Pickens Plan

Pay It Backward--The Greatest Wealth Transfer in History

Larry Gellman | Posted 11.04.2008 | Business

Read More: Budget Deficit $490 Billion, Obama Housing Crisis, T. Boone Pickens, John McCain, Mccain Housing Crisis, Judaism, Bush Tax Cuts, Thomas Friedman, Energy Policy, Barack Obama, Housing Crisis, Bush Economy, Bush Administration, National Debt Soars, New York Times, Financial Crisis, Wealth Transfer, Pickens Plan, Business News
Larry Gellman

For the last 20 years, I've been hearing that we're in the midst of the Greatest Wealth Transfer in History. The slogan has remained the same but both the beneficiaries of the wealth have changed.

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Is T. Boone Pickens Selling Off Some Wind Turbines?

David Sassoon | Posted 10.27.2008 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Proposition 10, T. Boone Pickens, S Renewable Energy, Alternative Energy, Fossil Fuels, Green, Climate Change, Pickens Plan, Green News
David Sassoon

Pickens has always said he's getting involved with wind for the money -- not because he's an environmentalist or because he cares about global warming.

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Boone Pickens Caught in Several More Lies on Frontline

Josh Nelson | Posted 10.22.2008 | Green

Read More: Pbs, T. Boone Pickens, Energy Independence, Politics, Heat, Natural Gas, Pickens Plan, Foreign Oil, Green, Global Warming, Energy, Boone Pickens, Climate Change, Green News
Josh Nelson

It is starting to look like Pickens has a bad habit of telling a few whoppers in every public appearance. Lie #1: Democratic candidates don't know how reducing CO2 emissions by 60-80% is possible.

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T. Boone Pickens Takes His Energy Plan On The Road

Chicago Tribune | David Greising | Posted 10.14.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Energy, T. Boone Pickens, Energy Independence, John McCain Energy Policy, Pickens Plan Chicago, Pickens Town Hall, Pickens Navy Pier, Barack Obama Energy Policy, Pickens Plan, Chicago News

The stock market had opened down nearly 800 points Friday morning, then bounced back by 500, and T. Boone Pickens paused from describing his big idea ...

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Sarah Palin and Boone Pickens: Birds of a Feather

Josh Nelson | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy Policy, T. Boone Pickens, Wind Power, Politics, Todd Palin, Pickens Plan, Green, Drill Baby Drill, Oil Drilling, Natural Gas Vehicles, Global Warming, Sarah Palin, 2008 Presidential Election, Politics News
Josh Nelson

As has been pointed out repeatedly, Sarah Palin does not "get" the energy situation. Truth be told, she probably "gets" the energy situation about as well as Pickens himself gets global warming.

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Picky About the Pickens Plan

Christiana Wyly | Posted 09.23.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, George Bush, Energy Prices, Clean Coal, George W. Bush, Energy Crisis, Clean Energy, Big Oil Profits, Green Energy, Energy Policy, T. Boone Pickens Wind Turbines, Texas, Corn Prices, Oil Drilling, Green Technology, 2008 Presidential Race, T.Boone Pickens, Oil, Oil Prices, Natural Gas, President Bush, Pickens Plan, Green News
Christiana Wyly

"Son, I used to be IN the Oil Lobby! We don't have to worry about them. We the people are more powerful than any lobby any day of the week."

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Ralph Nader Says Geothermal Is The Way, Pickens Is A Good Starting Point

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 08.28.2008 | Green

Read More: Renewable Energy, T. Boone Pickens, Pickens Plan, Geothermal Energy, Energy Policy, Ralph Nader, Green News

While the Democratic National Convention took control of Denver this week, a reported 4,000 people showed up to a Ralph Nader campaign rally at the Un...

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Pickens Ad Rejected By NBC And Other Highlights From T. Boone At The DNC

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 08.28.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, T. Boone Pickens, John Podesta, Nbc, Pickens Plan, Carl Pope, Energy Policy, Offshore Drilling, Green News

T. Boone Pickens, Carl Pope and John Podesta walk into a big tent. OK, OK, the "isn't it weird that these guys agree?" joke is getting a little tired...

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America Hungry For More Pickens Boldness

Marguerite Manteau-Rao | Posted 08.26.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Al Gore, T. Boone Pickens, Green Psychology, Climate Change, Green, Mccain, Obama, Psychology, Pickens Plan, America, Robert Redford, Green News
Marguerite Manteau-Rao

Could it be that the timid approach to climate change is missing the boat? Leaders are failing to recognize what will most likely move us -- a challenge at the measure of our appetites.

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Will Anyone Seriously Question T. Boone Pickens at the Big Tent?

Josh Nelson | Posted 08.26.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Nrdc, Dnc, Crooks and Liars, T. Boone Pickens, The Big Tent, Democratic National Convention, Adam Siegel, Democratic National Convention Denver, Pickens Plan, Big Tent, Natural Gas Vehicles, Greenwashing, John Podesta, Carl Pope, Democratic Convention, Green News
Josh Nelson

Will John Podesta and Carl Pope a) greenwash a Republican operative oil man who funded the swift boat vets and has plans to make billions selling natural gas and exploiting our water supply? or b) do the right thing?

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Pickens Says "Drill, Drill, Drill" (VIDEO)

Climate Progress | Posted 08.25.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, T. Boone Pickens, Oil Drilling, Green News, Drilling, Green, Environment, Boone Pickens, Pickens Plan, Offshore Drilling, Green News

In his first TV ad, conservative billionaire oilman T. Boone Pickens said "This Is One Emergency We Can't Drill Our Way Out Of." Although Pickens clea...

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Democrats Should Not be Praising T. Boone Pickens

Josh Nelson | Posted 08.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: T. Boone Pickens, Dick Durbin, Harry Reid, Environmentalism, Natural Gas, Carl Pope, Energy, Democrats, Pickens Plan, Barack Obama, Democratic Convention, Dnc, Politics News
Josh Nelson

Can anyone explain to me why I am supposed to put up with leaders of the environmental movement and Democratic party praising a man who is an enemy of both?

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National Clean Energy Summit: Business Leaders Encourage Cheap, Renewable Energy

AP | Posted 08.20.2008 | Green

Read More: National Clean Energy Summit, Bill Clinton, Clean Energy Summit, Las Vegas Energy Summit, Environment, Green News, Green, Bill Clinton 10-Point Energy Plan, T.Boone Pickens, Bill Clinton Energy Speech, Pickens Plan, Las Vegas, Green News

Las Vegas: Representatives from Google Inc. and General Electric Co. said Tuesday that widespread use of renewable energy in United States would be po...

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T. Boone Pickens: From Swift Boater To Pluralist

Larry Gellman | Posted 08.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jewish Wisdom, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, John McCain, T. Boone Pickens, Aspen, Swift Boat, Alternative Energy, Talmud, Aspen Institute, Renewable Energy, Energy Policy, Barack Obama, T. Boone Pickens Wind Turbines, Swiftboating, Pluralism, Swift Boat Veterans, Jewish, 2008 Presidential Race, Natural Gas, Pickens Plan, Energy, Politics News
Larry Gellman

In just a few years Pickens has moved from being a totally partisan political animal to a man who is looking for the partial truth in the disparate views of a variety of people.

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Why Pickens' Plan Is No Surprise

Examiner, Dealbreaker | Dave Burdick | Posted 08.15.2008 | Business

Read More: Wind Power, Pickens Profit, T. Boone Pickens, Billionaires, Alternative Energy, Pickens Plan, Business News

Who's supposed to love Boone Pickens and who's supposed to hate him? This is no longer simple; he's breaking rules and it's frankly a little too taxin...

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Culture Zohn: T. Boone and Me: Red Oil Man and Blue Boomer Girl Have Something in Common

Patricia Zohn | Posted 07.31.2008 | Green

Read More: T.Boone Pickens, Swift Boaters, Natural Gas, Pickens Plan, Prius, Green Energy, John Kerry, Texas Wind Power, Green News
Patricia Zohn

2008-08-01-pzohn.jpgBoone and I have something in common besides the fact that we are both interested in a Green solution this time, not Red or Blue: we have both reinvented ourselves a whole bunch.

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Pickens Calls For "Army" To Support Energy Plan

Yahoo | Carey Gillam | Posted 07.31.2008 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, T. Boone Pickens, Oil Industry, Oil, Oil Prices, Green, Green News, Environment, Natural Gas, Pickens Plan, Green News

TOPEKA, Kansas (Reuters) - Energy tycoon T. Boone Pickens said on Wednesday he is creating an "army" of business leaders and mainstream Americans to l...

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Billions and Trillions

Patrick Takahashi | Posted 07.29.2008 | Green

Read More: Marshall Plan, Manhattan Project, Peak Oil, Renewable Energy, Pickens Plan, Green Energy, Global Warming, FREE Green Energy Age, Apollo Project, Gore Plan, Green News
Patrick Takahashi

Laid end to end, a billion one dollar bills would circle the globe at the equator four times. How far does a sum of one billion dollars go these days?

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What Pickens Has Right, What He Has Wrong

ClimateProgress | Posted 07.28.2008 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, T. Boone Pickens, Joe Romm, Alternative Energy, Economy, Pickens Plan, Oil, Jobs, Colorado, Texas, Natural Gas, Green News

Everybody's been talking Pickens lately, but ClimateProgress gets down and dirty. For some of the most complete analysis of the "Pickens Plan," read o...

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"Pickens Plan:" T. Boone Pickens Invests In, Pitches Alternative Energy

Huffington Post | Posted 07.08.2008 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Energy, Oil Prices, Sweetwater Texas, T. Boone Pickens, Wind Turbines, pickensplan.com, Pickens Plan, Green News

CNBC hosted T. Boone Pickens today to talk about oil prices and his new wind power venture. Legendary oil investor T. Boone Pickens stood by his fore...

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