"Stop Funding Both Sides of the War" Says Graham
Senator Lindsey Graham told POLITICO “f our country doesn’t get an energy vision and start incentivizing alternative sources of energy, this whole international movement to clean up the planet is going to pass us by, and we’re going to be following China instead of leading China.” In a wide ranging interview, Graham also singled out the fact Continue Reading
Earth Day 2010
Army: I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: The Pickens Plan would not be where it is today without the New Energy Army. So on this 40th Anniversary of Earth Day, I’ve asked some of my most loyal foot soldiers to share their thoughts on what makes Earth Day so important for the Continue Reading
More Chinese Oil Money for Venezuela
The Wall Street Journal is reporting this morning that, “China has promised to lend $20 billion to Venezuela, the country’s President Hugo Chávez said over the weekend, underscoring the Asian giant’s push to deepen ties to oil-rich nations in the developing world.” Last week, testifying to the Ways & Means Committee in the U.S. House Continue Reading
China Now Leads the Race to Lock Up Energy Resources
Visit www.pickensplan.com/china to read our special report: Foreign Oil: China Has a Plan. We Don’t. The New York Times reports that the recent flurry of deal-making in the energy sector is mainly a result of a global race that is centered on locking up resources. With 87 percent of the world’s oil reserves controlled by foreign Continue Reading
Pickens Wind Farm Wins Preliminary Approval
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) approved a certificate of need and draft site permit for the 78-megawatt Goodhue Wind project, which is being developed by T. Boone Pickens’s Mesa Power Group and General Electric. The two companies have teamed up to form a joint venture called American Wind Alliance that is financing and supplying wind Continue Reading
Pickens Media Coverage 4.12.10- 4.16.10
New Study Pushes Natural Gas Use in Heavy Trucks – Trucking Info – 4/16/10 Panel Approves Goodhue Wind Project – Finance and Commerce – 4/16/10 Oil-And-Gas Experts Debate Tax Incentives On Capitol Hill – Smart Brief – 4/15/10 How to End America’s Addiction to Oil – Wall Street Journal – 4/15/10 Oilman T. Boone Pickens Continue Reading
Biggest Day We've Had to Date
Boone testified before the Ways and Means Committee and made sure 1.6 million of you were heard! Continue Reading
Ex-CIA Director Warns on Foreign Oil
R. James Woolsey, former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, published an op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal titled, “How to End America’s Addiction to Oil.” In it Mr. Woolsey looks at the failed efforts in the past to wean America from foreign oil (coal gasification, hydrogen fuel cells, etc.). “So far every national Continue Reading
Center for American Progress & Natural Gas
The Center for American Progress (CAP) this week released a major report on how shifting heavy trucks from imported diesel to domestic natural gas would “reduce oil use, invest in American energy sources, increase our energy independence and national security, and slash air pollution.” The report, which is titled, “Developing Natural Gas for Heavy Vehicles” Continue Reading
Pickens Testifies Before Congress
T. Boone Pickens told the House Ways and Means Committee today that the U.S. has five times more natural gas than the Saudi Arabia has oil but cautioned that history would not be kind to America if it overlooked this opportunity, saying the country would be considered the dumbest ever if it doesn’t make the Continue Reading