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Comment by Kat on February 23, 2009 at 5:46am

Please join AK-01

TODAY...The nation's most important leaders in energy reform are gathering with T. Boone Pickens at the National Clean Energy Project Summit to tackle the critical issues of ushering in a new era of renewable energy and ending our dependence on foreign oil. This event will feature a lot of people who know what they are talking about when it comes to energy policy - including John Podesta from the Center for American Progress Action Fund, U.S. Senator Harry Reid, President Bill Clinton, Vice President Al Gore, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Climate Czar Carol Browner, Owens-Corning CEO Michael Thaman, American Electric Power President & CEO Mike Morris, Sierra Club Executive Director Carl Pope, American Wind Energy Association CEO Denise Bode, Riverkeeper Alliance Chief Prosecuting Attorney Robert Kennedy, Jr. and many others.

Watch the live roundtable discussion on Monday, Feb. 23, at 10:15 a.m. ES

Comment by Kat on January 7, 2009 at 3:12pm

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Comment by Kat on December 30, 2008 at 3:55am

Please go to http://change.gov/openforquestions sign-in or sign-up for an account at Change.gov and ask the administration what they plan to do with regard to energy independence and the Pickens Plan.

Comment by Wayne J.R. Bowser, LEED AP on December 29, 2008 at 7:11am

Hello Ethan,
Warm greetings to you, my friend, and your family.
How 'bout some pics of your home your building and coming on The Green Revolution Show and give us an update...my listeners would really enjoy hearing about how Alaskans are Sustainable!
Love ya man!...Happy New Year!

Comment by Kat on November 22, 2008 at 8:31pm

As we look at locating transmission lines for renewables, let's include the conservation community that has been protecting these remaining wild places, so that the least invasive plan can be co-created. Seems like if there is an opposing force traditionally, in the new paradigm they need to be included in the decision.

Comment by Wayne Hatch on November 22, 2008 at 7:04pm

Hi everybody!
I hope everyone is as excited as I am when it comes to the future of clean alternative energy. I am in the process of finding out how many folks are using solar, wind etc. I also know that there are some heat pumps operating around Fairbanks and plan to look into those to.
I think it's important that the people across our country that are supporting the Pickens Plan stay focused and realize that we are in for a battle and we need anybody we can recruit because numbers get attention! We have got to do way better recruiting in Alaska don't you think?
From talking to all sorts of people, over the last four years in paticular, it seems clear that a lot of people are fed up with Washington Politicians,the Media and the energy producers.Does anyone seriously think crude prices, and by extension gas and diesel(heating oil) will remain low? How can there be any credibility or trust left with any oil company after these last twelve to eighteen months? Pretty tough. I also feel that with the Pickens Plan that the more control we have on production of our fuels the more accountability there will be when whoever wants to jack prices. Don't expect lower prices! I feel that if we hold the line around where we are now is realistic. With the infrastructure changes that will be needed to make this work along with the other costs that will be associated with the move to NG and Wind that seems reasonable.What isn't reasonable or fair is to live with is the uncertainty of if you will be able to pay your heating and electric bills every month.When fuel prices were going up,up,and up, quite a number of folks went to wood as primary or back-up heat to oil or gas. You only have to drive around the valley in Fairbanks or get up in the hills to see how much more wood smoke there is in the air, especially on temperature inverted days. More on that later.
So let's see. Reduce our dependance on imported oil and gas in a big big way, and at the same time develope and implement the greatest changeover of infrastructure and power generation our Country has seen! Yeah! THERE IS NO DOUBT WHATEVER THAT (WE) CAN DO THIS!
Do not let the global alarmists,those that would have us living in a "State of Fear" or that are blaming global warming or climate changes all on dirty, nasty,polluting man. There is no question left in my mind that industrialized development and the growth at any cost attitude, has fouled our earth,oceans and air and is contributing to climate change.I most certainly am not buying into the belief that the weather changes and warming and the rest of it, is all our doing.Certain people,groups etc,would have us belive that our Planet is perfectly happy to have us live in a fairly stable enviroment but we know that's not true. If even alittle of what Geologists are deciphering is accurate we could have a huge loss of life that's never been seen before or huge changes in where we would have to live.And I would have to say so what? If man is not totallly wiped off this Planet we will survive.In the meantime we need to clean up what we can and that's quite a bit really but not impossible, and start living within our Planets rhythm and relax this need to dominate the Planet.
Anyway gotta go...... still have to make a living

WAYNE

Comment by Micah Lauer on November 17, 2008 at 3:35pm

T. Boone for Time Magazine's Person of the Year 2008! Click on the link and rate Boone a '10' to give him your support: http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1857576_1857573_1857557,00.html

Comment by Micah Lauer on November 3, 2008 at 3:22pm

Did you deliver a copy of the petition to Obama or McCain's office? Can you deliver a copy on election day? If so, please let me know! We're hoping to get petitions to all candidate's offices (or political party offices) in all 50 states by the end of election day. It's real easy and a great way to get involved.

If you have already delivered a copy of the petition or if you can tomorrow, please drop me a message and let me know.

Thanks,
Micah Lauer
Regional Leader

Comment by Wayne J. R. Bowser on October 7, 2008 at 8:05pm

Have you caught The Green Revolution Show, yet? Every Saturday at 8am PST we talk green and would like to hear how the house is coming along and anything else that the great State of Alaska is doing to move this great country into Energy Independence!

Comment by Micah Lauer on September 10, 2008 at 6:37pm

09/11/08 - T. Boone Pickens Town Hall Meeting webcast from Salt Lake City, UT

Please join us this Thursday for a live broadcast of T. Boone's town hall in Salt Lake City, Utah. The event starts at 5 pm MDT.

Thursday, September 11, 2008, 5:00 PM MDT

Salt Palace Convention Center
100 S. West Temple - Room 255
Salt Lake City, UT 84101

Webcast link: http://www.pickensplan.com/webcast/
Event information: http://push.pickensplan.com/events/event/show?id=2187034%3AEvent%3A1030470

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