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Pickens in a pickle T. Boone Pickens embraces progressive policies but not progressive politicians	Joseph Romm	28 Aug 2008	Gristmill
I interviewed the billionaire conservative oilman for Salon. My article and the interview are now online here. My goal was not to trip him up with the flaws in his plan, but just to explore some of the key issues, especially the role of government in making it happen. Talking to him it is clear he is very genuinely concerned about the impoverishment we face on our current laissez-faire energy path -- a $10 trillion transfer of wealth from Americans to the rest o ...
Topics: climate, energy, politics, T Boone Pickens, wind power (all these topics)

'Drill, drill, drill' -- even if it won't solve the problem T. Boone Pickens airs his first television ad	Kate Sheppard	25 Aug 2008	Gristmill
T. Boone Pickens -- the conservative billionaire oil baron turned wind activist -- just released his his first TV ad. Pickens has said that 'we can't drill our way out' of our energy problem, and in the ad he says that wind should be the primary energy source to help break dependency on foreign oil. But he also says in that ad that we should 'drill, drill, drill.' Watch it: Pickens will be at the Democratic National Convention Thursday at noon, in the Big Tent ...
Topics: advertising, energy, Muckraker, oil and gas drilling, politics, T Boone Pickens, video, wind power (all these topics)

The Coal Shebang Colorado utility voluntarily shuts down two coal plants		21 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 7:01 AM on 21 Aug 2008 Two coal-fired power plants in Colorado will be shut down -- not because green groups sued like crazy to make it happen, but because a utility volunteered. Citing concerns about public health and greenhouse-gas emissions, Xcel Energy asked permission of state regulators to close its coal plants, and regulators have approved the plan. Xcel becomes the first utility in the country to shut dow ...
Topics: coal, Colorado, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, news, progress, solar thermal power, utilities, wind power (all these topics)

Just the Tip of the Bloomberg Mayor has big clean-energy goals for NYC		20 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 10:54 AM on 20 Aug 2008 New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg touted clean energy Tuesday at, aptly, the National Clean Energy Summit. He said his city has issued a formal request to companies for ideas on how to source electricity from the wind, sun, and waves. "Perhaps companies will want to put wind farms atop our bridges and skyscrapers, or use the enormous potential of powerful offshore winds miles out in ...
Topics: business, energy, local politics, New York City, news, placemaking, politics, renewable energy, wave and tidal power, wind power (all these topics)

Splitting Airs N.Y. wind rush brings corruption complaints, divides rural communities		18 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 8:28 AM on 18 Aug 2008 Lured by generous state subsidies, the wind industry is having its day in the sun breeze in upstate New York. But the scramble for turbine-friendly land has led to complaints of corruption and caused schisms in rural communities. At least two wind companies are being investigated for shady dealings, and evidence of possible improper influence or conflicts of interest have emerg ...
Topics: business, energy, New York, news, placemaking, renewable energy, wind power (all these topics)

The solar billionaires' club First recorded solar billionaire in China, U.S. billionaires persue wind	Joseph Romm	07 Aug 2008	Gristmill
This post is by ClimateProgress guest blogger Bill Becker, executive director of the Presidential Climate Action Project. ----- Hunter Lovins is one of the country's premier prophets of the prosperity we can achieve if we move quickly to establish a post-carbon economy. Vast new markets and investment opportunities are opening worldwide for clean technologies. 'Those who recognize this opportunity will be the first to the future and the billionaires of tomorrow ...
Topics: business, energy, investing, renewable energy, solar voltaic power, wind power (all these topics)

T. Boone's new ad	David Roberts	06 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Lots of wind, no mention of natural gas:
Topics: advertising, business, energy, renewable energy, video, wind power (all these topics)

Stardom? NYT Magazine swoons for Pickens	Sir Oolius	04 Aug 2008	Gristmill
From the most recent New York Times Magazine: As a Texas oilman and major contributor to the Republican Party, you've just launched yourself, at 80, into green stardom by devising an energy plan that relies mainly on wind power. Green stardom. All you have to do is mention wind turbines to make the eyes of dirty hippies glaze over in delight.
Topics: energy, mainstream media, Texas, wind power (all these topics)

All about water?	David Roberts	04 Aug 2008	Gristmill
ZapRoot takes on the Pickens plan:
Topics: energy, Texas, video, wind power (all these topics)

When 'picking energy winners,' don't ignore past investment Marketplace commentary gives a misleading picture of government's role in energy use	Liz Borkowski	01 Aug 2008	Gristmill
In a commentary on Thursday's Marketplace, the Cato Institute's Will Wilkinson critiqued T. Boone Pickens' new energy plan. In doing so, he painted a misleading picture of the government's role in our energy usage. Pickens wants wind energy to replace natural gas in electricity generation, and use the freed-up natural gas to fuel vehicles so we can use less foreign oil. There are problems with this energy plan, but Wilkerson is most concerned that the government ...
Topics: electricity grid, energy, mainstream media, oil, renewable energy, wind power (all these topics)

Houston, we have a solution? Four encouraging signs from Big Oil's backyard	Josh Dorner	28 Jul 2008	Gristmill
After Nerdi Gras (Netroots Nation), I took a couple days off to dry-out and trotted over to Houston to visit my parents. It came as no surprise that Houston is booming due to the skyrocketing price of oil. But I also learned a few surprising things that gave me hope that brighter days are ahead for the rest of us well. Because if Houston can get it right, who can't? 1. 100 percent wind power is now cheaper than dirty electricity in Texas. If folks didn't know ...
Topics: electricity, energy, renewable energy, Texas, video, wind power (all these topics)

Turbine of the Times Wind power in China is 'huge, huge, huge'		25 Jul 2008	News
Posted at 4:44 PM on 25 Jul 2008 China, known for its environmental struggles, is looking to have a success story in wind power. "China's wind energy market is unrecognizable from two years ago," says Steve Sawyer of the Global Wind Energy Council. "It is huge, huge, huge. But it is not realized yet in the outside world." China's wind generation has increased by more than 100 percent per year since 2005, and the ...
Topics: China, energy, news, progress, renewable energy, wind power (all these topics)

Cape blind A failure of leadership in the wind	Erik Hoffner	21 Jul 2008	Gristmill
This recently appeared in Wendy Williams' blog. She is coauthor of the book Cape Wind: Money, Celebrity, Class, Politics, and the Battle for Our Energy Future on Nantucket Sound, now out in paperback -- a fascinating and horrifying read. ----- I've been giving lots of talks about Cape Wind around the country, and I can tell you -- the American people are getting really angry. Both Democrats and Republicans are equally disgusted by what they read in our book about Cape ...
Topics: Big Oil, energy, Massachusetts, politics, wind power (all these topics)

You say that like it's a bad thing Minnesota utility plans wind farm over coal reserves	JMG	17 Jul 2008	Gristmill
Story at Wind Watch: A Minnesota utility said it's planning its own mega wind farm in Oliver County, meaning Oliver and Morton counties could some day be home to as many as 1,000 new wind turbines across the hilltops.At the same time the turbines are capturing mile after mile of wind, they could cover up substantial coal reserves along that southern stretch of Coal Country ...
Topics: coal, energy, Minnesota, renewable energy, wind power (all these topics)

A T. Boone of sugar makes the medicine go down CBS interviews oil man Pickens on his new greenish plan	David Roberts	15 Jul 2008	Gristmill
I was gone last week when T. Boone Pickens' big energy plan came out and everyone was buzzing about it. CBS has a new interview with him, done by Katie Couric, who actually asks some reasonably tough questions: Of course what she doesn't do is get much into the meat of the plan itself, or its flaws. At this point, there's not much to add to what's been said by others. It's great that he's juicing wind, and it's great he's telling his fellow Republicans that drillin ...
Topics: energy, T Boone Pickens, video, wind power (all these topics)

Scenarios for a low carbon, no-nuke future Renewables and efficiency would provide more GDP than fossil fuels	Gar Lipow	14 Jul 2008	Gristmill
The attached Excel spreadsheet takes specific technologies, the known cost of implementing them, and various scenarios for responses to such implementation and technical improvements (including no technical improvement!) and calculates costs and benefits. This is intended to be an open source model. The comment section will be used to revise the spreadsheet with links to the old versions added to the bottom of this post as revisions are made (for the sake of transparency.) ...
Topics: energy, energy efficiency, renewable energy, solar thermal power, solar voltaic power, wind power (all these topics)

Memo to T. Boone Pickens His energy plan is half brilliant, half dumb	Joseph Romm	08 Jul 2008	Gristmill
The Phone Call based on a true story Major cable network: What do you think of T. Boone Pickens' latest energy plan? Me: Half of it is great -- the big push on wind power. Heck, even the Bush administration says wind power could be 20 percent of U.S. electricity. But the notion that we would use the wind power to free up natural gas in order to fuel a transition to natural gas vehicles makes no sense. Why would we go to the trouble of switching our vehicle fleet f ...
Topics: cars, climate, energy, natural gas, wind power (all these topics)

Pickens Choose Texas oilman unveils Pickens Plan to avert U.S. energy crisis		08 Jul 2008	News
Posted at 12:48 PM on 08 Jul 2008 T. Boone Pickens. Photo: University of Texas America has a problem, and T. Boone Pickens has a solution. "U.S. dependency on foreign oil has reached an economic crisis point," says the infamous Texas oilman, who in response has unveiled The Pickens Plan. The 80-year-old billionaire proposes that private investors fund the construction of thousands of wind turbines from Texas n ...
Topics: energy, innovation, natural gas, news, renewable energy, United States, wind power (all these topics)

Delawind? Delaware to have offshore wind farm in 2012	Joseph Romm	26 Jun 2008	Gristmill
The following post is by Earl Killian, guest blogger at Climate Progress. ----- On Tuesday, the utility Delmarva announced a 25-year contract with Bluewater Wind Delaware, a subsidiary of the Babcock & Brown, to purchase 200 megawatts of power from a wind farm that would be constructed 11.5 miles in the Atlantic off Delaware's Rehoboth Beach. First power is expected in 2012. The contract locks in the price Delmarva will pay per kilowatt-hour. Bluewater has ...
Topics: Delaware, energy, renewable energy, wind power (all these topics)

Renewable Vigor Britain lays out plans for renewable-energy 'revolution'		26 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 4:45 PM on 26 Jun 2008 British Prime Minister Gordon Brown set out goals Thursday to increase renewable-energy use in Britain tenfold by 2020. Brown's vision for a "green revolution" is heavily reliant on wind power, with plans for 7,000 new turbines -- 4,000 onshore and 3,000 offshore. The North Sea could turn "into the equivalent for wind power of what the Gulf of Arabia is for the oil industry,& ...
Topics: energy, news, renewable energy, United Kingdom, wind power (all these topics)

Sustainable economy 101 Lessons from Europe and Japan	Jon Rynn	23 Jun 2008	Gristmill
The following article appeared in Foreign Policy in Focus, and was reposted at commondreams.org. When New York City wanted to make the biggest purchase of subway cars in U.S. history in the late 1990s -- more than $3 billion worth -- the only companies that were able to bid on the contract were foreign. The same problem applies to high-speed rail today: Only European or Japanese companies can build any of the proposed rail networks in the United States. The U.S. has als ...
Topics: business, economy, energy, greenish companies, renewable energy, solar thermal power, solar voltaic power, wind power (all these topics)

Hill heap A weekly roundup of greenish news from the Capitol	Kate Sheppard	21 Jun 2008	Gristmill
A few of this week's environmental happenings that I've been meaning to point out: Oilman-turned-clean-energy-evangelist T. Boone Pickens came to town to testify about the country's transmission problems that are preventing wind from becoming a major source of power. Pickens, who is attempting to build the world's largest wind farm in Texas, joined experts from the Department of Energy and wind-energy lobbyists in testifying before the Senate Committee on Energ ...
Topics: climate, energy, Muckraker, news, oil, politics, wind power (all these topics)

Cool idea of the day	David Roberts	12 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Floating wind turbines that can be placed farther out at sea (and in heavier wind) than typical anchored offshore turbines. Next: high-altitude wind!
Topics: energy, innovation, renewable energy, wind power (all these topics)

Somebody forgot to tell Rockport that coal is cheap	David Roberts	26 May 2008	Gristmill
How much would your town pay to stabilize the electric bills of every home and business in it for the next 25 years?
Topics: energy, energy at home, Missouri, renewable energy, wind power (all these topics)

The power of wind Wind energy ad wins Cannes award	David Roberts	24 May 2008	Gristmill
I think I've posted this before, but a quick search didn't turn it up. Anyway, this video, an ad for Epuron energy company created by the Nordpol+Hamburg agency, won the 'Golden Lion' in Cannes. Check it out:
Topics: advertising, energy, funnies, Germany, wind power (all these topics)

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