It is refreshing to see in Washington, D.C., legislation boasting broad, bipartisan support. One such bill is the New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act -- H.R. 1835 in the House and S. 1408 in the Senate.

There is a finite amount of oil available in the world. It...

Last week the Department of Energy (DoE) released a list of 25 projects under the Clean Cities program that will be funded with nearly $300 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Of those, 19 included plans to develop alternative fuel and compressed natural gas (CNG) or liquified natural...

Some people are of the opinion that I jump-started my plan to end our country's addiction to foreign oil on a whim. I may have launched the Pickens Plan in July 2008, but the truth is our lack of a national energy plan has been worrying me for most of...

Over a year ago, I launched the Pickens Plan with a single goal in mind: to end America's addiction to foreign oil. It's been a long 13 months, and I'm not saying this because I've spent $60 million of my own money to open people's eyes to this problem. I'm...

I get a lot of invitations to events and activities, and the truth is, I have to decline a good number of them. But last year when Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid asked me to attend the National Clean Energy Summit at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, I didn't...

The highly respected analytics firm, Stratfor, began its report of a recent survey of natural gas reserves in the United States this way:

In 2006, natural gas production in the United States appeared to be in permanent decline. Domestic production had flattened out below the 2002 peak of 693 billion...

As we all know a lot of political wrangling takes place on Capitol Hill, but with each passing week it's more and more obvious that this Congress is serious about doing something to end our addiction to foreign oil. I say this because on Tuesday the House took an important...

I've always said that the most important quality of a good leader is that you've got to be willing to make a decision. Too often, people fall victim to what I call the "ready-aim-aim-aim-aim" syndrome. Everything has got to be absolutely perfect. The truth is sometimes you've got to be...

I'm a pretty straightforward guy. That's the way I run my businesses. That's the way I live my life. And if you've ever heard me speak then you know that's the way I talk. But when you call it like you see it, some people always seem to hear something...

Official Washington has been in vigorous discussions - internally and externally - about alternative fuels and their role in our energy portfolio today and in the future. We are talking about solar, wind, geo-thermal and bio-methane. We are fully engaged in the national discussion about reducing our dependence...

I know you think that the worst is over. Here and there we're starting to get bits and pieces of good news about the U.S. economy. Some are even saying that we're beginning to climb out of this recession. I certainly hope that's true. But one thing's for sure: we've...

Earlier this month I made a point of going to WINDPOWER 2009, the world's largest conference on wind energy. Yes, it was in the Windy City, but the truth is it's not always in Chicago. Next year's conference will be here in Dallas and you need to put it on...

Domestic natural gas supplies will replace our need for foreign oil. Independent studies continue to show that America's natural gas reserves are sufficient to meet all of our needs for well over 100 years.

We should protect America's interests by making a national commitment to replacing our need for foreign...

It has been nine months since oil hit its high of $147 per barrel and the price of gasoline at the pump in the United States topped $4 per gallon for regular. In California, gasoline topped out at an average of $4.43 per gallon. Since then, the worldwide recession dampened...

Last July when I launched the Pickens Plan to get America to reduce its dependence on foreign oil, one of the pillars was to rely on home-grown energy. It makes no sense for us as a country to be shipping billions of dollars overseas when we have such abundant resources...

$18 billion. Sound like a lot of money? It sure does to me. The worst part is that's how much Americans shelled out last month to import 386 million barrels of oil. Think about the impact those dollars could have made right here right now as our country works its...

Take it from this 80-year-old. After half a century in the energy business, I've learned a lot of lessons, and more than a few of them have been the hard way. One of the most important ones in all those years is that there is absolutely no reason for us...

Once in a great while events converge to make, not just news, but to make a real difference. This is one of those times.

Yesterday, Randall Stephenson, the Chairman and CEO of AT&T announced that his company was taking a giant step forward by replacing about 8,000 vehicles currently running...

Earlier this week I traveled to New York City to go on The View and talk about the Pickens Plan. Right out of the gate Whoopi Goldberg asked me was whether I was a Republican or a Democrat. My response to her question? "I'm an American first."

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This weekend the National Governors Association will meet in Washington. With the exception of Congress itself, I can't think of a more important gathering in our country today. Why? I can sum it up with one word: leadership.

Since I launched the Pickens Plan last July, I've had the opportunity...