environmental Protection – 3/17/09 So You Want to Be a Wind Tech? Don’t Look Down – eWeek Careers Blog – 3/16/09 Dynamic Duo: Green Jobs Meets the Solidarity Economy – ZNet – 3/16/09 Open Letter to Boone Continue Reading
Fact of the Day – March 17, 2009
“We have to connect the sun of the deserts and the wind of the Plains to places where people live.” Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar on the need for new transmission corridors. Continue Reading
Boone to speak at Milken Global Conference
T. Boone Pickens will be a featured speaker at the prestigious Milken Institute Global Conference to be held in Los Angeles, California April 27-29. The Milken Institute conference will be focused on the global financial crisis and the growing role of governments in the worlds’ economies. Boone will be joined by leaders of the largest Continue Reading
Fact of the Day – March 16, 2009
On Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr.’s plan to boost natural-gas vehicles — It’s good for a short-term reduction of carbon emissions, until even cleaner fuels are widespread. “It’s a very important bridge.” New York Times commentator Thomas Friedman, author of Hot Flat and Crowded, Why We Need a Green Revolution – And How it Can Continue Reading
Pickens Plan Media Coverage 3.14-3.16.09
They’re Trained for War . . . and Wall Street – Los Angeles Times – 3/14/09 As Oil and Gas Prices Plunge, Drilling Frenzy Ends – New York Times – 3/15/09 OPINION: Pickens Still Plugging Away: Can America’s Energy Attitudes Be Reshaped? – Tulsa World – 3/15/09 Not Insane – The New Yorker – 3/23/09 Continue Reading
Army Member on Pickens/Gore Event
Last week, TX-32 Co-District Leader Uly Labilles attended a special Pickens Plan event; a discussion between the Pickens Plan and Vice President Al Gore’s Repower America campaign. Check out what he has to say about the event! “Environmentalism and Green Capitalism could best describe the March 9th Memnosyne Foundation “Energy Independence: Pickens Plan vs. Continue Reading
AT&T Running New Ad on Natural Gas Vehicles
AT&T chairman Randall Stevenson recently announced the company was beginning the process of converting its fleet of cars and trucks to natural gas and other alternative fuels. AT&T has begun running a TV ad talking about the company’s commitment to helping decrease our dependence on foreign oil. You can watch Mr. Stevenson’s comments and the new ad the Continue Reading
AEP and the Pickens Plan are marching together for energy independence
Hey Army! We’ve had some big news in the past few weeks and I wanted to share some of the biggest news with you today. American Electric Power Company, one of the major suppliers of electric energy in the United States, has signed on to the Pickens Plan to help us push for a 21st Continue Reading