DallasNews Op-Ed: America’s Energy Picture is Brighter, But We Still Need a Plan
The following op-ed by T. Boone Pickens appeared in the Dallas Morning News on Monday, July 8, 2013. Five years ago today — July 8, 2008 — I launched the Pickens Plan — a campaign to bring the issue of energy out of the back corners of American society and into the living room and Continue Reading
Pickens Presents Plan to Western Governors
Utah Governor Gary Herbert welcomed his peers to the annual meeting of the Western Governors Association (WGA), which was held this year in Park City, Utah. Given that much of governors’ focus was on energy solutions for their respective states, it was only fitting that T. Boone Pickens delivered the gathering’s opening remarks. “When you’re Continue Reading
Pickens Plan 5th Anniversary
On the 5th anniversary of the Pickens Plan, we can stand up and say, “we did it.” The Pickens Plan Army has pressed for change and we’ve gotten results! Continue Reading
UPS to Buy 285 Natural-Gas Trucks
Bloomberg reports that United Parcel Service (UPS) will expand its fleet of natural-gas trucks by purchasing 285 natural-gas powered vehicles next year. The purchases will build on a previously announced buy of 700 natural-gas trucks, David Abney, the Atlanta-based company’s chief operating officer, said in an interview. UPS sees liquefied and compressed natural gas as Continue Reading
National Journal presents Fueling the Nation
National Journal recently hosted a conversation about the future of natural gas in America and the opportunity we have for reducing our dependence on OPEC oil through this cleaner burning, abundantly available American resource. Watch this video for highlights from the panel featuring Andrew Littlefair, CEO and Chairman of Clean Energy Fuels, Senator Richard Burr Continue Reading
T. Boone Pickens' Statement on President Obama's Climate Change Speech
The President’s speech today once again calls for increasing the use of domestic natural gas in heavy duty transportation, and he’s to be commended for that. But it’s important to note that he has called for that before. A plan without action isn’t a plan, it’s a speech. We need specific legislative proposals and regulatory Continue Reading
We're Paying to Protect Chinese Oil
The national press corps made a big deal about cybersecurity when President Barack Obama met for two days with Chinese President Xi Jinping. And climate change. And currency manipulation. And even Smithfield Ham. What did not appear to have been on the agenda was energy and oil, and particularly oil coming from Iraq. Way back Continue Reading
IEA Singles Out Natural Gas as "Major New Transport Fuel"
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the International Energy Agency announced today that natural gas will challenge oil as a transportation fuel within the next five years. “Gas is already a major fuel in power generation, but the next five years will also see it emerging as a significant transportation fuel, driven by abundant Continue Reading
A Round of Applause for Oklahoma!
I want to take a moment to single out an excellent example of real leadership on getting America the energy plan it deserves. And I couldn’t be more pleased to tell you that it comes from my home state of Oklahoma. Governor Mary Fallin recently signed Senate Bill 519 into law. This new law, which Continue Reading
Let's Roll With Natural Gas
The following op-ed by T. Boone Pickens ran in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Thursday, June 13, 2013. It is not news to Pennsylvanians that natural gas is about to change our lives much as oil did more than 100 years ago. In spite of the inaction or active resistance by our political leaders in Washington, Continue Reading