News and Updates

Town Hall meeting with T. Boone Pickens at OSU on Thursday

  • October 27, 2009

Boone will be appearing at Oklahoma State University for a Town Hall meeting on Thursday, October 29 at 3:30 pm.  He will be giving an update on the Pickens Plan and taking questions from the audience. Following are the event details: Town Hall Meeting with T. Boone Pickens Thursday, October 29 3:30 pm Oklahoma State Continue Reading

Fact of the Day – October 27, 2009

Liquefied natural gas, or LNG, is created by supercooling natural gas to minus-260 degrees Fahrenheit. In that hyper-frigid state, natural gas takes up to 600 times less space, making it much easier and cheaper to store and transport. Continue Reading

Pickens Plan Media Coverage 10.27.09

Notre Dame Guest T. Boone Pickens Touts Energy Saving Plan – South Bend Tribune – 10/27/09 T. Boone Pickens Talks about Energy Independence at Notre Dame – WNDU – 10/26/09 DART to Hold Final Vote Tonight on Natural Gas Buses – Dallas Morning News Transportation Blog – 10/27/09 Pickens Discusses Energy – The Observer (ND Continue Reading

Boone Speaks at Notre Dame

T. Boone Pickens spoke on the campus of Notre Dame University yesterday in South Bend, Indiana. According to an article in the South Bend Tribune by Margaret Fosmoe, Boone told the students: “The United States can no longer afford to rely on foreign sources for most of its energy needs. The credibility of the U.S. Continue Reading

Alaska Governor Parnell Champions Natural Gas

  • October 26, 2009

Alaska’s abundant natural gas reserves have the potential to generate untold opportunities for citizens of the Last Frontier as well as help the Lower 48 end its dependence on imported oil. These factors and numerous others have led the tenth governor of Alaska, Sean Parnell, to emphasize this cleaner burning domestic fuel as a key Continue Reading

Read it and Weep

Boone analyzes the September Oil Import numbers. We are spending $573,000 every MINUTE on foreign oil! Ouch! Go door to door and tell your neighbors it has to stop. Continue Reading

Pickens Plan Media Coverage 10.24.09-10.26.09

8 OVER 80 – Fortune – 11/9/09 T. Boone Pickens Hits Road with Energy Plan – The Oklahoman – 10/25/09 Join us for Pickens Plan Town Hall at OSU – Stillwater NewsPress – 10/24/09 Pickens Says Energy Policy Coming – Stillwater NewsPress – 10/24/09 Contributor – Lawrence Journal-World – 10/24/09 T. Boone Pickens to Speak Continue Reading

Fact of the Day – October 26, 2009

The number of utility-scale wind turbine manufacturers assembling nacelles in the U.S. increased from just one in 2004 to five in 2008, with five additional manufacturers publicly announcing the location of future assembly plants. Continue Reading

Monday’s Town Hall meeting with Boone at Notre Dame

  • October 23, 2009

Boone will be appearing at the University of Notre Dame for a Town Hall meeting on Monday, October 26 at 5:00 pm.  He will be giving an update on the Pickens Plan and taking questions from the audience. Following are the event details: Town Hall Meeting with T. Boone Pickens Sponsored by the Mendoza College Continue Reading

Pickens Plan Media Coverage 10.23.09

Push Made for Natural Gas – Tulsa World – 10/22/09 Carbo Cooks With Gas: Under the Radar – The Street – 10/23/09 Is Gas Clean Enough? – Forbes.com – 10/21/09 SGA Labors to Reach out to Student Body – The Diamondback – 10/23/09 Three Reasons Why New Green Jobs Hold the Key to Economic Recovery Continue Reading