News and Updates

Energy Independence is Within Reach

  • January 29, 2010

In an opinion piece that ran at AOL News, T. Boone Pickens points out how America can immediately reduce its need for foreign oil by fueling heavy-duty fleets with domestic natural gas. Continue Reading

Pickens Plan Media Coverage 1.28.10

  • January 28, 2010

Opinion: Energy Independence Is Within Reach – AOL – 1/28/10 Natural Gas Industry Needs to Pay Attention to the State of the Union Address – Fort Worth Business Press – 1/27/10 The Energy Oracle Says Obama Speech Will Contain “Clues and Cues” About Natural Gas Vehicles – Dallas Morning News Blog – 1/27/10 Obama Speech: Continue Reading

Pickens Plan Media Coverage 1.27.10

  • January 27, 2010

U.S. Wind Power Capacity Up in 2009 – Reuters – 1/26/10 Foreign Demand May Drive Gasoline to $3 a Gallon – Dallas Morning News – 1/27/10 Break Like the Wind: Turbine Industry Is Turbo-Charged – Fast Company Blog – 1/27/10 Transmission Holds US Wind Power Back Despite 2009 Record – Risk.net – 1/27/10 Continue Reading

Boone on The Green Revolution Show

  • January 26, 2010

Join California District Leaders Wayne Bowser and John Wesley Nobles as they interview T. Boone Pickens live on The Green Revolution Show this Thursday, January 28th at 1:00PM CT.  Boone will be talking about the NAT GAS Act. The Green Revolution Show can be streamed live online here. Continue Reading

U.S. Wind Power Up 39 Percent in 2009

The U.S. added enough wind power in 2009 to serve an estimated 2.4 million homes. Almost 10,000 megawatts (MW) of new generating capacity came online, an amount that brings the nation’s total wind power generating capacity to over 35,000 MW. According to the American Wind Energy Association, wind power and natural gas combined to account Continue Reading

Pickens Plan Media Coverage 1.26.10

Don’t Let Health Care Overshadow Much-Needed Energy Legislation – The Daily Caller – 1/26/10 Salazar Looks at First Year – The Oklahoman – 1/26/10 Ex-Lawmaker to Head TU Energy Institute – Tulsa World – 1/26/10 Wind Power Use Rises 39% In 2009 – 24/7 Wall Street – 1/26/10 Continue Reading

Natural Gas Drives Profits for Truck Builders

  • January 25, 2010

Last week Boone Pickens singled out America's truck manufacturers as one of the many industries that will benefit from increased use of cleaner burning domestic natural gas. Continue Reading

Brokaw and Boone

Share| Boone pitches media giants Tom Brokaw, Jim Cramer and Gretchen Carlson on the Pickens Plan. Brokaw calls Boone a “man we should pay attention to” and Jim Cramer says “natural gas is viable now.” Continue Reading

Pickens Plan Media Coverage 1.22.10

  • January 22, 2010

Pickens’ Natural-Gas Plan May Prove Boon to Truck Builders – Bloomberg – 1/21/10 Greener World to Feed Appetite for Gas – Calgary Herald – 1/21/10 Will There Be a Climate Bill Left? – Financial Times Blog – 1/22/10 T Boone Pickens on Energy – Pickens Top Stock Holdings – Guru Focus – 1/21/10 6 of Continue Reading

Pickens Plan Media Coverage 1.21.10

  • January 21, 2010

T. Boone Is Back – CNBC – 1/20/10 CNBC Transcript: CNBC’S Jim Cramer Speaks With T. Boone Pickens, BP Capital Founder & Chairman – CNBC – 1/20/10 TV Highlights – Washington Post – 1/21/10 Tax Natural Gas – Lancaster New Era/Intelligencer Journal – 1/20/10 T. Boone Pickens Brakes Wind – San Diego Daily Transcript – Continue Reading