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Comment by Suse Saville on April 28, 2011 at 12:49pm

Exxon posts quarterly profits of $10.7B - isn't it time to invest in renewable energy and stop the oil based stranglehold on our energy supply? Make a small difference and kickstart The Power Families into schools! http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1642371480/the-power-families-clean-energy-kids-books-project

Comment by Suse Saville on April 22, 2011 at 1:41pm

Happy Earth Day! Wired.com's GeekDad is featuring our Power Families renewable energy for kids books Kickstarter project. Please take a look - make a difference with your pledged support and you'll get the books hot-off-the press! http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2011/04/celebrate-earth-day-with-the-power-families

Comment by Suse Saville on April 21, 2011 at 12:01am

Celebrate Earth Day and help kickstart The Power Families' renewable energy series for kids!

I'm a children's author who is passionate about what renewable energy can do for our world and how we can make it accessible and entertaining for kids. I have created the “Power Families”, a series of three, action-packed picture books set on wind, solar, and wave energy farms. 

So far Andy, the Illustrator, and I have funded it from our own pockets and got everything ready go to print. Through the crowd-funding website kickstarter.com we are raising the money to do a short print run to be able to get the clean energy message out through school visits.

We can’t wait to get started – but we can’t do this without your help! 

- Please take a look at our project http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1642371480/the-power-families-c... and check out the great gifts you can receive for supporting us. 

- Please help spread the word to get this fabulous, renewable energy series off the ground and out into the hands of the next generation!

 

Comment by John R Cogar, Oregon 2nd. Congressional District Leader on December 4, 2009 at 1:04pm

However today I sent a letter to Boone asking for his help in locating a Commercial wind turbine for an Community College here in Oregon that trains students to become wind energy technicians...

This is the letter:

Dear Mr. Pickens,

I am the Second Congressional District chairperson for your group here in Oregon. I have a webpage based on using renewable energy resources for economic development for my area. A Community College here in Oregon has a program educating its students to be wind turbine technicians.. The turbine they have now is over 20 years old and outdated. Vestas has donated a hub to the college but they need to update the rest of the systems and have a small grant to help cover some costs of getting a newer machine.


They are looking for something that has perhaps been damaged somehow that might still be serviceable for their educational purposes that they could buy or that would be donated to them....



Kind of a long shot, but thought you might like to be involved in finding that turbine.. It would be some great publicity for the Pickens Plan if we could be of assistance.



Sincerely,

John R Cogar


If anyone here has any information about locating a turbine please contact me at jc@sustainablelakecountyoregon.com

Comment by Ralph J Branscomb on March 21, 2009 at 11:50am

Feinstein: Don't Spoil Our Desert With Solar Panels / This is the "Change" we are going to receive?

Sen. Dianne Feinstein said development of solar and wind facilities in California's Mojave Desert would violate the spirit of what conservationists had intended when they donated much of the land to the public. Unfortunately, the average person in support of ALTERNATIVE ENERGY RESOUCES INCLUDING SOLAR POWER have not experienced or are naive to What this current congress is really about, They can meet with you in the morning to discuss helping save terminally ill individuals in the morning, receive a large donation from an Medical Insurance lobbyist at Noon, and give the orders to pull the plug on all of the individuals the told you they would support in the morning,,,, I have unfortunately had the position to deal with the majority of these congress people over the past 15 years and can tell you from experience that they will attend and say that they support your Solar Power Rally in the Morning and take your contribution checks, and that evening be at some extreme environmental groups meeting in the evening supporting them in preventing the installation of Soar Panels anywhere ! EVEN IN THE DESERT!! We have only one choice if we are to be successful in bringing Energy Independence to the USA.. REMOVE ALL INCUMBENTS / NO EXCEPTIONS from office for the next 4 years and vote in people that are from our plan team and truly in support of our Energy Plans for the GOOD of the USA not for personal gain..


WASHINGTON -- California's Mojave Desert may seem ideally suited for solar energy production, but concern over what several proposed projects might do to the aesthetics of the region and its tortoise population is setting up a potential clash between conservationists and companies seeking to develop renewable energy.
Nineteen companies have submitted applications to build solar or wind facilities on a parcel of 500,000 desert acres, but Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Friday such development would violate the spirit of what conservationists had intended when they donated much of the land to the public.
Feinstein said Friday she intends to push legislation that would turn the land into a national monument, which would allow for existing uses to continue while preventing future development.
The Wildlands Conservancy orchestrated the government's purchase of the land between 1999-2004. It negotiated a discount sale from the real estate arm of the former Santa Fe and Southern Pacific Railroad and then contributed $40 million to help pay for the purchase. David Myers, the conservancy's executive director, said the solar projects would do great harm to the region's desert tortoise population.
"It would destroy the entire Mojave Desert ecosystem," said David Myers, executive director of The Wildlands Conservancy.
Feinstein said the lands in question were donated or purchased with the intent that they would be protected forever. But the Bureau of Land Management considers the land now open to all types of development, except mining. That policy led the state to consider large swaths of the land for future renewable energy production.

"This is unacceptable," Feinstein said in a letter to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar. "I urge you to direct the BLM to suspend any further consideration of leases to develop former railroad lands for renewable energy or for any other purpose."
In a speech last year, Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger complained about environmental concerns slowing down the approval of solar plants in California.
"If we cannot put solar power plants in the Mojave desert, I don't know where the hell we can put it," Schwarzenegger said at Yale University.
But Karen Douglas, chairman of the California Energy Commission, said Feinstein's proposal could be a "win-win" for energy and conservation. The governor's office said Douglas was speaking on the administration's behalf.
"The opportunity we see in the Feinstein bill is to jump-start our own efforts to find the best sites for development and to come up with a broader conservation plan that mitigates the impact of the development," Douglas said.
Douglas said that if the national monument lines were drawn without consideration of renewable energy then a conflict was likely, but it's early enough in the planning process that she's confident the state will be able to get more solar and wind projects up and running without hurting the environment.
"We think we can do both," Douglas said. "We think this is an opportunity to accelerate both."
Greg Miller of the Bureau of Land Management said there are 14 solar energy and five wind energy projects that have submitted applications seeking to develop on what's referred to as the former Catellus lands. None of the projects are close to being approved, he said.
The land lies in the southeast corner of California, between the existing Mojave National Preserve on the north and Joshua Tree National Park on the south.
"They all have to go through a rigorous environmental analysis now," Miller said. "It will be at best close to two years out before we get some of these grants approved."
Feinstein's spokesman, Gil Duran, said the senator looks forward to working with the governor and the Interior Department on the issue.
"There's plenty of room in America's deserts for the bold expansion of renewable energy projects," Duran said.

Comment by DANIEL B FROMHOFF on February 22, 2009 at 4:44pm

I AM NOT MUCH YOUNGER THAN YOU BUT I AM INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH YOU. PLEASE CONTACT ME DIRECTLY AT toucandan@comcast.net.

Comment by Joe Bellisario; 2009 District Leader on February 22, 2009 at 4:10pm

SC-01 Energy Exposition
Horry County, South Carolina- Pickens Plan members are organizing the first ever GO GREEN EXPO on April 18th, 2009 in an effort to support and celebrate Local businesses that are taking on Green Energy initiatives. This includes all businesses that sell, promote, recycle and/or use products that benefit both people and the Earth.

What is the Pickens Plan??? Included in this packet is information for you to read with details about the Pickens Plan and what this dedicated group of individuals is trying to accomplish by getting the word out to the general public regarding these very important issues facing the United States of America!

This GO GREEN EXPO, promoted by the members of the Pickens Plan of Horry County, is an invitation to local business owners to set up a booth to highlight their Green methods, products and ideas.

***Due to liability issues, only those products and methods that have been tested and declared safe to people and the environment can be featured in your display***

As mentioned before, this is the very first GO GREEN EXPO. The hope is many people will come and explore this event. This will give participating businesses an opportunity to get the attention of a like minded audience.

If your business offers products and services that benefit the lives of all people and the Earth, you must take advantage of this opportunity!

We are asking that all participants give a cash and/or green service or product donation.
Money collected from this event will go to pay for necessities such as on site, public toilets, trash collection/removal and electricity.
Donations of green related services and/or products will be given out as raffle prizes to those attending .

The GO GREEN EXPO location is 259 Landmark Road, off of Route 501, approximately 4 miles north of the Wal-Mart Super Center in Conway. The Expo will be open to the public from 10 AM to 6 PM.

We will have speakers talking to the attendees regarding the importance of the recycling and conserving of energy. Pickens Plan members will speak out against the exporting of US wealth to foreign countries for fuels and energy. Additionally, they will be introducing ideas about new energy and fuel production methods.

We are excited to include that we are in contact with Ed Matricardi, South Carolina State representative of the Pickens Plan Team, who is trying to arrange his schedule so that he can attend and speak at this event. Further, he has enlisted the help of the national Pickens Plan Team in Dallas, TX, to put together a package of materials pertinent to our event, including but not limited to signage and printed information to hand out to the attendees. Additionally, they will be helping us drive media interest to our event. We are very excited to have help on the state and national level!

WON'T YOU PLEASE JOIN US?????

If you are interested in participating in this first ever GO GREEN EXPO, please contact Dawn Owens via email at Dawn.owens@gmail.com.

Participation Notification Deadline is March 20th.

The Pickens Plan Team of Horry County thanks you for your participation in this very important initiative.

Comment by South Dakota Wind Energy on February 22, 2009 at 12:26pm

Another dead group?

Comment by South Dakota Wind Energy on February 9, 2009 at 12:51pm

A MUST SEE

http://www.bornagainamerican.org/

Comment by Mike Anthony Fernald Sr. on February 5, 2009 at 4:05am

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