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Books and Book Chapters

"Compliance — or Else," by Timothy Sandefur, Regulation, Vol. 34, No. 4, Winter 2011-2012.

"Scientific Shortcomings in the EPA's Endangerment Finding from Greenhouse Gases," by Patrick J. Michaels and Paul C. Knappenberger, Cato Journal, vol. 29 no. 3, Fall 2009.

"Interior Department and Public Lands," Chapter 23, Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th Edition (2009).

"Health and Safety Policy," Chapter 39, Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th Edition (2009).

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

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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

"The Myth of the Compact City: Why Compact Development Is Not the Way to Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions," by Randal O'Toole, Policy Analysis no. 653, November 18, 2009

"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

"A Harsh Climate for Trade: How Climate Change Proposals Threaten Global Commerce," by Sallie James, Trade Policy Analysis no. 41, September 9, 2009

"A Matter of Trust: Why Congress Should Turn Federal Lands into Fiduciary Trusts," by Randal O'Toole, Policy Analysis no. 630, January 15, 2009

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Articles and Newsletters

"Justice Scalia's Regrettably Irrelevant Decision in Rapanos v. United States," National Wetlands Newsletter, vol. 28, no. 5, September/October 2006.

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

"Redirecting the Environmental Movement," by Peter VanDoren, Regulation, vol. 23, no. 4, Fall 2000.

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

"The End of Market Failure," by Richard Zerbe and Howard McCurdy, Regulation, vol. 23, no. 2, Spring 2000.

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Opinion and Commentary

"WTO Correctly Calls the U.S. to Task for Lying about Dolphins," by K. William Watson, Forbes, May 23, 2012

"No More GOP Whining about Overregulation," by Richard W. Rahn, Washington Times, March 27, 2012

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

"GM's Flop in Green," by Patrick J. Michaels, New York Post (Online), January 11, 2012

"The Great Green Energy Crack-Up," by Patrick J. Michaels, Forbes.com, October 21, 2011

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Legal Briefs

Arkansas Game & Fish Commission v. United States, December 15, 2011 (PDF, 113 KB)

PPL Montana, LLC v Montana, September 7, 2011 (PDF, 269 KB)

Stewart & Jasper Orchards v. Salazar, July 25, 2011 (PDF, 158 KB)

CRV Enterprises v. United States, April 20, 2011 (PDF, 148 KB)

National Corn Growers Assoc. v. EPA, March 18, 2011 (PDF, 129 KB)

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Events

"Climate Change, Copenhagen, and Congress," November 5, 2009 [Capitol Hill Briefing]

"Whither the Amazon?," December 2, 2008 [Policy Forum]

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

"Do NGOs Harm Growth in the Developing World?," February 20, 2007 [Policy Forum]

"Saving Our Environment from Washington," April 22, 2005 [Book Forum]

Speeches and Congressional Testimony

"Testimony of Patrick J. Michaels on Climate Change," by Patrick J. Michaels, November 17, 2010.

"The Law of the Sea Treaty: Inconsistent With American Interests," Statement by Doug Bandow before the United States Senate, Senate Committee on Armed Services, Washington D.C., April 8, 2004

"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.

"The Importance of Data Access for Science and Governance," Testimony by Michael Gough before the Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, July 15, 1999.

"The State of Superfund," Testimony by Jerry Taylor before the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, U.S. House of Representatives, June 22, 1995.

Multimedia

Patrick J. Michaels discusses James Hansen's op-ed in the New York Times on Radio America's The G. Gordon Liddy Show (May 11, 2012) [Media Highlights - Radio, 37:28]

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]

A Landmark Legal Challenge featuring E. Duncan Getchell, Patrick R. Day, Theodore Hadzi-Antich, Harry W. MacDougald and Patrick J. Michaels (March 1, 2012) [Events, 44:07]

Greenwashing and Eco-Fads featuring Todd Myers (February 14, 2012) [Daily Podcast, 08:47]

Patrick J. Michaels discusses State Department's announcement to block the Keystone Pipeline project on the LaDonna Harvey Show (January 18, 2012) [Media Highlights - Radio, 08:21]

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