News and Updates

Pickens Plan Media Coverage 5.27.09

  • May 27, 2009

T. Boone Pickens: Break Our Foreign Oil Addiction With Natural Gas – U.S. News & World Report – 5/26/09 Top 5 Storylines to Expect at Detroit Regional Chamber’s Mackinac Policy Conference – Michigan Business Review – 5/27/09 Oliver L. Campbell : The Winds of Change – Petroleum World – 5/27/09 How to Profit Before Oil Continue Reading

Thanks to OPEC Oil Prices Continue to Rise

  • May 26, 2009

On Monday, NewsHour Senior Correspondent Jeffrey Brown brought up a topic that should have all Americans listening: OPEC's continued effort to prop up oil prices. Continue Reading

Boone Writes About Breaking Our Addiction to Foreign Oil

In the current issue of U.S. News & World Report, T. Boone Pickens has an essay which begins: “America is at a crossroads” sounds like tired campaign rhetoric, but when it comes to energy policy, we are in the middle of the intersection. Boone reminds us that since July, 8, 2008, when he launched the Continue Reading

Fact of the Day – May 26, 2009

Memorial Day is the traditional kickoff to the summer driving season.  According to Gasbuddy.com, the price of a gallon of gasoline in the Washington, DC metro area has increased by over 30 cents in the last month. Continue Reading

Pickens Plan Media Coverage 5.23.09-5.26.09

Change in the Air? Wind Industry Wants Govt. Lift – Associated Press – 5/22/09 Wind Power Finally Getting Its Due – Huffington Post – 5/22/09 Foreign Oil: Is It Time For Congress To Act? – National Journal’s Energy & Environment Expert Blog – 5/22/09 Oil Tycoon T. Boone Pickens Shoots the Breeze on Wind Energy Continue Reading

Build Baby Build Week

  • May 25, 2009

Here is a great opportunity to help one of our Virtual March partners and promote renewable energy in your own communities. From May 30-June 6, grassroots renewable energy efforts will take place across the nation in celebration of Build Baby Build Week .  You don’t want to miss this opportunity to get involved in your Continue Reading

Boone Salutes the US Military

  • May 22, 2009

Boone has a very special visitor to Pickens Plan HQ this week. Curtis D. Jones is a Combat Corpsman USN/USMC. Boone cam Salutes you Combat Corpsman, thank you for your service to the nation and the sacrifices of your family and all the military familiies around the world. Continue Reading

Fact of the Day – May 22, 2009

A Study from Navigant Consulting, Inc. indicates the United States has 2,247 trillion cubic feet of natural gas reserves, which is enough to last more than 100 years. Continue Reading

Pickens Plan Media Coverage 5.22.09

Foreign Oil: Is It Time For Congress To Act? – National Journal’s Energy & Environment Expert Blog – 5/18/09 The Starting Point – Yahoo News – 5/22/09 T Boone Pickens Buys Cabot Oil & Gas Corp., Questar Corp., Alpha Natural Resources Inc., Sells Peabody Energy Corp., Denbury Resources Inc. CRO Summit Doubles Up in Chicago Continue Reading

Fact of the Day – May 21, 2009

According to a new poll released by the American Wind Energy Association, 75% of Americans (86% of Democrats, 71% of independents and 62% of Republicans) back a national mandate to require 25% of the nation’s electricity to come from renewable sources by 2025. Continue Reading