MARK HERTSGAARD, described by Barbara Ehrenreich as "one of America's finest reporters," has written for the New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and "Time", and is author of four books, including Earth"Odyssey." He has""traveled the""world seeking answers to the question of how to keep humanity alive in the face of global warning. A Soros fellow, he recently attended the Copenhagen Conference, widely considered the most important global meeting in the history of the climate issue.