News and Updates

Pickens Plan Media Coverage 5.25.10

  • May 25, 2010

US Energy Policy: The ‘Shale Gale’ Turns Outlook On Its Head – Financial Times – 5/25/10 Could The Age Of Oil End By 2040? – Seeking Alpha – 5/24/10 Green American Road Trip Rides From Austin To Boston On CNG – Auto Blog Green – 5/25/10 Continue Reading

The Green American Roadtrip

Join University of Texas student, Castlen Kennedy, as she makes her way from Austin to Boston in a natural gas powered vehicle. Calsten is making the trip to explore the fuel cost savings and environmental benefits of CNG vehicles.  You can follow updates from her trip on her blog here: http://www.greenamericanroadtrip.com/ Castlen will be publishing Continue Reading

OPEC Controls Us

Jim Woolsey, the former CIA director tells the Pickens Plan Army that the solutions to OPEC’s control of our energy pocketbook are homegrown. Continue Reading

Pickens Plan Media Coverage 5.24.10

  • May 24, 2010

Ted Turner Talks Clean Energy, CNN And Picking Up Trash – Atlanta Journal Constitution – 5/21/10 Natural Gas Makes Headway In Latest Proposed Energy Bill – Fort Worth Business Press – 5/24/10 Poisoned Fisheries, Spoiled Beaches: Price Of Our Addiction To Petroleum – Atlanta Journal Constitution – 5/21/10 T. Boone Pickens’ Energy Plan For America Continue Reading

Guess Who Controls the World's Oil?

T. Boone Pickens often answers critics of the Pickens Plan by pointing out that the market doesn't decide energy prices. Nor does it set production limits. Why not? Because 75 percent of the world's crude oil production is controlled by state-owned oil companies. Continue Reading

State Leader traveling across Georgia to support Pickens Plan

  • May 22, 2010

Check out Pickens Plan Georgia State Leader Sam Fleet as she barnstorms across Georgia for the Pickens Plan and American energy independence! Sam is traveling the state with Public Service Commission candidate Tim Echols, hosting a series of town hall events. If you are in Georgia, stop by and help her promote the Pickens Plan! Continue Reading

Army Weekly Report

  • May 21, 2010

Each week we’ll be reporting on some of the activities of our army members across the country.  If you are interested in getting involved in your state, visit the State and District Leaders page here: https://pickensplan.com/district-leaderboard/. Legislative Update The total number of co-sponsors for the NAT GAS Act (HR 1835): 144 Members of Congress Is Continue Reading

Pickens Encouraged by President Obama's Call for More Natural Gas in Transportation

T. Boone Pickens today released the following statement in response to remarks by President Obama at the signing of the Presidential Memorandum on Fuel Efficiency Standards: “The President’s statement indicates that he clearly understands the national security and economic threats associated with our escalating dependence on foreign oil. He has pledged to get America off Continue Reading

National Defense University welcomes Boone

Boone goes to Fort McNair to meet with scholars at the National Defense University. 5 million barrels a day are imported from OPEC. “That’s what I want to go after.” Continue Reading

General Motors Goes for Natural Gas

  • May 19, 2010

In response to the growing demand for natural gas-powered vehicles, General Motors, the nation's largest automaker, has announced that it will offering compressed natural gas vans to fleet customers. Continue Reading