The Chief-Leader/Michel Friang

Oil magnate T. Boone Pickens is flanked by Mayor Bloomberg (left) and Sanitation Commissioner John J. Doherty as he announces support of the American Lung Association for the Pickens Plan that focuses on reducing America's dependence on foreign oil by investing in renewable energy, such as solar and wind power, and promoting alternative fuel vehicles at a Sanitation garage in Lower Manhattan Dec. 9. Hybrid city vehicles from several agencies provided the backdrop.