News and Updates

Pickens Plan Media Coverage 01.15.10

  • January 15, 2010

Prepare for Fight, Sullivan tells OIPA – Tulsa World – 1/14/10 The Natural Gas Industry Gets its Act Together – Houston Chronicle Blog – 1/15/10 Pickens Powers Up Natural Gas Campaign – National Journal – 1/14/10 Pickens to Push Natural Gas – The Oklahoman – 1/14/10 CNG Car Bill Action Foreseen – Tulsa World – Continue Reading

It's About Our Nation's Security

Wake up to the reality of our energy crisis. One fifth of our oil supply comes from countries deemed unstable by our own government. JOIN the 60,000 + who have already signed our petition at www.pickensplan.com/petition Continue Reading

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

  • January 13, 2010

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

  • January 12, 2010

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"

  • January 9, 2010

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