Genre: Energy

The Last Trial of T. Boone Pickens

By Chrysta Castañeda and Loren Steffy

The Last Trial of T. Boone Pickens

Silver Winner — Best New Nonfiction, IBPA’s Ben Franklin Awards

Legendary oilman T. Boone Pickens, cut from a lucrative Permian Basin oil deal, fights back with trial lawyer Chrysta Castañeda. This riveting true story chronicles their billion-dollar courtroom battle against powerful oil industry adversaries, offering an intimate portrait of a business icon’s final fight and the determination required to win.

Why We Struggle to Go Green

By Thomas Manuel Ortiz

Why We Struggle to Go Green

Hard Truths About the Clean Energy Transition

All the rhetoric and politics around climate change obscures a troubling truth: Clean energy technologies alone cannot solve the problem of human-induced climate change.

Why We Struggle to Go Green offers a clear-eyed assessment of our efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change from a mechanical engineer who’s spent 30 years looking for solutions.