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Books and Book Chapters

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

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

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

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).

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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

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

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

"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

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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

"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

"Keystone XL: Liberal Histrionics Answered with Conservative Histrionics," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Forbes.com, December 19, 2011

"Global Oil and Gas Markets, Our Best Energy Security," by Jim Powell, Forbes.com, November 15, 2011

"The Keystone XL Energy Project Is Much More Than a Pipe Dream," by Robert L. Bradley Jr., Forbes.com, October 20, 2011

"The Lessons of Solyndra: Green Swans, Opportunity Cost and Fast Neutrinos," by Patrick J. Michaels, Forbes.com, September 27, 2011

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Legal Briefs

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

Events

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

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

"Strategic Petroleum Reserve: Reform or Elimination?," September 12, 2008 [Capitol Hill Briefing]

"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]

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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

Media Highlights - TV Jerry Taylor discusses gas and oil prices and the Keystone XL pipeline on Newsmax TV (March 26, 2012) [Media Highlights - TV, 07:31]

Media Highlights - Radio Jerry Taylor discusses the rising costs of gasoline on WTIC's Mornings with Ray Dunaway (January 9, 2012) [Media Highlights - Radio, 05:14]

Media Highlights - TV Jerry Taylor discusses OPEC on Bloomberg's In the Loop with Betty Liu (June 9, 2011) [Media Highlights - TV, 03:03]

Media Highlights - TV Jerry Taylor discusses offshore drilling on KTAB's News at 10 (June 8, 2011) [Media Highlights - TV, 01:01]

Media Highlights - TV Donald J. Boudreaux discusses rising oil prices on FBN's Stossel (May 12, 2011) [Media Highlights - TV, 06:52]

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