Pickens Plan Media Coverage 5.13.09
Join Army Working for Energy Freedom – Springfield News-Leader (MO) – 5/13/09 Harvesting the Wind – Metropolis Magazine – 5/12/09 Wanted: One Million Green Ideas for $1 Million – Reuters – 5/12/09 5-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: Clean Energy – Motley Fool – 5/12/09 NAHB National Green Building Conference Attendance Exceeds Expectations – Real Estate Continue Reading
T. Boone Pickens: Widened Trade Gap Due to Rise in Oil Imports
Strong Reminder of Urgent Need for Energy Reform U.S. Spent Nearly $500 Billion on Foreign Oil in 2008 as Economy Crumbled Dallas – May 12, 2009 – Energy expert T. Boone Pickens today released the following statement in reaction to news that the U.S. trade deficit on oil imports widened for the first time in Continue Reading
Pickens Plan Media Coverage 5.12.09
Edison’s 230-Mile ‘Extension Cord’ Fuels Fight Over U.S. Grid – Bloomberg – 5/12/09 Our Opinion: Let’s Not Forget about Energy Independence – The Times Reporter (OH) – 5/11/09 Profit From the Natural-Gas Gusher – Kiplinger – 5/11/09 Alternative Energy – Zacks – 5/12/09 Construction Industry Names Best Green Builders of 2008 – Environmental News Service Continue Reading
Fact of the Day – May 12, 2009
Based on the latest figures from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration, the U.S. imported 68 percent of its oil, or 375 million barrels in April 2009, sending approximately $18.6 billion, or $430,524 per minute, overseas to foreign governments. Continue Reading
Fact of the Day – May 11, 2009
“One industry backed study estimates the U.S. Has more than 2,200 trillion cubic feet of gas waiting to be pumped, enough to satisfy nearly 100 years of current U.S. natural-gas demand.” Ben Casselman, “U.S. Gas Fields Go From Bust to Boom,” The Wall Street Journal, 4/30/09 Continue Reading
Pickens Plan Media Coverage 5.9.09-5.11.09
The Oil Price Roller Coaster is on the Upswing – The Huffington Post – 5/8/09 T. Boone Pickens: ‘We Need to Run on Domestic Fuel’ – Monroe News Star – 5/9/09 T. Boone Pickens attends unveiling at Chatham – Shreveport Times – 5/8/09 North LA Parish Goes Green – KSLA – 5/8/09 From Toronto to Continue Reading
We need to keep pushing forward
Army! The pace of our march toward energy independence is picking up. Legislation has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives – H.R. 1835 – which will make a huge difference in the way we use domestic natural gas to replace foreign oil. H.R. 1835 is known as the NAT GAS Act of 2009 Continue Reading
Pickens Plan Media Coverage 5.8.09
Drill, Ivan, Drill – Investor’s Business Daily – 5/7/09 For Pickens, It’s Not Just Green, but Red, White and Blue, Too – Medill Reports – 5/7/09 Re: “Oil tycoon Pushes Renewable Energy,” May 1 News Story: – Roanoke Times & World News – 5/7/09 Where will your new job be? – Control Engineering Blog – Continue Reading
U.S. Continues to Import Nearly 70% of Foreign Oil
T. Boone Pickens: April U.S. Foreign Oil Dependence Figures Highest Yet in 2009 U.S. Sent $18.6 Billion Overseas and Imported 375 Million Barrels of Oil in April 2009 Chatham, Louisiana – May 8, 2009 – Speaking at the unveiling of a newly constructed EXCO compressed natural gas vehicle fueling facility, today energy expert T. Boone Continue Reading
Blown away by the turn out!
Boone visits the windy city for WINDPOWER 2009 put on by Pickens Plan partners AWEA. A new poll shows resounding support of the Pickens Plan. Special thanks to Pickens Plan Army members who showed up! Continue Reading