Articles & Op-eds

Chevron's Orwellian Crude Discovery

Sam Kazman — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:00:00 -0800

If the industry that powers the car starts treating it as a sin product, the concept of progress will soon be running on fumes.

Will More Drilling Increase U.S. Energy Security?

Iain Murray — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Picking on the Pickens Plan?

Steven J. Milloy — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:51:45 -0700

Billionaire oilman T. Boone Pickens’ camp responded last week to this column’s multi-part analysis of the so-called “Pickens Plan.” Focusing on my most recent comments, Pickens Plan defender Warren Mitchell said he was “overwhelmed” by my “lack of logic” and wondered what plan I had to “wean ourselves from foreign oil.”

No Compromise in this Energy Bill

Iain Murray — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700

There is very little in this bill that energy consumers can be glad about. But the environmental industry's lobby has reason to cheer.

Pickens' Natural-Gas Nonsense

Steven J. Milloy — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:57:40 -0700

"Get this one," says billionaire T. Boone Pickens in his latest TV ad, "Iran is changing its cars to natural gas and we're not doing a thing here. They're doing this to use less oil and sell it for $120 a barrel. We can switch our cars to natural gas and stop sending our dollars to foreign countries."

EU’s Wrongheaded Climate Policy

William Yeatman — Mon, 8 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Debunking Democrats on Drilling

Steven J. Milloy — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:02:46 -0700

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi last Tuesday dismissively referred to pro-oil-drilling demonstrators chanting “Drill here! Drill now!” as the “2-cents-in-10-years-crowd.” She may have to revise her insult strategy, since it seems that some mere pro-drilling posturing by President Bush has already helped reduce the price of gas.

Oil Speculators ‘R’ Us

John Berlau — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Pickens Gives New Meaning to 'Self-Government'

Steven J. Milloy — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:22:23 -0700

The more you learn about T. Boone Pickens’ plan to switch America to wind power, the more you realize that he seems willing to say and do just about anything to make another billion or two.

Is T. Boone Pickens 'Swiftboating' America?

Steven J. Milloy — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:24:39 -0700

Liberals have done a U-turn on conservative billionaire oilman T. Boone Pickens.