Energy Independence Day Rallies and Video Contest
For the past year, the New Energy Army has been working hard to push for American energy independence. The Army is the reason the Pickens Plan is going to become a reality! July 8, 2009 is the 1 year anniversary of our campaign – we’re calling it Energy Independence Day. To celebrate, we want to Continue Reading
Fact of the Day – June 30, 2009
The Palm Desert, CA, city council has approved the purchase of a natural gas-powered ambulance, becoming the first city in the country to use such an ambulance, and has applied for federal funds to purchase even more natural gas-powered vehicles to add to its fleet. Continue Reading
Pickens Plan Media Coverage 6.27.09-6.29.09
Calling It Like I See It – Huffington Post – 6/26/09 Natural Gas Vehicles Get No Respect – Reuters – 6/26/09 Annual Cost of Climate Change Bill: $560 Per American – NewsMax – 6/28/09 Report: U.S. Gas Reserves More Than Originally Thought – Fort Worth Business Press – 6/29/09 Guests for the Sunday TV News Continue Reading
House Democratic Caucus Chair John Larson Speaks Out on Ending U.S. Addiction to Foreign Oil
Congressman John Larson of Connecticut, one of the driving forces behind the push for America to end its addiction to foreign oil, share his thoughts with the Pickens Plan Army. Continue Reading
Coal-to-Oil Could Possibly Yield $35 a Barrel Oil?
Researchers at the University of Texas Arlington have succeeded in producing Texas intermediate-quality crude oil from lignite, an abundant and cheap variety of coal. Their discovery, which was reported in Sunday’s Dallas Morning News, is a major step toward converting the country’s enormous coal reserves into a transportation fuel and reducing the country’s dependence on Continue Reading
Media Alert: Boone's on the Air!
T. Boone Pickens will be on the popular CNN Sunday show, State of the Nation with John King this Sunday at 12:40 pm Eastern. Boone will be on the influential “Last Word” segment which is followed very closely by opinion leaders in Washington, DC. On Monday, Boone will be on the Imus in the Morning Continue Reading
July 8 will mark the one-year anniversary of our fight
Hey Army! We’ve been marching together for a long time, and July 8 will mark the one-year anniversary of the Pickens Plan and the first celebration of Energy Independence Day. Before we started you wouldn’t have found very many people who understood why natural gas is so important to our economy, our environment and our Continue Reading
Pickens Plan Media Coverage 6.26.09
Local GM Hopes Riding on Chinese Company – Shreveport Times – 6/26/09 Upstart Auto Company Lures Designer with Big-Time Resume – Car Tech Blog – 6/26/09 Can Big Labor Save Big Oil? – The Motley Fool – 6/25/09 Congress, Think Small: We Don’t Need a National Supergrid, We Need Microgrids – AlterNet – 6/25/09 Continue Reading
Pickens Plan Media Coverage 6.25.09
Pelosi Will Profit from Obama-Waxman-Markey Cap-and-Trade Energy Bill – Washington Examiner – 6/24/09 Suagee: Tribal Sovereignty and The Green Energy Revolution – Indian Country Times – 6/24/09 ‘Field Guide’ Artists Explore Beneath Surface – Omaha World-Herald – 6/25/09 Nancy Reagan’s Solo Role – Vanity Fair – July 2009 Green Carmakers May Emerge as Next U.S. Continue Reading
The Anniversary Countdown begins
Dear Army members, We are 10 days away from the Pickens Plan Anniversary and the push for energy freedom. Get the fireworks ready for the celebration. Continue Reading