http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/6355/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/suspicious-over-pickens-embracing-gores-venture-capitalism <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> The Times suggests oilman T. Boone Pickens is getting into renewable energy sources for the money: &quot;Perhaps not coincidentally, Mr. Pickens&#039;s plan aligns with his own business interests.&quot; Yet the Times celebrated Al Gore for joining a green venture capital firm and didn&#039;t criticize his impossibly expensive energy plan. </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>Oil man T. Boone Pickens and former VP Al Gore are two men with ambitious plans for the environment. But one's a liberal media hero, while the other can't be trusted, perhaps because of his involvement in the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth that scuttled John Kerry's presidential hopes in 2004.</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/suspicious-over-pickens-embracing-gores-venture-capitalism" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch Energy Environment AlGore DoubleStandards KateGalbraith NaturalGas NewYorkTimes NYTimes T.BoonePickens TimesWatch TimesWatch.org WindPowe Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:18:00 +0000 admin 6325 at http://archive2.mrc.org