Gov. Kathleen Sebelius Pushes Energy "Made in America"
Throughout his career, Boone Pickens has gone to Kansas with an eye on its enormous energy resources. So it should come as no surprise that when he held his first Pickens Plan Town Meeting, he did it in Topeka. Gov. Kathleen Sebelius tells why. Continue Reading
Robert Kennedy, Jr. and Boone Pickens at the Capitol – Part III
During the question and answer period, Mr. Kennedy talked about how Israel is moving away from any carbon-based fuel for automobiles. They have huge wind and solar fields in the Negev Desert to avoid having to buy oil from Egypt “which gets it from Saudi Arabia. For Israel it is a national security issue,” Kennedy Continue Reading
Robert Kennedy, Jr. and Boone Pickens at the Capitol – Part II
When Boone took the microphone he moved on from where Mr. Kennedy had taken the discussion to the central point of the Pickens Plan – foreign oil. Boone told the audience that he would be announcing on a monthly basis the amount of oil America imported in the previous month. For instance, in December, 2008 Continue Reading
Robert Kennedy, Jr. and Boone Pickens at the Capitol – Part I
Robert Kennedy, Jr. joined T. Boone Pickens at a Town-Hall meeting in the U.S. Capitol for the staffs of U.S. Senators and U.S. Representatives. Over 100 staffers attended the session which was started by Mr. Kennedy explaining why the Pickens Plan is so crucial to cutting down on carbon-based pollution. He pointed to countries from Continue Reading
Taking the Message to The Hill
This morning, Boone Pickens and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. will be holding a Town Hall meeting in the United States Capitol to introduce House and Senate staff to the Pickens Plan. The meeting will have about 150 staffers who can then report back to “their bosses” about some of the details of the Plan. Prior Continue Reading
Oil Imports: Month-by-Month
Army. Starting today, and every month from now on, I will do an event to show how many barrels of oil were imported in the previous month. The goal of the Pickens Plan is to get that number going down so that we are less and less dependent on foreign oil. Today we were in Continue Reading
Pickens Plan Media Coverage 1.10.09-1.12.09
PICKENS: Energy Independence – The Washington Times – 1/12/09 Where Is The Auto Industry Going? – The Globe and Mail – 1/9/09 Join with Otter to Support Pickens’ Energy Plan – Idaho Statesman – 1/12/09 Obama, Former Iowa Governor Make Great Pair for Agriculture – Springfield News-Leader – 1/10/09 Let’s Think Big on Energy – Continue Reading
Boone in the Washington Times
Lots of news this Monday! T. Boone Pickens has had an op-ed published in the Washington Times newspaper in Washington, DC. In it, Boone reminds us all about the amount of money we are sending overseas for foreign oil: If OPEC is successful in reaching its target price per barrel in 2009, reported to be Continue Reading
Boone on Kudlow
T. Boone Pickens appeared on CNBC with Larry Kudlow talking about oil imports and other economic factors facing America. Boone also talks about Rex Tillerson, ExxonMobil’s CEO position on a “carbon tax.” Watch this at cnbc Continue Reading
Pickens Plan District Leader is Published in the Baltimore Sun!
Donald Cornwell, who is the 7th Congressional District Leader in Maryland for the Pickens Plan had an Op-Ed published over the weekend in the Baltimore Sun. The title of the piece is “Let’s Think Big on Energy.” You should take a look at what he did and use it as a template to submit an Continue Reading