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NEWS ABOUT: T. Boone Pickens

T. Boone Pickens stories: 15 news summaries

Natural Gas Finds Could Herald Energy Shift in US

Discoveries speed
push to replace coal, oil

Apr 30, 09 8:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - A huge natural-gas discovery in Louisiana, on the heels of similar finds elsewhere over the past decade, is fueling a push to shift the nation’s energy portfolio, the Wall Street Journal reports. Louisiana’s Haynesville Shale could hold the energy equivalent of 18 years of current US oil production;... More »

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Texas • Louisiana • natural gas • T. Boone Pickens • foreign oil • energy independence • energy policy • Haynesville Shale • Barnett Shale

 Solar, Wind Boom 
 Starts to Wither 

Once thought recession-proof, green tech takes a hit

Feb 4, 09 8:22 AM CST
(Newser) - Wind and solar power have been growing at breakneck speed over the past few years—a demand the industry had hoped would continue to soar under the Obama administration. But instead, wind and solar power is dropping, with trade groups projecting a drop in new installations of up to 50%.... More »

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environment • North Dakota • solar power • T. Boone Pickens • wind power • solar panels • wind farms • recession depression

Pickens, Facing Headwinds, Pushes Energy Plan in DC

Falling oil prices, stock market have taken alternative-energy push along for ride

Jan 13, 09 8:27 AM CST
(Newser) - Billionaire T. Boone Pickens is in Washington today to push lawmakers to breathe new life into his scheme for weaning America off foreign oil—which has suffered setbacks in recent months, the Wall Street Journal reports, not least of which are the energy and stock markets. A $100 decline in... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • credit crisis • natural gas • T. Boone Pickens • wind power • energy independence • oil prices

 Slump May Doom 
 Clean Energy Initiatives 

Some nations could fall back on fossil fuel

Nov 25, 08 12:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Just as global warming initiatives were gaining serious momentum around the world, the financial crisis looks like it's undermining both the political will and the math that support them, the New York Times reports. With gas prices plummeting, US automakers may be scaling back investment in new technology. In Europe,... More »

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climate change • Barack Obama • global warming • coal • fossil fuel • green energy • clean energy • Big Three • T. Boone Pickens • economy • solar panels • wind farm

Wild Horses Drag Pickens' Cash Away

T. Boone's wife adopts 30,000 mustangs, blocking euthanasia

Nov 18, 08 11:16 AM CST
(Newser) - Some 2,000 wild horses of the American West were in danger of euthanasia—until billionaire T. Boone Pickens’ wife, Madeleine, stepped in and offered to adopt them and 28,000 of their closest friends, the Washington Post reports. The Bureau of Land Management holds the animals in pens, rounding... More »

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cattle • adoption • horse • T. Boone Pickens • animal • Bureau of Land Management

OPINION

Don't Breeze Into
Billion-Dollar Wind Projects 

'Heedless investment' could provoke an ethanol-like blowback, writer asserts

Sep 28, 08 1:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Wind promises a practical source of renewable energy, but if the US doesn’t develop it properly, it’ll face another ethanol-like morass, warns Matthew Quirk in the Atlantic. Efforts like T. Boone Pickens’ $10 billion Texas wind farm are misguided. “Wind power is unlikely to cause a global... More »

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renewable energy • T. Boone Pickens • wind power

 Pickens' Own 
 Energy Funds 
 Down $1B 

Oil magnate's plan for own investments not so sharp

Sep 24, 08 8:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - T. Boones Pickens' energy plan might need some tweaking —at least when it comes to his own investments. Even as the billionaire campaigns for his energy independence proposal, his energy-focused hedge funds have lost about $1 billion this year, the Wall Street Journal reports. “It's my toughest run... More »

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energy • T. Boone Pickens • hedge funds

OPINION

Pickens' 'Energy Plan' Lacking
in Actual Detail

Talk may be cheap, but oilman spending $58M to push empty rhetoric

Aug 6, 08 11:44 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

OPINION

 Let Innovators
 Light Way Out
 of Energy Crisis

Washington should learn from entrepreneurs

Jul 27, 08 9:28 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

OPINION

Pickens Drills Into McCain Campaign

Oilman's environmental turn enrages GOP, writes columnist

Jul 24, 08 8:40 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Pickens Takes His Campaign
to Capitol Hill

Billionaire's pitch for wind power backed up by big talk, big cash

Jul 22, 08 11:00 AM CDT
(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... More »

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alternative energy • T. Boone Pickens

Oil Tycoon
Kicks Off Energy Campaign

Pickens wants to wean us from foreign supply with wind, natural gas

Jul 8, 08 3:51 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

 Pickens Stiffs Witnesses Against Swift Boat Ads

Oilman rejects evidence ads were false

Jun 26, 08 3:00 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Oilman Pickens Throws in With Icahn in Fight to Control Yahoo

'I'll jump in with Carl'
on proxy issue, he says

May 21, 08 7:59 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Kerry Takes
$1M Swift Boat Challenge

Senator vows to face Texas billionaire and blast allegations

Nov 16, 07 6:53 PM CST
(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... More »

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

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