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Books and Book Chapters

"Energy Policy," Chapter 43, Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th Edition (2009).

"Electricity Policy," Chapter 44, Cato Handbook on Policy, 6th Edition, (2005).

"Energy Policy," Chapter 45, Cato Handbook on Policy, 6th Edition, (2005).

"Department of Energy," Chapter 46, Cato Handbook for Congress: Policy Recommendations for the 108th Congress, (2003).

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

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Cato Studies

"The Gulf Oil Spill: Lessons for Public Policy," by Richard L. Gordon, Policy Analysis no. 684, October 6, 2011

"Why Sustainability Standards for Biofuel Production Make Little Economic Sense," by Harry de Gorter and David R. Just, Policy Analysis no. 647, October 7, 2009

"High-Speed Rail Is Not "Interstate 2.0"," by Randal O'Toole, Briefing Paper no. 113, September 9, 2009

"The Case against Government Intervention in Energy Markets," by Richard L. Gordon, Policy Analysis no. 628, December 1, 2008

"A Federal Renewable Electricity Requirement," by Robert J. Michaels, Policy Analysis no. 627, November 13, 2008

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Articles and Newsletters

"Dumb,Greedy, and Ugly," by William A. Niskanen, Cato Policy Report, September/October 2007.

"Letting Environmentalists' Preferences Count," by Peter Van Doren, Regulation, vol. 26, no. 5, 2003, pp. 32-35.

"Determining the Price of Price-Anderson," by Anthony Heyes, Regulation, vol. 24, no. 4, 2002, pp. 5.

"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

"President Obama's "All of the Above" Energy Duplicity," by Robert L. Bradley Jr., Forbes, May 6, 2012

"A Consumerist, Not "All of the Above" Energy Policy," by Robert L. Bradley Jr., Forbes, April 9, 2012

"When Prices Are Wrong, Markets Don't Work," by Peter Van Doren, The New York Times, March 19, 2012

"Job-Killing Madness," by Richard W. Rahn, Washington Times, March 5, 2012

"It's Not Obama's Fault That Crude Oil Prices Have Increased," by Peter Van Doren and Jerry Taylor, U.S. News & World Report, March 2, 2012

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Legal Briefs

American Electric Power Co. v. Connecticut, February 7, 2011 (PDF, 262 KB)

Events

"Cato Institute Policy Perspectives 2012," March 16, 2012 [City Seminar]

"A Landmark Legal Challenge," March 1, 2012 [Policy Forum]

"The False Promise of Green Energy," April 21, 2011 [Book Forum]

"Rethinking Biofuels Policy," September 30, 2010 [Capitol Hill Briefing]

"Back to Enron: Were the Wrong Lessons Learned for Corporate Governance and Energy Policy?," October 30, 2008 [Book Forum]

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Speeches and Congressional Testimony

"Panel Testimony on H.R. 1719 and H.R. 2915," Robert J. Michaels, Congressional Testimony, September 22, 2011.

"Rising Food Prices: Budget Challenges," Steve H. Hanke, Congressional Testimony, July 30, 2008.

"Testimony by Jerry Taylor, Fiscal Year 1198 Budget Authorization for the Department of Energy," Congressional Testimony, April 9, 1997.

"Testimony by Jerry Taylor, Restructuring the Department of Energy," Congressional Testimony, May 16, 1995.

"Testimony by Jerry Taylor, Proposed Cuts for the Budget of the Department of Energy," Congressional Testimony, January 18, 1995.

Multimedia

Gasoline Prices: Who's to Blame and What to Do? featuring Jerry Taylor (May 18, 2012) [Events, 01:01:33]

Public Policy Day and "Liberating the Future" Celebration featuring David Boaz, Daniel J. Ikenson, Sallie James, Daniel J. Mitchell, Patrick J. Michaels, Jerry Taylor, Michael D. Tanner, Roger Pilon, Christopher A. Preble and Chris Edwards (May 5, 2012) [Events, 02:32:18]

Patrick J. Michaels discusses the EPA's proposed rulemaking on emissions from coal-fired power plants on Radio America's The G. Gordon Liddy Show (March 30, 2012) [Media Highlights - Radio, 37:21]