T. Boone Pickens

T. Boone Pickens at TED Conference, advocates for alternative energy plan

Environment

Energy tycoon T. Boone Pickens has a plan to end America’s dependency on foreign oil, he says. At the 2012 TED conference in California, Pickens outlined his “Pickens Plan,” a vision to boost the American economy by investing in domestic clean energy sources.

Greening the grid

Environment

More with T. Boone Pickens on America’s Energy Future

TED Talks: T. Boone Pickens on the Future of Energy

Don’t Mess with Texas Wind

The World

Clean tech cleans up

Environment

Host Bruce Gellerman talks with market analyst Ted Sullivan of Lux Research about clean tech ‘boomlets’ and the future of green investing.

The World

Don’t mess with Texas wind

Environment

Eighty-year-old Texas oil billionaire T. Boone Pickens is feeling the green breeze — he’s putting 12 billion dollars into what will be the world’s largest wind farm, will power one million homes, and help with U.S. energy.