News and Updates

Another Town Hall – Another Standing-Room-Only Crowd for Boone

  • April 7, 2009

T. Boone Pickens took the T. Boone Express to Fayetteville, Arkansas to headline a town hall meeting at the University of Arkansas. According to reporting in the Northwest Arkansas, Morning News, “About 380 people crowded into a room at the Donald W. Reynolds Center for Enterprise Development, perching on stairs and along walls, to hear Continue Reading

Pickens Plan Media Coverage 4.4.09-4.6.09

  • April 6, 2009

Opinion: U.S. Still Needs Oil and Gas Production Made in America – The San Antonio Express – 4/3/09 Roth: CNG: A Fueling ‘Bridge’ Like No Other? – The Journal Record – 4/6/09 T. Boone Pickens Speaks Monday at UA – The Arkansas Democrat Gazette – 4/4/09 Oilman T. Boone Pickens to Discuss Energy Plan – Continue Reading

New Energy Army more Important than Money: Boone

T. Boone Pickens met with reporters in Washington last week about the Virtual March on Washington. Boone was quoted in the influential Inside-the-Beltway publication “National Journal” as saying, “With three or four million people, I’m a hell of a lot more important here in Washington than I am as a rich guy from Texas.” To Continue Reading

Pickens Media Coverage 4.3.09

  • April 3, 2009

Reid, Pickens, Podesta Urge Action On Clean-Energy Infrastructure – Solar Industry – 4/2/09 House Members Plan Bill to Expand NGV Use – Oil & Gas Journal – 4/2/09 Pickens Peddles Energy Plan – Capital Press – 4/2/09 The Upside in the Downturn: Realigning the Wind Industry – Renewable Energy World – 4/2/09 Join Pickens’ Plan Continue Reading

Virtual March Day 3 – Let's get this done!

Army! A lot of people have taken action during the virtual march – have you? If not, click here now and let’s make a final push to let President Obama and Congress know we want an energy plan now! Today, on this third day of the Virtual March, we want to focus on getting action Continue Reading

Fact of the Day – April 2, 2009

  • April 2, 2009

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Virtual March Day 2 – Tell Congress to take action to reduce our dependency on foreign oil NOW

Army: The Department of Energy has released the oil import figures for the month of March 2009. The data shows we imported 386 barrels at a cost of $18 billion. While we are importing less oil because of the recession, the percentage of oil we are importing is remaining disappointingly stable. The March numbers show Continue Reading

Pickens Plan Media Coverage 4.2.09

Plan Like Pickens’ Much Preferable to No Plan at All – Columbus Local News – 4/1/09 Natural Gas Legislation Announced by Boren and Sullivan – Tulsa World – 4/1/09 Oil Magnate to Present Energy Plan at Dole – The University Daily Kansan – 4/2/09 Oklahoma Legislators Promote Fuel Bill – The Oklahoman – 4/2/09 Markey Continue Reading

T. Boone Pickens Highlights March Foreign Oil Dependence Numbers Amid Historic Virtual March

U.S. Sent $18 Billion Overseas and Imported 386 Million Barrels of Oil in March 2009 Washington, DC– April 2, 2009 –On the second of the three day Pickens Plan Virtual March on Washington, energy executive T. Boone Pickens provided his fourth consecutive monthly update on the level of United States’ imports of foreign oil.  Speaking Continue Reading

March Oil Import Number ­ This is no April 1st joke!

‘ Look at the March Oil Import Numbers! Boone is on overdrive in Washington for the Virtual March. This is our time, we are almost 5 Million strong! Keep the pressure on team. Continue Reading