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Energy and Environment > Natural Resources


Books and Book Chapters

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).

Hoodwinking the Nation, by Julian Simon (1999).

Energy: Ending the Never-Ending Crisis, by Paul Ballonoff (1997).

The Ultimate Resource 2, by Julian Simon (1997)

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Cato Studies

"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

"Energy Alarmism: The Myths That Make Americans Worry about Oil," by Eugene Gholz and Daryl G. Press, Policy Analysis no. 589, April 5, 2007

"Economic Amnesia: The Case against Oil Price Controls and Windfall Profit Taxes," by Peter Van Doren and Jerry Taylor, Policy Analysis no. 561, January 12, 2006

"The Case against the Strategic Petroleum Reserve," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Policy Analysis no. 555, November 21, 2005

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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

"Weak Dollar and US Petroleum Reserves Behind Strong Oil Price," by Steve H. Hanke, Globe Asia, June 25, 2008

"Greedy Speculators?," by Richard W. Rahn, Washington Times, June 25, 2008

"Scapegoating the Speculators," by Alan Reynolds, New York Post, June 20, 2008

"Jakarta's Fuel-Price Gauntlet," by Ross H. McLeod and Steve H. Hanke, Far Eastern Economic Review, June 3, 2008

"Solving Pump Pain," by Jerry Taylor, New York Post, June 2, 2008

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Events

"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]

"Water for Sale: How Business and the Market Can Resolve the World's Water Crisis," July 21, 2005 [Book Forum]

"Foreign Oil Dependence and National Security: What to Do?," May 5, 2005 [Policy Forum]

"Global Crises, Global Solutions," January 27, 2005 [Book Forum]

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

Video Highlight Jerry Taylor talks about $4 gas prices on ABC News Now June 10, 2008 [Flash Video, 05:50]

Video Highlight Jerry Taylor discusses record energy prices on Bloomberg television June 3, 2008 [Flash Video, 03:47]

Video Highlight Jerry Taylor talks to CNBC's Larry Kudlow about rising oil prices May 22, 2008 [Flash Video, 17:08]

Daily Podcast "King Corn" featuring Stephen Slivinski, November 28, 2007 [Flash Audio, 06:01]

Weekly Video August 10, 2007: featuring Randal O'Toole on how best to control forest service costs. [Flash Video, 07:45]

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