Natural Gas & Wind pushed in New Op-Ed
T. Boone Pickens, founder of the Pickens Plan to reduce our dependence on OPEC oil, and Denise Bode, Chief Executive Officer of the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA.org) today jointly published an op-ed on the closely read Politicalpro.com website, a service of Politico.com. The essay, which was written in conjunction with WindPower 2011 – the Continue Reading
Goldman Sachs Sees Oil Prices "Substantially Higher" in 2012
Oil prices spiked on reports from two major financial institutions that are projecting a substantial rise in the global demand for crude over the next year. Continue Reading
Pickens: Kudos to Obama on Fed Fleet Memo
T. Boone Pickens, the founder of the Pickens Plan to reduce America’s dependence on OPEC oil, today issued a statement congratulating President Barack Obama on his Presidential memo which orders that that by December 31st 2015, all new light duty vehicles leased or purchased by agencies must be alternative fueled vehicles. Boone’s statement read: “I Continue Reading
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Pickens Visits West Chester University
T. Boone Pickens took his signature Pickens Plan to Pennsylvania last week where he was joined by two members of the Pennsylvania Congressional delegation – Rep. Jim Gerlach and Rep. Pat Meehan – at West Chester University. According to West Chester facilities director Greg Cuprak, 25 percent of the university’s fleet now runs on natural Continue Reading
The Last Oil Shock
Investopedia.com posted a new entry at its website this week, one that pertains to America’s dangerous addiction to imported oil. The financial services website gave a broad overview of crude oil, including pricing, how crude is traded, and what exchanges carry crude and crude-related contracts. The post also gave a lucid analysis of the ever-increasing Continue Reading
Pickens Op-Ed in Wichita (Kansas) Eagle
T. Boone Pickens has published an essay in the Wichita (Kansas) Eagle in which he takes on U.S. Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS) who has come out in opposition to the NAT GAS Act (H.R. 1380) as a subsidy which would have the federal government “pick winners and losers” in fuels. Pickens points out that Pompeo Continue Reading
NAT GAS Act Co-Sponsors Increases to 186
There are now 186 bi-partisan co-sponsors of the NAT GAS Act (H.R. 1380). Click here for the full list. Continue Reading
Fox Business Network's John Stossel Backs Natural Gas
Fox Business Network host John Stossel has come out strongly for increasing the use of domestic natural gas. Stossel had two experts on his program last week discussing the issues which surround “fracking” which is the recovery method developed over the past decade for natural gas leading to the current estimates suggesting we have reserves Continue Reading
Support for the Pickens Plan on Morning Joe
This morning on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, the panel discussed Thomas Friedman’s recent op-ed in the New York Times focused on the death of Osama bin Laden, how U.S. energy policy is dangerously tied to the unstable situation in the Middle East, and how the Pickens Plan is a solution to ending our dependence. Continue Reading