Pickens Plan Media Coverage 2.10.09
Pax World CEO one of ‘Most Influential in Business Ethics’ – Dover Community News – 2/10/09 Boomers are at Crossroads – Toronto Star – 2/10/09 Companies Not Yet Putting IT to Action to Reduce Carbon Footprints: Report – Greener Computing – 2/10/09 T. Boone Pickens: US Infrastructure Severely Underfunded – Dallas Environmental Policy Examiner – Continue Reading
T. Boone Pickens Statement on Passage of U.S. Senate Version of Economic Stimulus Plan
Many Key Elements of Pickens Plan Included in Legislation; Nation Now Needs to Shift Focus to Develop Serious Energy Policy Dallas, TX, February 10, 2009 – T. Boone Pickens offered the following comment today on the passage of the U.S. Senate version of the economic stimulus plan and the progress made on energy policy and Continue Reading
A Member of the Army Reports from the Houston Oil Imports Press Conference
Check the Daily Pickens blog regularly for updates about the Army’s activities around the country. If you organize, participate or attend a Pickens Plan function, be sure to blog about it – and take video or photos – and you might be featured here on Daily Pickens. Jordan Birden, an incredibly bright and talented member Continue Reading
Pickens Plan Media Coverage 2.7-2.9.09
T. Boone Pickens Seeks Stimulus Funds to Repower America’s Trucks – Land Line Magazine – 2/6/09 Fields of Green – Reuters/The Deal – 2/7/09 Opponents in Missouri Mobilize Over Positioning Nuke Plants as ‘Clean’ – St. Louis Post-Dispatch – 2/8/09 Astronauts From the Past Weigh in on NASA’s Future – Houston Chronicle – 2/8/09 CERAWeek: Continue Reading
Fact of the Day – February 9, 2009
Wal-Mart has launched a program to test trucks that run on alternative fuels. This includes a program in Southern California where 4 Peterbilt Model 386 trucks and a yard truck will be fueled by natural gas. “Wal-Mart to test hybrid trucks, alternative fuels,” Dallas Morning News, February 2, 2009 Continue Reading
Former Apollo Astronaut says “Let Boone Do it”
The Houston Chronicle reports on a survey run by the James A. Baker III Center at Rice University which asked former Astronauts whether NASA should shift its mission from space exploration to helping with the environmental and energy problems. Astronauts from Sally Ride to John Glenn were interviewed for the study. Gene Cernan pointed out Continue Reading
The youngest members of the Pickens Plan Army
Check the Daily Pickens blog regularly for updates about the Army’s activities around the country. If you organize, participate or attend a Pickens Plan function, be sure to blog about it – and take video or photos – and you might be featured here on Daily Pickens. I wanted to share my experience today. I Continue Reading
January Oil Import Numbers: A $17B Giveaway to Foreign Governments
Boone reports January’s Oil Import numbers from Houston, the “oil capital of the United States.” According to the Department of Energy that’s a 7 % increase over December. This must stop! Continue Reading
Fact of the Day – February 6, 2009
About 85,000 people are employed in the wind industry today, up from 50,000 a year ago. American Wind Energy Association Continue Reading
Pickens Plan Media Coverage 2.6.09
T. Boone Pickens Pitches Energy Plan at Houston Transtar – KHOU – 2/6/09 Philanthropy Squeezed by Downturn – Wealth Bulletin – February 2009 U.S. is Making Headway in Fight to Cut Oil Imports – Houston Chronicle – 2/6/09 Risky Business – The Star-Ledger – 2/6/09 Fueling the Move to Plug-In Hybrid Electric Cars – Seeking Continue Reading