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Pickens Plan Media Coverage 12.31.08-1.2.09

  • January 2, 2009

T. Boone Pickens: Man with a Plan – The Saturday Evening Post – January-February 2009 Executive of the Year 2009 – T. Boone Pickens – Dallas Business Journal – 1/2/09 Katie Couric’s Notebook: Year In Review – CBS News – 12/31/08 Remembering 2008 – Stillwater NewsPress – 12/31/08 ANDRES: Mideast Oil Debate Begins Anew – Continue Reading

Gov. Haley Barbour's Simple Solution: "More Energy"

Governor Haley Barbour has been a real leader in developing Mississippi into an important player in the energy sector, and the results speak for themselves. Continue Reading

Pickens Plan victory in your hands!

  • December 30, 2008

Only six months ago, Boone launched the Pickens Plan and America responded! We are an Army almost 1.5 million strong! With a new president less than a month away, join the Army, take the pledge, be a District leader, stand shoulder to shoulder with your fellow citizens and make the world safer and the country Continue Reading

Pickens Plan Media Coverage 12.30.08

Get With It on Renewables – The Oregonian – 12/29/08 A Call to Join Pickens Plan for Energy Independence – Clackamas Review – 12/30/08 BusinessGreen.com Review of 2008: July to September – Business Green – 12/30/08 This Oil Man Favors a Gas-Tax Hike – CNN Money – 12/30/08 Wind Industry Projections for 2009 – Sustainable Continue Reading

Boone picked in Top Ten Green-Tech Breakthroughs of 2008 by Wired Magazine

The highly respected tech mag, “Wired” magazine has included T. Boone Pickens and the Pickens Plan as one of its “Top Ten Green-Tech Breakthroughs of 2008.”   Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens might be a lot of things, but environmentalist he is not. That’s why his support for a nationwide network of wind farms generated Continue Reading

Pickens Plan Media Coverage 12.27-12.29.08

  • December 29, 2008

Geneva Man Leading Pickens’ Wind Energy Plan in 14th District – Chicago Daily Herald – 12/28/08 T. Boone Pickens: Energizing a Movement – Fort Worth Star-Telegram – 12/28/08 Re-Igniting the Global Warming Debate – Toronto Star – 12/29/08 The 2008 DMN Texan of the Year — DA Craig Watkins – Dallas Morning News Blog – Continue Reading

Environmental Media: Boone "Most Earth-Friendly Texan 2008"

The Dallas Environmental Policy Examiner has named T. Boone Pickens the “Best Earth-Friendly Texan of 2008” for his work on the Pickens Plan. In an on-line piece by reporter Caroline Calais, the Examiner summarizes the reasons Boone went on his Pickens Plan crusade saying: Mr. Pickens found the dependence on foreign oil to form the Continue Reading

Pickens Plan Media Coverage 12.24-12.26.08

  • December 26, 2008

Obama Tops History Makers of 2008 List – Asian News International – 12/26/08 Christmas 2008 Roundup – Chicago Tribune – 12/23/08 Editorial: Texan of the Year Finalist No. 3, T. Boone Pickens – Dallas Morning News – 12/24/08 Cramer: Good News Within the Gloom – The Street – 12/24/08 Blow to Oil Prices Isn’t Taking Continue Reading

Boone Finalist for Dallas Morning News' "Texan of the Year"

  • December 24, 2008

The Dallas Morning News annually picks a “Texan of the Year. In a Christmas Eve editorial, the Morning News has named T. Boone Pickens one of its finalists for the 2008 honor. The paper points out Boone’s activism in the energy area of which we have all been a part: “With characteristic enthusiasm, the billionaire Continue Reading

Pickens Plan Media Coverage 12.23.08

  • December 23, 2008

Year in Review 2008: Celebrities – Dallas Morning News – 12/22/08 My Take – Coal Must Be Part of Our Future – Holland Sentinel – 12/22/08 The Year of Leg Thrills – Media Research Center – 12/23/08 Pickens Plan Could Benefit TransCanada, Enbridge – National Post – 12/23/08 Power for the Planet? – The Michigan Continue Reading