News and Updates

Pickens Plan Media Coverage 7.22.09

  • July 22, 2009

Industry leaders: NAT GAS Act Exemplifies Bipartisan Efforts – The Hill – 7/21/09 TV REVIEW ‘Over a Barrel: The Truth About Oil’ – Newsday – 7/22/09 House OKs $150 Million Natural-Gas Car Program – The Detroit News – 7/21/09 Strategies for a Green Economy – Vernon Morning Star – 7/21/09 Klamath ‘Green’ Focus a Natural Continue Reading

Congress votes in favor of natural gas vehicle research

Army– It has already been a great week for natural gas and the Pickens Plan. Yesterday, another piece of legislation promoting the research and development of natural gas-powered vehicles—H.R. 1622—was passed by the House of Representatives.  As CQ Today noted in the coverage of the bill, “Oilman T. Boone Pickens has been crusading for a Continue Reading

Fact of the Day – July 21, 2009

“If we don’t get a consistent energy policy that looks 30 to 40 years out, the U.S. won’t be competitive.”  Samuel DiPiazza, chief executive officer of consulting firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers International. Continue Reading

Pickens Plan Media Coverage 7.21.09

Carol Shea-Porter: Cap and Trade Will Create Jobs, Improve Our Energy Future – The Union Leader (NH) – 7/21/09 House Seeks to Boost Natural Gas Vehicles – CQ Politics – 7/20/09 LETTER: Help Free America – Springfield Connection (VA) – 7/20/09 TransAlta in $654M bid for Canadian Hydro – Financial Post – 7/20/09 Work on Continue Reading

Pickens Plan Media Coverage 7.18.09-7.20.09

  • July 20, 2009

One Year Later: Pickens Plan Impacts Energy Debate – Fort Worth Business Press – 7/20/09 Anchor Away: Charlie Gibson’s Pumped about ‘Over a Barrel’ Oil Special – New York Daily News – 7/20/09 Energy Companies Turning to Natural Gas Vehicles – Denver Business Journal – 7/19/09 Is Hydrogen the Best of the Green Fuels? – Continue Reading

Writer Will Brackett takes a look at the state of the Pickens Plan at the one-year anniversary: Brackett reminds his readers that a significant event occurred on the actual date of the one-year mark which was: n July 8 with the introduction of the NAT GAS Act in the U.S. Senate (Senate Bill 1408) with Continue Reading

Washington Times Writes about Boone & The Pickens Plan

  • July 19, 2009

The Washington Times, one of the two major dailies in the Nation’s Capital, has a major story about T. Boone Pickens and the state of the Pickens Plan. The article, written by reporter John Krudy, points that Boone “is ramping up his campaign to cure the nation’s energy dependence in the face of skeptics who Continue Reading

Fact of the Day – July 17, 2009

  • July 17, 2009

Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry recently signed legislation to encourage Oklahoma motorists to fuel their cars and trucks with compressed natural gas. Continue Reading

Pickens Plan Media Coverage 7.17.09

Pickens Said to Seek Investors for Hedge Funds After 79% Gain – Bloomberg – 7/17/09 U.S. and China Agree to Study Ways to Make Buildings More Energy-Efficient – The New York Times – 7/16/09 Twenty Dollars Per Gallon – Forbes.com – 7/16/09 Perfect Time, Place For Clean Energy Summit – Las Vegas Sun – 7/17/09 Continue Reading

We’re having another great week!

  • July 16, 2009

Army: Boone has several national and local media appearances coming up in the next few days that we want to let you know about: — He’ll be on the Tom Sullivan Show on Fox News Radio TODAY at 5:06 pm Eastern Time. — On Monday, July 20, Boone will appear on WGN Radio out of Continue Reading