Pickens Plan Media Coverage 6.2.09
T. Boone Pickens’ Roadmap for Green Entrepreneurs – GreenBiz.com – 6/1/09 Irwin Jacobs: The Eternal Opportunist – Mpls.St.Paul Magazine – May 2009 COLUMN: Cap and Trade Goes the Wrong Way – Wausau Daily Herald – 6/2/09 GOP’s Opposition to Climate Change Bill – Louisville Courier-Journal – 6/2/09 My Thoughts on Oil – Seeking Alpha – Continue Reading
Candidate Obama Seized Opportunity to Make America's Addiction to Foreign Oil a Key Campaign Platform
On Sunday the Washington Post offered an in-depth examination of Barack Obama's strategy for ending America's addiction to foreign oil while running for the presidency. Continue Reading
Pickens Plan Media Coverage 5.30.09-6.1.09
How Obama Made Energy Platform ‘Pop’ – Washington Post – 5/31/09 Texas Remains Energy Resource Giant Even in New Era – Fort Worth Business Press – 6/1/09 If Geeks Ran the Electric Grid – Renewable Energy World – 6/1/09 Pickens’ Plan & The Control Of A River – The Environment Report – 5/29/09 T. Boone Continue Reading
Fact of the Day – May 29, 2009
According to JBC Energy, the Nigerian Militant group Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), threatened to cut off oil tankers’ access to key export channels. “This would severely reduce the ability for companies to import or export crude oil and petroleum products.” Nigeria is a significant source of crude oil imported into Continue Reading
Pickens Media Coverage 5.29.09
Demand Will Drive Oil Above $75 Us Per Barrel, Consultant Says – Edmonton Journal – 5/29/09 Granholm, Pickens Talk Green Energy Initiatives – The Detroit News – 5/28/09 It’s Time To Get Serious On Alternative Energy – Detroit Free Press – 5/29/09 Pickens Pushes Alternative Energy in Michigan – Associated Press – 5/28/09 Alternative Energy Continue Reading
Boone and Gov. Granholm speak at Michigan Conference
T. Boone Pickens and Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm spoke at the Detroit Regional Chamber’s annual Mackinac Policy Conference on the growing need for America to reduce its dependence on foreign oil. According to the Detroit Free Press, Granholm said Michigan will have lost one million jobs in the first decade of the 21st century. Both Continue Reading
Fact of the Day – May 28, 2009
Texas produces more renewable energy from wind than any other state and more than a handful of other countries. There are approximately 8,000 megawatts of wind-generated energy connected to the Texas grid and our goal is more than 18,000 megawatts by 2013. Barry Smitherman, Chairman of the Texas Public Utility Commission Continue Reading
Pickens Media Coverage 5.28.09
Granholm, Pickens will talk green at Mackinac – The Detroit News – 5/28/09 Detroit Regional Conference Starts – WDIV – 5/27/09 2009 Mackinac Policy Conference Begins – WXYZ – 5/27/09 Damp Kickoff To Mackinac Conference – WWJ Newsradio 950 – 5/27/09 Is Oil Spent or About to Geyser? – SmartMoney.com – 5/28/09 Winds of the Continue Reading
Wind Energy Continues to Gain Momentum
American Wind Energy Association CEO Denise Bode discusses the enormous surge in interest and opportunities for wind energy at its record-setting annual conference, WINDPOWER 2009. Continue Reading
Fact of the Day – May 27, 2009
“Natural gas can provide an important bridge as other alternative fuels with lower greenhouse gas emissions become more economical to implement. Using domestic natural gas makes sense because it creates jobs in this country and reduces our dependence on imported oil or liquefied natural gas.” G. Steven Farris, Apache Corporation chairman and chief executive officer Continue Reading