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Ain’t No Wind in T. Boone Pickens’ Sails

An Interview with T. Boone Pickens

Joseph Romm interviews T. Boone Pickens.

The epic struggle over clean energy that will define this century has been joined by the unlikeliest of Don Quixotes, ultraconservative oilman T. Boone Pickens. As Pickens tilts at billion-dollar windmill farms, he advocates the federal government enact multi-year renewable energy tax credits, require private companies to purchase alternative fuel vehicles and help build a renewable energy transmission grid.

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Joseph Romm

Senior Fellow