Surrey Regional Economic Summit
Last month, I had the opportunity to travel to Canada and discuss our energy policy here in the U.S. The truth is I ended up talking about America’s lack of an energy plan. That’s been the story out of Washington since President Nixon first promised to get us off foreign oil in 1973. Since the Continue Reading
Boone on CNBC: Keystone Pipeline and Natural Gas
T. Boone Pickens explains why the Keystone Pipeline environmental review will not impact the prices of gasoline and oil prices. Pickens also weighs in on natural gas and asks the “Street Signs” crew to vote for him in CNBC’s Top 25 most influential business leaders poll. Continue Reading
40 years after the OPEC oil embargo, we’re still dependent
Normally, the Arab Oil Embargo of 1973 would not be a favorite topic of mine. But last week it definitely was, thanks to SAFE’s OPEC Oil Embargo + 40 Conference in Washington. I spent a great day with an amazing group of real leaders discussing different ways to get our country off of OPEC oil Continue Reading
The cost of our involvement in the Middle East is just too much
There’s a legitimate debate right now about what America should do about things in Syria. Personally, I don’t want to see American troops put in harm’s way until we know how we’re going to get them out — not just out of Syria, but out of the Middle East entirely. The problem is no one Continue Reading
Boone Meets with Young Washington
T. Boone Pickens recently participated in an event with young professionals in Washington, DC to talk about the Pickens Plan. Continue Reading
Pickens Plan 5th Anniversary
On the 5th anniversary of the Pickens Plan, we can stand up and say, “we did it.” The Pickens Plan Army has pressed for change and we’ve gotten results! Continue Reading
National Journal presents Fueling the Nation
National Journal recently hosted a conversation about the future of natural gas in America and the opportunity we have for reducing our dependence on OPEC oil through this cleaner burning, abundantly available American resource. Watch this video for highlights from the panel featuring Andrew Littlefair, CEO and Chairman of Clean Energy Fuels, Senator Richard Burr Continue Reading
The Chinese are getting Iraqi oil, and we’re paying for it
I don’t like saying, “I told you so.” But the United States spent $2.2 trillion and tragically lost more than 3,000 men and women fighting in Iraq, and now the Chinese are getting over half the Iraqi oil. On numerous trips to Washington, DC, I said that would happen, and now it has. Every day, Continue Reading