Pickens Plan Media Coverage 01.14.10
Pickens: ‘We’ve Had Our Wake-Up Call’ – The Hill – 1/13/10 Podesta and Pickens Stump for Natural Gas – NY Times Blog – 1/13/10 Pickens, Podesta Introduce New Ad Campaign – Clean Skies – 1/13/10 T. Boone Pickens Touts Natural Gas With New Ad Campaign – Talk Radio News Service – 1/13/10 Pickens says oil Continue Reading
You Aren’t Going to Believe How Much We Spent on Foreign Oil in 2009 …
We imported 4.35 billion barrels of oil in 2009 at a cost of over half a million dollars per minute. Yes, you read that correctly. 4.35 BILLION barrels imported in 2009. Over $500,000 dollars spent per MINUTE on foreign oil. That’s another $265 BILLION siphoned out of America’s struggling economy, and we still haven’t adopted Continue Reading
Podesta and Pickens Stump for Natural Gas
John Podesta and T. Boone Pickens share a common goal: to convince “Republican and Democratic lawmakers to get together behind natural gas to replace oil imports from hostile or unstable nations.” So writes Clifford Krauss of The New York Times in an article that describes the joint news media briefing the two held on Wednesday to Continue Reading
Pickens Moves Wind Farms to Minnesota and Canada
Lack of transmission lines has forced Boone Pickens to shift the location of a proposed wind farm from Texas to Minnesota and Canada. The legendary energy executive had hoped to break ground on the world’s largest wind farm in the Texas Panhandle in 2011 but has been forced to postpone any plans in the Lone Continue Reading
Please Sign My Petition Urging President Obama and Congress to Take Action on Energy Reform NOW!
I told you I wouldn’t leave until the job was done, and I meant it. Getting America the energy plan it needs and deserves has been the principal focus of my Pickens Plan, and the Christmas Day airline bombing attempt only increased my determination. Please click here to sign the Energy Independence NOW Petition. Can Continue Reading
Imported Oil Stokes Trade Deficit
The rising cost of imported oil led to an unexpected increase in the U.S. trade deficit, which widened by almost 10 percent in November. Continue Reading
President Obama Urges Country to End "Dangerous Dependence on Foreign Oil"
On Friday, President Obama announced $2.3 billion in tax credits for more than 180 American manufacturers of clean energy technologies, “companies that build wind turbines and produce solar panels and assemble cutting edge batteries,” he said. His stated goals are many: to better the environment, to give a much-needed boost to the country’s manufacturing sector, Continue Reading
China Buys Majority Stake in Canadian Oil Sands Company
The global garage sale of energy resources continues as state-owned companies snap up key assets around the world. PetroChina, a division of China National Petroleum Company, just got regulatory approval from the Canadian government to invest billions in the Alberta oil sands, which are second only to Saudi Arabia in total reserves. Continue Reading
France's Total Buys Natural Gas Stake in North Texas
Chesapeake Energy Corporation, the nation’s second largest producer of natural gas, announced on Monday a multi-billion-dollar joint venture to develop its Barnett Shale holdings in North Texas with one of the world’s major oil and gas groups, France’s Total. Total will pay $800 million in cash and provide $1.45 billion over the next six years Continue Reading
Energy Independence Now! Sign the Petition
Our economy is bleeding billions for foreign oil — much of it from countries that don’t like us. That’s billions we should use to create American jobs. Sign the petition. Continue Reading