Transcript: Remarks by The President on Energy Security at Andrews Air Force Base, 3/31/2010
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, everybody. Thank you so much. (Applause.) Please have a seat. I’ve got a few introductions that I want to make very quickly before I start my remarks. First of all, I think that by the end of his tenure we’re going to know that Ken Salazar is one of the finest Continue Reading
T. Boone Pickens Statement on President Obama’s Remarks on Offshore Drilling
T. Boone Pickens offered the following comment on President Obama’s remarks today advocating more offshore drilling: “President Obama’s plan to promote more offshore drilling for oil and natural gas is an important step in achieving true energy reform. We should be taking full advantage of every available American resource to help decrease our crippling dependency Continue Reading
Bush worried about energy during presidency
Speaking Thursday at a natural gas conference at Southern Methodist University, former President George W. Bush told the audience that during his presidency, he worried about the influence exerted on foreign policy by major energy producers Iran and Venezuela. He went on to talk about how important it is for our national and economic security Continue Reading
Boone: We will have an energy plan this year
Boone talked to Alan Colmes on his radio show “The Alan Colmes Show” yesterday to give an update on where the Pickens Plan stands in Washington. Boone told Colmes that he is convinced that we will have an energy plan in the US this year. To listen to the entire interview click here. Continue Reading
Pickens Plan Media Coverage 3.30.10
Firms See ‘Green’ in Natural-Gas Production – Wall Street Journal – 3/30/10 NGVAmerica Testifies Before Senate EPW Committee – NGV Global News – 3/30/10 Too Green To Burn – The Telegram – 3/30/10 Bet on Clean Energy – Kiplinger – April 2010 Shale Gas: Worries Surface On Impact Of Extraction – Financial Times – 3/29/10 Continue Reading
Natural Gas "A Game Changer"
Kiplinger April 2010 By James K. Glassman, Contributing Editor, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Last June, the Colorado School of Mines issued an earth-shaking report about a development that could have a major impact on the economy, the environment, national security, and your own portfolio. Researchers found that between 2004 and 2008, the potential supply of natural Continue Reading
The Pickens Plan is a solution to rising gas prices
Boone recently had a meeting in Dallas with Terry Savage, host of Monsters and Money in the Morning on CBS2 in Chicago. Earlier this morning, she led a roundtable discussion on the show about rising gas prices and how the Pickens Plan can help. Click here to watch the clip. Continue Reading
Congress Puts Coal in the Driver's Seat
Despite an abundance of cleaner burning natural gas, Congress is overlooking this important domestic energy resource and placing far greater emphasis on coal and renewables in pending legislation, according to The New York Times. The Times cited a recently released report from the Brattle Group, which says cap-and-trade mechanisms and policies in climate bills will Continue Reading
The Time is Now
As Washington gets back to business after the health care vote, we remind you of the President’s words at his first State of the Union Address, and Governor Bob McDonnell’s response in January. We can work together to make energy legislation part of our country’s future! Continue Reading
BP's Tony Hayward Advocates Greater Natural Gas Use
BP CEO Tony Hayward said that Congress should work harder to promote natural gas, which emits half the carbon emissions of coal. Despite the fact that coal is responsible for about one-third of the country’s carbon dioxide emissions, Hayward noted that it was “disproportionately favored” in climate legislation in the House of Representatives. In a Continue Reading