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  • August 2008

    • Pickens' 'Energy Plan' Lacking in Actual Detail

      Wall Street Journal  |  Aug 6, 08 11:44 AM CDT

      Pickens' 'Energy Plan' Lacking in Actual Detail

      (Newser) - T. Boone Pickens has plenty of ideas about making the US less dependent on oil, and he has plenty of reasons why. But broad generalizations about using wind power to generate electricity and natural gas to power cars doesn’t offer enough “how-to-get-it-done” detail to make it an actual plan, Holman W. Jenkins Jr. writes in the Wall Street Journal . More »

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      Persian Gulf  • natural gas  • T. Boone Pickens  • foreign oil  • Energy crisis

  • July 2008

    • Let Innovators Light Way Out of Energy Crisis

      New York Times  |  Jul 27, 08 9:28 AM CDT

      Let Innovators Light Way Out of Energy Crisis

      (Newser) - As oil-addicted America looks to its energy future, the nation would be wise to follow in the footsteps of two innovators offering straightforward solutions to the crisis, writes Thomas L. Friedman in the New York Times . “The Jewish Henry Ford” has a plan to turn Israel on to electric cars, while an 80-year-old oilman is creating the largest wind farm on the planet. More »

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      electric cars  • Thomas Friedman  • alternative fuels  • wind power  • T. Boone Pickens  • clean fuel  • wind farm  • Shai Agassi

    • Pickens Drills Into McCain Campaign

      New York Times  |  Jul 24, 08 8:40 AM CDT

      Pickens Drills Into McCain Campaign

      (Newser) - The reinvention of oil billionaire T. Boone Pickens as an environmentalist represents a huge political about-face, writes Timothy Egan in the New York Times . Four years ago, Pickens bankrolled the Swift Boat campaign that derailed John Kerry's presidential bid. Now Pickens, "looking a bit like the John Huston character from Chinatown ," is attacking the efficacy of new drilling just when John McCain is pressing for it. More »

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      John McCain  • environment  • oil prices  • oil production  • oil drilling  • Swift Boat Veterans for Truth  • T. Boone Pickens

    • Pickens Takes His Campaign to Capitol Hill

      Politico  |  Jul 22, 08 11:00 AM CDT

      Pickens Takes His Campaign to Capitol Hill

      (Newser) - Oilman T. Boone Pickens’ pitch for a new plan to get the US off foreign oil is drawing a great deal of attention—partially due to its rhetorical ambition, and partially due to Pickens’ willingness to walk the walk with his estimated $4 billion checkbook. Politico examines Pickens’ determination to put wind power at the center of American energy policy, and his motives. More »

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      alternative energy  • T. Boone Pickens

    • Oil Tycoon Kicks Off Energy Campaign

      Dallas Morning News  |  Jul 8, 08 3:51 PM CDT

      Oil Tycoon Kicks Off Energy Campaign

      (Newser) - Billionaire oilman T. Boone Pickens is fed up with America’s dependence on oil and today launched a huge ad campaign to persuade the nation to kick its crude addiction, the Dallas Morning News reports. His "Pickens Plan" proposes that Americans swap gasoline for natural gas, then replace natural gas power plants with wind, solar, and nuclear facilities. More »

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      oil price  • oil  • gas  • alternative energy  • natural gas  • solar power  • wind power  • T. Boone Pickens  • energy dependence  • energy independence

  • June 2008

    • Pickens Stiffs Witnesses Against Swift Boat Ads

      Dallas Morning News  |  Jun 26, 08 3:00 AM CDT

      Pickens Stiffs Witnesses Against Swift Boat Ads

      (Newser) - The billionaire who bankrolled the notorious Swift Boat ads discrediting John Kerry's military record during his 2004 presidential run has rejected evidence that the ads were false. T. Boone Pickens offered a million dollars for proof the ads contained falsehoods—but has refused to acknowledge information provided by 10 men who served with Kerry, reports the Dallas Morning News. More »

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      John Kerry  • Swift Boat Veterans for Truth  • T. Boone Pickens  • Swift Boat

  • May 2008

    • Oilman Pickens Throws in With Icahn in Fight to Control Yahoo

      Wall Street Journal  |  May 21, 08 7:59 AM CDT

      Oilman Pickens Throws in With Icahn in Fight to Control Yahoo

      (Newser) - Carl Icahn's proxy bid to replace Yahoo’s board won the backing of legendary oilman T. Boone Pickens yesterday, reports the Wall Street Journal, but without a firm offer from Microsoft to acquire Yahoo the effort could still struggle . "I'll jump in with Carl. He goes in first, I jump in behind him," Pickens told CNBC. More »

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      Microsoft  • Yahoo  • Carl Icahn  • proxy battle  • T. Boone Pickens

  • November 2007

    • Kerry Takes $1M Swift Boat Challenge

      Associated Press  |  Nov 16, 07 6:53 PM CST

      Kerry Takes $1M Swift Boat Challenge

      (Newser) - John Kerry accepted a $1 million challenge today to back his military record against claims by the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, the AP reports. The former Dem nom answered an open challenge by oilman T. Boone Pickens, a key funder of the group that claimed Kerry fudged his military resume. Pickens vowed to pay a cool mil to anyone who refutes a single Swiftie claim. More »

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      oil  • John Kerry  • smear campaign  • Swift Boat Veterans for Truth  • T. Boone Pickens  • Purple Heart  • reward

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