In Article I, Section 8, the United States Constitution grants Congress the "Power To," among other things, "provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States"; "regulate Commerce with foreign Nations"; and "lay and collect Taxes."

While the Constitution does not speak directly about "establishing an energy...

One billion dollars every day.

That's how much money we're sending overseas to fund our dangerous and growing addiction to OPEC oil.

This year, I've spent a lot of time talking about natural gas, and the need to tap into everything domestic--from nuclear to natural gas, from wind...

September 14 is OPEC's -- the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries -- 50th birthday. OPEC was formed in 1960 by Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela. Since then it has expanded to 12 countries, but its goal is the same: To influence and, if necessary, manipulate the price of...

The Congressional Independence Day recess is here. The amount of time available to pass substantive legislation before both houses adjourn is dwindling.

Between the end of the July 4th Recess and the August Recess, Congress will try to pass the financial reform bill, and the Senate will fulfill its Constitutional...

The Center for American Progress (CAP) has released a study titled "Developing Natural Gas for Heavy Vehicles" on the need to get our heavy trucks and buses off imported oil and on to domestic natural gas. By focusing on heavy vehicles we can reduce our oil imports by...

I've been in the energy business my entire career, and I can assure you this 81-year-old has chased down more deals than anyone you'll ever meet. A lot of those deals didn't pan out - that's just how the game is played - but every now and then a big...

The 1.6 million members of the Pickens Plan Army already know my New Year's resolution: as soon as health care wraps up in Congress, to see that Washington's number one public policy issue becomes winning approval of a plan to end our dangerous and costly dependence on foreign oil. Since...

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...