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Energy and Environment > Natural Resources


Books and Book Chapters

Water For Sale: How Business and the Market Can Resolve the World's Water Crisis, by Fredrik Segerfeldt (2005).

"Transportation Policy," Chapter 36, Cato Handbook for Congress: Policy Recommendations for the 108th Congress, (2003).

Hoodwinking the Nation, by Julian Simon (1999).

Energy: Ending the Never-Ending Crisis, by Paul Ballonoff (1997).

The Ultimate Resource 2, by Julian Simon (1997)

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Cato Studies

"Don't Increase Federal Gasoline Taxes—Abolish Them," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Policy Analysis no. 598, August 7, 2007

"The Perfect Firestorm: Bringing Forest Service Wildfire Costs under Control," by Randal O'Toole, Policy Analysis no. 591, April 30, 2007

"Energy Alarmism: The Myths That Make Americans Worry about Oil," by Eugene Gholz and Daryl G. Press, Policy Analysis no. 589, April 5, 2007

"Economic Amnesia: The Case against Oil Price Controls and Windfall Profit Taxes," by Peter Van Doren and Jerry Taylor, Policy Analysis no. 561, January 12, 2006

"The Case against the Strategic Petroleum Reserve," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Policy Analysis no. 555, November 21, 2005

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Articles and Newsletters

"Money to Burn?" by Randal O'Toole, Regulation, vol. 25, no. 4, Winter 2002.

"Western Myths and Realities," by Robert H. Nelson, Regulation, vol. 25, no. 2, Summer 2002.

"The Forest Service's Tinderbox," by Robert H. Nelson, Regulation, vol. 23, no. 4, Winter 2000.

"Paying Too Much for Petrol," by Ian Parry, Regulation, vol. 23, no. 4, Winter 2000, pp. 3.

"High Gasoline Prices and the Unfair Sales Act in Wisconsin," by J. Isaac Brannon, Regulation, vol. 23, no. 3, Summer 2000, pp. 1.

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Opinion and Commentary

"Random Oil," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Forbes, September 4, 2008

"Eating Locally Not Necessarily Better," by Will Wilkinson, Marketplace, August 27, 2008

"Offshore Drilling Is a Risk Worth Taking," by Jerry Taylor, Los Angeles Times (Online), August 18, 2008

"Oil and Oily Politicians," by Richard W. Rahn, Washington Times, August 14, 2008

"Wrong Then, Too," by Jerry Taylor, National Review, August 6, 2008

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Events

"The Perfect Firestorm: Controlling Forest Service Wildfire Costs," July 26, 2007 [Policy Forum]

"Fact and Fiction about Gasoline Prices," June 30, 2006 [Capitol Hill Briefing]

"Water for Sale: How Business and the Market Can Resolve the World's Water Crisis," July 21, 2005 [Book Forum]

"Foreign Oil Dependence and National Security: What to Do?," May 5, 2005 [Policy Forum]

"Global Crises, Global Solutions," January 27, 2005 [Book Forum]

Speeches and Congressional Testimony

"Reforming the 1872 Mining Law," Testimony by Richard Gordon before the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, Committee on Resources, U.S. House of Representatives, August 3, 1999.




Multimedia

Video Highlight Patrick J. Michaels discusses ethanol on FOX's Special Report with Brit Hume. September 2, 2008 [Flash Video, 03:03]

Video Highlight Jerry Taylor debates domestic oil drilling on CNBC's The Call August 11, 2008 [Flash Video, 07:08]

Weekly Video July 24, 2008: Robert Bryce attacks the push for energy independence. [Flash Video, 08:10]

Video Highlight Jerry Taylor discusses the T.Boone Picken energy plan on WUSA Channel 9 News July 23, 2008 [Flash Video, 01:34]

Daily Podcast "Pickin' on Pickens" featuring Jerry Taylor, July 22, 2008 [Flash Audio, 07:47]

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