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Books and Book Chapters

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

"Environmental Policy," Chapter 44, Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th Edition (2009).

"Global Warming and Climate Change," Chapter 45, Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th Edition (2009).

Climate of Extremes: Global Warming Science They Don't Want You to Know, by Patrick J. Michaels and Robert C. Balling, Jr. (2009).

Meltdown: The Predictable Distortion of Global Warming by Scientists, Politicians, and the Media, by Patrick J. Michaels (2004).

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Cato Studies

"Scientific Misconduct: The Manipulation of Evidence for Political Advocacy in Health Care and Climate Policy," by George Avery, Briefing Paper no. 117, February 8, 2010

"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

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

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

"What to Do about Climate Change," by Indur Goklany, Policy Analysis no. 609, February 5, 2008

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Articles and Newsletters

"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.

"Shaky Science: Inconvenient Truths Ignored by EPA in Its Proposal to Regulate Carbon Dioxide Emissions", December 22, 2008.

"Global Warming: Correcting the Data," by Patrick J. Michaels, Regulation, vol. 31, no. 3, Fall 2008, pp. 7.

"A Looming Policy Disaster," by Jason Scott Johnston, Regulation, vol. 31, no. 3, Spring 2008, pp. 7.

"Global Warming and Social Justice: Do We Owe the World for Climate Change?," by Eric A. Posner and Cass R. Sunstein, Regulation, vol. 31, no. 1, Spring 2008, pp. 7.

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Opinion and Commentary

"Guilt by Association," by Patrick J. Michaels, National Review (Online), May 9, 2012

"Mitt Romney Completely Misreads the Hopes And Dreams of Youth Voters," by Patrick J. Michaels, Forbes.com, May 3, 2012

"The Current Wisdom: Temperature Variability And Human Mortality," by Patrick J. Michaels, Cato.org, April 24, 2012

"The Dinosaur Media Prematurely Bury Climate Warming Skeptics -- Again," by Patrick J. Michaels, Forbes.com, April 8, 2012

"Climate Science From the Onion?," by Patrick J. Michaels, Forbes.com, March 19, 2012

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Legal Briefs

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

American Electric Power Co. v. Connecticut, September 3, 2010 (PDF, 162 KB)

Comer v. Murphy Oil USA, May 7, 2010 (PDF, 432 KB)

Events

"Climate Coup: Global Warming's Invasion of Our Government and Our Lives," May 4, 2011 [Book Forum]

"The Great Debate: Can Smart Growth Cost-Effectively Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions?," December 3, 2009 [Policy Forum]

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

"A Harsh Climate for Trade: How Climate Change Proposals Threaten Global Commerce," September 10, 2009 [Capitol Hill Briefing]

"Climate of Extremes: Global Warming Science They Don't Want You to Know," March 12, 2009 [Book Forum]

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Speeches and Congressional Testimony

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

"On Transit and Climate," by Randal O'Toole, July 7, 2009.

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]