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T. Boone Pickens likes odds for his energy plan
chron.com - 1/8/2009
T. Boone Pickens likes odds for his energy plan
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Houston Chronicle: Every president since Richard Nixon has pledged to move the country toward energy independence, and they`ve all failed, oilman and investor T. Boone Pickens told a crowd at Rice University on Tuesday. 'But we have a better chance now with President-elect Obama than we would ...
dallasnews.com - 1/13/2009
T. Boone Pickens seeks stimulus funds to convert trucks to natural gas | News for Dallas, Texas ...
— dallasnews.com — 10:16 PM CST on Tuesday, January 13, 2009 By DAVE MICHAELS / The Dallas Morning News dmichaels@dallasnews.com... WASHINGTON – T. Boone Pickens said Tuesday that he's seeking as much as $28 billion from the economic stimulus plan to convert heavy-duty ... (more) T. Boone Pickens seeks stimulus funds to convert trucks ...

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climateprogress.org - 1/9/2009
Senate Dems unhappy with level of energy funds in Obama stimulus plan
— climateprogress.org — We don’t have a lot of details on the stimulus, but what is starting to come out... is distinctly unimpressive on the clean energy side. Yes, it is a big deal that Obama said yesterday: “We will double the production of alternative energy ... (more) Senate Dems unhappy with level of energy funds in Obama ...

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houston.indymedia.org - 1/1/2009
Statement on Brandon Darby, the 'Unnamed ' Informant/ Provocateur in the "Texas 2"
— houston.indymedia.org — Statement on Brandon Darby, the 'Unnamed' Informant/ Provocateur in the "Texas 2" by The Austin Informant Working... Group Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008 at 9:16 PM texas.solidarity@gmail.com Below is a statement by a group of Austin-based community organizers ... (more) Statement on Brandon Darby, the 'Unnamed ' Informant/ ...

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Peak Oil News — ... dependence — wind power and natural gas. Pickens’ talk at Rice was his part of the road show for “The Pickens Plan,” a campaign he launched last August to get the country to cut its foreign oil dependence by one-third. The plan, which he has spent $50 million to promote, calls for meeting more than 20 percent of the country’s electric needs through wind power and redirecting the nation’s abundant natural gas reserves away from power generation and into fueling cars and trucks. Houston Chronicle

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