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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).

The Satanic Gases, by Patrick J. Michaels and Robert C. Balling, Jr. (2000).

Cato Studies

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

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

"High-Speed Rail: The Wrong Road for America," by Randal O'Toole, Policy Analysis no. 625, October 31, 2008

"Rails Won't Save America," by Randal O'Toole, Briefing Paper no. 107, October 7, 2008

"The Smog-Reduction Road: Remote Sensing vs. The Clean Air Act," by Daniel B. Klein and Pia Maria Koskenoja, Policy Analysis no. 249, February 7, 1996

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Articles and Newsletters

"Israel's Not-So-Future Perfect," World Policy Journal, Vol. 25, No. 3, Pages 85-88 (2008).

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

"Clearing the Air," by Joel Schwartz, Regulation, vol. 26, no. 2, Summer 2003.

"The Beneficiaries of Clean Air Act," by Matthew E. Kahn, Regulation, vol. 24, no. 1, Spring 2001.

"EPA Pats Itself on the Back," by Randall Lutter and Richard Belzer, Regulation, vol. 23, no. 3, Summer 2000.

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Opinion and Commentary

"In Japan, Let's Stop Sweating the Small (Nuclear) Stuff," by Patrick J. Michaels, Forbes, March 24, 2011

"The Gulf Spill and Compensation for Disaster Victims," by Jeffrey A. Miron, Psychology Today, June 20, 2010

"BP Doesn't Deserve a Liability Cap," by Richard A. Epstein, The Wall Street Journal, June 16, 2010

"The Gulf Spill, the Financial Crisis and Government Failure," by Gerald P. O'Driscoll Jr., The Wall Street Journal, June 12, 2010

"BP Oil Spill: Who's Your Daddy?," by Gene Healy, DC Examiner, June 1, 2010

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Legal Briefs

Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency, October 24, 2006 (PDF, 125 KB)

Browner v. American Trucking Association, October 1, 2000 (PDF, 301 KB)

Events

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

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




Multimedia

Media Highlights - Radio Patrick J. Michaels discusses the Chevy Volt on Radio America's G. Gordon Liddy Show (March 2, 2012) [Media Highlights - Radio, 26:59]

Events 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]

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

Media Highlights - Radio Patrick J. Michaels discusses the Chevy Volt on WIBA's The Vicki McKenna Show (January 13, 2012) [Media Highlights - Radio, 17:24]

Media Highlights - Radio Patrick J. Michaels discusses CO2 emissions and the third world on WIBA's Upfront with Vicki McKenna (November 29, 2011) [Media Highlights - Radio, 14:05]

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