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Article: Pickens Plan of Utah holds its first meeting
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- August 8, 2008
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A group of Utahns fed up with rising energy prices and what they
perceive as lack of direction from the federal government regarding
the nation's energy policy is taking a proactive approach toward the
current energy crisis.
The Utah chapter of the Pickens Plan held its first meeting
Thursday evening at the state Capitol. The group, whose Web site
says it has 124 members, advocates an energy policy proposal
introduced last month by billionaire Oklahoma businessman T. Boone
Pickens, who made much of his fortune producing oil. The plan
promotes alternatives to oil, including natural gas, wind and solar
power.
The popularity of the Pickens Plan has grown to include dozens of
chapters in states ...