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Books and Book Chapters

"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).

"Environmental Policy," Chapter 44, 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).

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Cato Studies

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

"The Case against Government Intervention in Energy Markets," by Richard L. Gordon, Policy Analysis no. 628, December 1, 2008

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

"Rethinking Electricity Restructuring," by Peter Van Doren and Jerry Taylor, Policy Analysis no. 530, November 30, 2004

"Trade, Labor, and the Environment: How Blue and Green Sanctions Threaten Higher Standards," by Daniel Griswold, Trade Policy Analysis no. 15, August 2, 2001

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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

"Fuel Standards Are Killing GM," by Alan Reynolds, The Wall Street Journal, July 2, 2009

"More Tax Oppression," by Richard W. Rahn, Washington Times, July 2, 2009

"Cap-and-Trade-War," by Patrick J. Michaels and Sallie James, National Review (Online), June 24, 2009

"Ethanol Standards: Why Federal Policy Is Crazy," by Harry de Gorter and David R. Just, Cato.org, June 23, 2009

"All Cost, No Benefit," by Jerry Taylor, USA Today, May 20, 2009

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Legal Briefs

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

John Rapanos v. United States, December 9, 2005 (PDF, 524 KB)

Events

"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

"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 a possible carbon tax on the FOX Business Network January 9, 2009 [Flash Video, 03:14]

Patrick J. Michaels on Fox News talking about endangered species February 16, 2008 [Flash Video, 01:50]

"Climate Change Versus Other Risks" featuring Indur M. Goklany, January 30, 2008 [Flash Audio, 12:06]

"Choose to Freeze?" featuring Peter Van Doren, January 28, 2008 [Flash Audio, 08:20]

"Bali's Uncertain Roadmap" featuring Patrick J. Michaels, January 7, 2008 [Flash Audio, 06:28]

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