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Comment by Dani Lanz on August 28, 2009 at 5:20pm

The July Foreign Oil Numbers are incredible! Your elected officials need to hear from you to stop this inexcusable transfer of wealth.

Comment by Dani Lanz on August 15, 2009 at 12:48pm

State Leader Pam Barnes at the National Clean Energy Summit 2.0 in Las Vegas.

Comment by Dani Lanz on August 14, 2009 at 7:23pm

Comment by Dani Lanz on July 13, 2009 at 12:24pm

Boone will be appearing on Fox and Friends tomorrow morning, July 14th 8:45 am ET. Be sure to tune in!

Comment by Dani Lanz on July 8, 2009 at 9:55am

Pam Pickens wrote a great commentary in AZ-05. I've reprinted it below.

Happy Energy Independence Day! One year ago to the day the Pickens Plan was launched. I am overwhelmed what has been accomplished in the last year. Here are some great facts to let you know just how far we have come this year and just what has been done. Thank you for your efforts and continued support!!!

- My dad launched the Pickens Plan on July 8, 2008 with a goal of having 1 million supporters by Inauguration Day. When President Obama was sworn in, we had just over 1.4 million.
- Currently, the Pickens Plan has just over 1.6 million supporters across the nation, in all 435 Congressional Districts
- In 2008, the United States sent close to $500 billion overseas on foreign oil. With the money we will send overseas on foreign oil in 2009, the United States could build 32,470 brand new high tech elementary schools.
- The Pickens Plan is a bi-partisan effort, focused solely on ending America’s dependence on foreign oil. Mr. Pickens has always said that “We are doing this for America. Energy Independence is above partisan politics.” And that’s why Republicans, Democrats and Independents alike have signed onto the Pickens Plan
- The Pickens Plan is working on a big legislative push right now. HR 1835, “The natural Gas Act of 2009” is working its way through Congress. Currently, HR 1835 has over 70 bi-partisan Co-Sponsors in the House, from all across the country. For the first time, HR 1835 gives the right incentives for Natural Gas to become a viable transportation fuel alternative to foreign oil.
- The Senate version of HR 1835 is being introduced today by Senator Menendez (D-NJ) and Senator hatch (R-Utah). Mr. Pickens is in Washington for the announcement. (Everyone should call their elected officials to make sure they support this legislation that will get us on our own resources, and off of foreign oil).
- A lot of people say that the US doesn’t have enough natural gas to get the job done. The Potential Gas Agency came out with a study last week, that says there is enough natural gas in the United States for every man, women and child to drive a car for the next 120 years. Moreover, proven natural gas reserves are actually 1/3 higher than previously thought.
- The United States has over 2 thousand-trillion cubic feet of natural gas. In barrels of oil, that’s equivalent to 350 billion. The Saudis only claim to have 250 billion. The Pickens Plan is out to convince the American people, and Congress, that we can solve our dependency by using our own cleaner, cheaper, abundant natural resource – natural gas.
- Natural gas burns 23% cleaner than gasoline and 60% than diesel fuel – and it’s ¼ the cost of foreign oil.
- If one diesel powered 18 wheeler is taken off the road and replaced with a natural gas rig, it’s the environmental equivalent of taking 325 cars off the road.
- There are over 6.5 million 18 wheelers on the road in the United States, if we converted just 350,000 to natural gas, it would lower our dependence on foreign oil – overnight – by 5.14%.
- There are only two things that will move an 18 wheeler, foreign oil (diesel fuel and gasoline) and clean, cheap, domestic natural gas.

Please call your elected officials today!

Comment by Dani Lanz on July 6, 2009 at 8:59am

Join us as we celebrate the 1 year Anniversary of the Pickens Plan!

Comment by Dani Lanz on June 27, 2009 at 7:04am

Boone is out and about this weekend. Please tune in to the following shows to catch his appearance. For his KLAS appearances the audience can call in. Details are listed:

Sunday, June 28, Boone will be on CNN's "State of the Union" with John King at 12:40 pm EDT.

Sunday, June 28, 1:00 pm EDT Boone will be interviewed by KLAS. Dial into the show on the following lines:

Western US: 1-800-618-8255 (toll free)

Eastern US: 1-800-825-5033 (toll free)

First time caller: 1-818-501-4721

Wild Card line: 1-818-501-4109 (anyone can call)

Monday, June 29, "Imus in the Morning" at 8:30 am EDT--check your local listing for time--Boone will be on the final :30 minutes with Imus.

Comment by Dani Lanz on June 25, 2009 at 2:31pm

Tune in to American Chopper on TLC, Thursday, June 25, at 9/8c to watch the crew from Orange County Choppers (OCC) build the world's first natural gas-powered chopper.

Built to show America the promise of natural gas as a clean energy resource, and in conjunction with Chesapeake Energy's 20th anniversary, the talented crew from the hit TV show American Chopper partnered with the company to build a natural gas-powered bike. The episode covers the bike's production process as Paul Sr. and crew visit a drilling rig and learn how natural gas can power everything form a semitruck to a custom chopper.

Follow the journey of the OCC natural gas chopper on Facebook

or check in on Twitter . It may be visiting your area soon.

Thursday, June 25 at 9/8c For more information please visit www.cngnow.com

Comment by Dani Lanz on June 17, 2009 at 12:13pm

Biden on Green Jobs

Comment by Dave Clement on May 27, 2009 at 11:03am

At a time when we don't need higher prices, Jeff Flake has introduced a bill that will raise Gas by 5.8%, Natural gas by 6 % and coal by a whopping 83.5%

and says a reduction in the payroll tax will offset it? If you have a utility that raises your power bill by 83.5%, how much are you paying in federal payroll taxes to offset it?

If you use unleaded or diesel for your car, natural gas for your home and your power comes from coal, will you receive enough offset in your payroll taxes to cover a 95.3% rise
in your energy costs??

That's what he says is the logic of the bill he is co-sponsoring, HR2380, It's called the raise wages, cut carbon act of 2009
Bob Inglis, CA, Daniel Lipinski, Ill, and Jeff Flake, AZ are the sponsors of this bill which will tax each fuel at the source, such as in natural gas it will be taxed at the pipeline and has no
provisions whether it comes from an alternative source such a biogas from dairies or Landfill gas from garbage dumps, which seems like it will chill efforts to create renewable fuel since
it will tax everything that comes through the pipe.

Please write Jeff Flake and your members of Congress, tell them that this legislation, HR 2380 is bad, lumping renewable natural gas together with coal is also a bad strategy.

Please also tell Flake and your Congressmen that they should support HR 1835, the Nat Gas Act of 2009, it will help us, our air, our environment, our foreign oil dependence and our economy!!
49 Congressmen have signed on so far to this bill as co-sponsors, pretty much evenly divided between both sides of the aisle!

Our Congressmen should all be home on break next week so lets get them the message! If you would like a synopsis of the 2380 bill, please message me privately with your email address and I will send you a copy.

Cutting carbon is good, raising wages is good, but the outcome for America's citizens with 2380 is questionable??

Thanks,
Dave Clement
Dist Leader AZ06
Mesa


Jeff Flake
Washington DC Office
240 Cannon HOB
Washington DC 20515
Phone 202-225-2635
Fax 202-226-4386

Mesa District Office
1640 S Stapley Drive, Suite # 215
Mesa AZ 85204
Phone 480-833-0092
Fax 480-833-6314

Web- http://flake.house.gov

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