Pickens Plan

Energy Quote of the Day: ‘Best Way to Boil a Frog is to Raise the Temperature Slowly’

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London Zoo Conduct Their Annual Animal Stocktake

Leave it to good old T. Boone Pickens to compare frog boiling with the US-Opec strategic relationship. Pickens today posted a piece on LinkedIn promoting his ‘Pickens Plan’ – a multi-pronged approach to eliminating US oil imports – that harkened back to President Nixon’s promise of US energy independence. In 1973, President Nixon said: “Let… Keep reading →

 /  Published November 7, 2013 at 1:00 PM

Fracking Debate Demonstrates Renewed Energy Lawyer Demand

By Nick Allard

Cameron Douglas Sentencing For Narcotics Possession While In Jail

The Northeast has joined Texas as a hotbed for energy lawyers, driven by our nation’s insatiable demand for energy and the lack of a coherent national energy policy. In addition, the industry is moving from a time-worn regulated monopoly model to free-market competition – complicated by climate change concerns on the one hand and the… Keep reading →

 /  Published July 24, 2013 at 10:00 AM