Earth report 2000 : revisiting the true state of the planet / Ronald Bailey, editor.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [311]-349) and index.

The progress explosion : permanently escaping the Malthusian trap / Ronald Bailey -- How do we know the temperature of the earth? Global warming and global temperatures / Roy Spencer -- Doing more with less : dematerialization - unsung environmental triumph? / Lynn Scarlett -- World population prospects for the twenty-first century : the specter of "depopulation"? / Nicholas Eberstadt -- Fishing for solutions : the state of the world's fisheries / Michael De Alessi -- Soft energy versus hard facts : powering the twenty-first century / Jerry Taylor and Peter VanDoren -- Richer is more resilient : dealing with climate change and more urgent environmental problems / Indur M. Goklany -- Endocrine disruptors : new toxic menace? / Stephen H. Safe -- Biological diversity : divergent views on its status and diverging approaches to its conservation / Rowan B. Martin -- Benchmarks : the global trends that are shaping our world / Paul Georgia, Indur Goklany, and the Competitive Enterprise Institute staff.