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Malthusianism

Is Degrowth the Only Way to Save the World?

Welcome to the latest gussied up version of Malthusian eco-pessimism!

Ronald Bailey | 2.16.2018 12:02 PM

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Peak Farmland

Finally Fake Meat that Tastes Deliciously Like the Real Thing

Tasty Impossible Burger uses 95 percent less land, uses 74 percent less water, and emits 87 percent less greenhouse gas.

Ronald Bailey | 11.17.2017 11:00 AM

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Forests

Earth's Forest Area 9 Percent Greater Than Thought

Satellite survey finds hidden forests all over the world.

Ronald Bailey | 5.12.2017 12:40 PM

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Biodiversity

Predictions of the Death of Wilderness May Be a Bit Premature

Most people are moving to cities and peak farmland is in the offing

Ronald Bailey | 9.9.2016 4:10 PM

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Future

Yes, the World is Getting Better. Here's Why.

Reason TV set out to cheer up Venice Beach doomsayers with evidence of positive global trends.

Justin Monticello, Zach Weissmueller, and Joshua Swain | 5.18.2016 10:42 AM

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Extinction

One-Fifth of Earth's Plants Threatened with Extinction

Recent trends on population, farmland, deforestation, and urbanization are cause for optimism.

Ronald Bailey | 5.10.2016 4:31 PM

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The End of Doom

Ronald Bailey Talks About The End of Doom on C-SPAN Book TV

The anti-doomsaying book for this decade*

Ronald Bailey | 1.1.2016 1:30 PM

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Environmentalism

Creating a Private Yellowstone: Environmental Entrepreneurship in Action

A model for how to voluntarily rewild North America.

Ronald Bailey | 12.28.2015 5:37 PM

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The End of Doom

Slate Says "Upwing" With The End of Doom by Ronald Bailey

Forget Right and Left: Are You an Upwinger or a Downwinger?

Ronald Bailey | 12.15.2015 10:11 AM

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Famine

What Global Food Crisis?: Ronald Bailey's Wall Street Journal Review of The Reproach of Hunger

Neo-Malthusians still get it wrong: Markets and science will feed 9 billion if not blocked.

Ronald Bailey | 10.19.2015 11:19 AM

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Deforestation

Global Deforestation Rate Has Fallen by Half Says New Report

And there are far more trees than researchers previously thought - more than 3 trillion

Ronald Bailey | 9.9.2015 2:03 PM

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