BusinessWeek reader L.J. Furman sees alternative fuels as common sense for the common good
By L.J. Furman
In July 2008, Al Gore challenged the U.S. to generate 100% of the electricity we need using clean, renewable, sustainable sources within 10 years. "When you connect the dots," he said, "it turns out that the real solutions to the climate crisis are the very same measures needed to renew our economy and escape the trap of ever-rising energy prices." Gore connected the dots to the crises we… Continue
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Senate majority leader Harry Reid and billionaire investor Boone Pickens said they are developing a strategy to help the United States switch to less-polluting energy sources.
Reid and Pickens, joined by John Podesta, who headed President Barack Obama's transition team, said they would hold a forum on February 23 on developing wind and solar energy and improving the country's electricity grid.
``If we don't do anything, we are going to be importing 75% of our oil and I promise you, we are goin… Continue
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Boone talks to Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid who says that we need “serious effort” to move forward on heavy duty natural gas vehicles. Lets give another PUSH to the Senators to keep the stimulus package with incentives for alternative energy: call upon them now and go to PickensPlan.com/action! Continue
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Feb 3rd 2009
From Economist.com
America has become the world leader in wind power
IN ONE policy area, at least, there is good news for President Barack Obama: his pledge to find alternative energy sources to wean America off its dependence on foreign oil is already being put into action. Last year America ramped up wind-power capacity to 25 gigawatts (GW), overtaking the previous leader, Germany, according to new data from the Global Wind Energy Council. America added 8.4GW of installed power… Continue
Hey Army! We’re in the trenches and it’s hand-to-hand combat!
Yesterday I did a conference call with the national press along with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev) and former White House Chief of Staff, John Podesta, to discuss the Energy Summit in Washington, DC later this month.
The big news for the New Energy Army is that both Sen. Reid and Mr. Podesta talked about the importance of natural gas as a transportation fuel in reducing our need for foreign oil.
Yesterday, Sen. Reid sai… Continue
Pickens Praises Reid Nat Gas Stance.pdf
The Pickens Plan is gaining traction...and momentum! Yesterday, Boone
participated in a press conference call with Senate
Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada and John Podesta, president of
the Center for American Progress and a close ally of the president's
policy-making teams, and the… Continue
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WASHINGTON — Following up on a conference held in Las Vegas in August, experts at a clean energy summit planned for later this month will ponder the next steps to building a green economy, it was announced today.
Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., declared he will take part in the National Clean Energy Project, along with top officials in the Obama administration and renewable energy proponents like oilman-turned-wind-energy entrepreneur T. Boone Pickens.
The half-day forum, to be held Feb. 23 at the Ne… Continue
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In the last 24 hours, 14,717 members of the army have emailed their Senators. Let's try and get to 50,000 by the end of the week!! To email your Senators and ask them to support the alternative energy elements of the stimulus plan, please click here. Continue
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T. Boone Pickens and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev) will host the “second annual National Clean Energy Summit due to take place in Washington D.C. on Feb. 23. The gathering is meant to serve as a forum for politicians, scientists, executives, academics, and advocates” according to the Earth2Tech website.
Pickens, Reid and former Clinton White House chief of staff, John Podesta will reprise a similar meeting which was held in Las Vegas last year, but “More ambitious goals that have co… Continue
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LYRICS
Paper, plastic, one or two,
Don’t throw out, come renew.
When your garbage bin is full,
Stop! The Earth pays the toll.
Ozone layer’s falling apart,
Like a guy without a heart.
Earth only got hundred more years,
Until we ruin it for our peers.
Garbage can hurts to the core,
You put a bottle in it comes ask for more,
I say stop! Do none of that,
Throwing out garbage is wickety wak.
Go green!
Go green!
Go green!
Go green!
You like trees, I do too.
To save the se… Continue
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Dallas, Houston, Apple Valley, Calif., Atlanta and the Washington-Baltimore operations will each test one diesel-electric hybrid power system truck.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Monday it plans to test four heavy-duty commercial trucks powered by either hybrid engines or alternative fuels.
Test trucks operating out of a Southern California distribution center will use liquid natural gas and others operating from a distribution center near Phoenix will be converted to run on waste cooking grease f… Continue
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BY JOHN-LAURENT TRONCHE
February 02, 2009
President Barack Obama has served as the nation’s top executive for about two weeks, but he’s already racked up a few admirers among some in the energy industry – particularly natural gas and wind energy proponents – thanks to his efforts to kick-start a “new American energy economy,” as he puts it.
The 44th president is aiming to follow through on campaign promises to reduce the United States’ dependence on foreign oil imports while promoting increase… Continue
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T. Boone Pickens talks sustainability and how every business can make a difference
By Jessica Tremayne
Smart Business Dallas | February 2009
In 2010, T. Boone Pickens will receive his first order of wind turbines, a step he hopes will set a new era of energy efficiency into… Continue
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Email Your Senator Today!
Hey Army!
The stimulus package passed the U.S. House of Representatives and is now in the Senate. You know how this deal works: Each of the two houses of Congress works on its own version of the bill, then they have to get together and work out the differences before it gets sent to President Obama.
I need you to contact your U.S. Senators and ask them to support the Pickens Plan components of the stimulus package.… Continue
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By Barbara Lewis
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - Energy leaders at the World Economic Forum debated the true cost of fuel on Thursday as they grappled with the implications of world recession and how to navigate out of it.
Record-high oil prices close to $150 a barrel in July last year added to the pain of economic slowdown, and now much cheaper prices of near $40 a barrel could help the global economy to rally.
But for consumers, producers and the planet, oil at that level could be too cheap… Continue
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Smart policies, stimulus bill needed to maintain momentum in 2009
The U.S. wind energy industry shattered all previous records in 2008 by installing 8,358 megawatts (MW) of new generating capacity (enough to serve over 2 million homes), the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) said today, even as it warned of an uncertain outlook for 2009 due to the continuing financial crisis. The massive growth in 2008 swelled the nation’s total wind power generating capacity by 50% and chann… Continue
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Key Elements of Pickens Plan Included in Legislation
Dallas, TX, January 28, 2009 – T. Boone Pickens offered the following comment today on the passage of the U.S. House of Representatives version of the economic stimulus plan and the progress made on energy policy and investment:
“Many of the components of the economic stimulus plan passed by the House of Representatives today are a part of the Pickens Plan-- investing in renewable energy, encouraging conservation, rebuilding… Continue
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From now on, Boone will have a column on HuffingtonPost.com. Read the first one below and then head to the comments section and let the readers of HuffingtonPost know that you support ending our dependence on foreign oil.
President Obama's team is settling into their new offices and the new Congress is getting used to those new people talking about new approaches to America's problems. A… Continue
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What started as a self-serving entry in the Pickens Plan video contest led to an epiphany for one marketing executive. This is the story of his agency's path to understanding that sustainability represents both an obligation and an opportunity. By Harry Groome, with Walter Ife, Mojo Marketing
T. Boone Pickens. Sure, I knew who he was. Who didn’t? He was everywhere with a name you couldn’t forget and a plan you couldn’t argue with. Poking around his Pickens Plan website, I came across a video of… Continue
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Green Energy: Our Future Depends on It
