Pickens Plan Media Coverage 1.19.11
Pickens Says U.S. Spent $337 Billion on Oil Imports – Bloomberg – 1/19/11 Oil Fluctuates as Housing Starts Cause Equities, Dollar to Drop – Bloomberg – 1/19/11 Pickens Sees Public Uproar Over Gas Prices Soon – D Magazine – 1/19/11 Cold Comfort For Gas Customers – York Dispatch – 1/19/11 Energy Prices Will Be Much Continue Reading
U.S. Imported 4.25 Billion Barrels of Oil in 2010, Spending $337 Billion
T. Boone Pickens Calls on President Obama to Articulate Clear Path to Utilizing Abundant Natural Gas Resources in Upcoming State of the Union Address Dallas – January 19, 2011 – Having provided 24 consecutive monthly updates on the level of foreign oil imports in the United States, energy expert T. Boone Pickens said higher prices Continue Reading
NY Times Article Calls for Increased Natural Gas Use
In an article in the business section of the New York Times (“Time to Tap the Bounty of U.S. Natural Gas” January 16, 2011) author Christopher Swann calls natural gas “America’s most ignored blessing. With resources now equivalent to Iran’s oil reserves, domestic shale gas offers a chance to meaningfully reduce the country’s dependence on Continue Reading
Dallas Cleans Up Its Act
North Texas will soon be home to the nation's largest fleet of natural-gas powered buses thanks to a decision on Tuesday by Dallas city leaders to shun imported diesel and switch to domestic natural gas. Continue Reading
When Will Washington Quit Overlooking Natural Gas?
Doesn't America deserve an energy plan? Millions have been asking this question, including Thomson Reuters columnist Christopher Swann, who penned an insightful article on that very topic today. Continue Reading
Pickens Plan Media Coverage 1.12.11
CNG Prices Becoming More Attractive – Tulsa World – 1/12/11 DART Panel OKs Purchase Of Natural-Gas Bus Fleet – Dallas Morning News – 1/11/11 Two Pickens-Backed Ontario Wind Projects Poised To Advance – Recharge – 1/12/11 The Big Price Build-Up: Are You Ready? – Environmental Expert – 1/12/11 Continue Reading
Pickens Plan Media Coverage 1.8.11-1.10.11
Top Inhofe Climate Staffer Joins Natural-Gas Trade Group – The Hill Blog – 1/10/11 Spring Could Bring Dramatic Increase In Gasoline Prices – Joplin Globe – 1/9/11 CNG-Powered Vehicles – What’s The Problem Here? – The Auto Channel – 1/9/11 It Won’t Be The End of the World, but $5 Gas is Coming – White Continue Reading
Boone responds to API report
Boone Responds to American Petroleum Institute’s “State of American Energy” Continue Reading
Amarillo Globe-News Supports Energy Independence
“Congress ought to pay attention to the Texas wildcatter.” That’s the conclusion of a December editorial in the Amarillo Globe-News that described T. Boone Pickens’s crusade to end America’s dangerous dependency on imported oil. Pickens is now prodding Congress to enact incentives that would convert fleet vehicles and long-haul trucks to compressed natural gas (CNG). The newspaper Continue Reading
Pickens Plan Media Coverage 1.5.11
Pickens Says Oil Could Reach $120 Per Barrel – National Journal – 1/5/11 New Oil Leases Would Raise More Than Taxes, API Says – Bloomberg – 1/4/11 Oil Industry Calls On Congress To Open More Areas To Drilling – CNN – 1/4/11 Oil, Gas Industry Seeks Shift In U.S. Policies – The Oklahoman – 1/5/11 Continue Reading