Overview
Main description
EARTH REPORT 2000, sponsored by the Competitive Enterprise Institute--"the best environmental think tank in the country," according to the WALL STREET JOURNAL--sets a new standard for examining humankind’s stewardship of this planet. In remarkably clear fashion, EARTH REPORT 2000 explains the key issues regarding our planet’s fitness to sustain future generations. It debunks many of the myths, statistical and scientific, that have influenced policies of the recent past. And it offers a persuasive argument for rethinking our approach to the most critical dilemmas of the next century.
Environmental concerns both long familiar--global warming and overpopulation--and startlingly new--the "toxic menace" of endocrine disruptors--are addressed. Throughout, the expert authors, gathered from such distinguished institutions as the University of Chicago, NASA, the World Bank and the Cato Institute, challenge many widely held ideas. In doing so, they make compelling forecasts about a future world quite different from that envisioned by environmentalists, politicians and the news media.
Table of contents
Contributors. Dedication: Julian Simon - An Appreciation. Introduction: Thinking Clearly. The Progress Explosion: Permanently Escaping the Malthusian Trap. How Do We Know the Temperature of the Earth? Global Warming and Global Temperatures. Doing More with Less: Dematerialization--Unsung Environmental Triumph? World Population Prospects for the Twenty-First Century: The Specter of "Depopulation"? Fishing for Solutions: The State of the World's Fisheries. Soft Energy Versus Hard Facts: Powering the Twenty-First Century. Richer Is More Resilient: Dealing with Climate Change and More Urgent Environmental Problems. Endocrine Disruptors: New Toxic Menace? Biological Diversity: Divergent Views on Its Status and Diverging Approaches to Its Conservation. Benchmarks: The Global Trends That Are Shaping Our World. Endnotes. Index. Acknowledgements.
Author comments
Ronald Bailey is the author of ECO-SCAM: The False Prophets of Ecological Apocalypse and editor of the acclaimed True State of the Planet. Former producer of the PBS television series Think Tank as well as numerous documentaries, Bailey is a sought-after lecturer on environmental issues. A journalist as well, his articles have appeared in Smithsonian Magazine, Commentary, Barron’s, National Review and The Wilson Quarterly, among many others.
Back cover copy
Since the first Earth Day was held thirty years ago, report cards on Planet Earth have become a litany of gloomy predictions: global warming, overpopulation, polluted oceans and dwindling natural resources. The arrival of the 21st century is the perfect moment to reexamine our planet’s ability to sustain humankind, and Earth Report 2000, sponsored by the Competitive Enterprise Institute "the best environmental think tank in the country," according to the Wall Street Journal—sets a new standard for such an examination.
In remarkably clear fashion, Earth Report 2000 explains the key issues regarding our planet’s fitness to sustain future generations. It debunks many of the myths, statistical and scientific, that have influenced policies of the recent past. And it offers a persuasive argument for rethinking our approach to the most critical dilemmas of the next century. Environmental concerns both long familiar—global warming and overpopulation—and startlingly new—the "toxic menace" of endocrine disruptors—are addressed.
Throughout, the expert authors, gathered from such distinguished institutions as the University of Chicago, NASA, the World Bank and the Cato Institute, challenge many widely held ideas. In doing so, they make compelling forecasts about a future world quite different from that envisioned by environmentalists, politicians and the news media. Intended to arm all the planet’s citizens with the knowledge required to face the future, Earth Report 2000 is an invaluable tool in addressing the challenges that lie ahead.
