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Mark Hertsgaard (born 1956) is an American journalist and author known for his work on environmental issues, politics, and media. He is a correspondent for The Nation and a contributor to The New Yorker, Time, and The Guardian. Hertsgaard has written extensively on climate change, energy policy, and media accountability. His notable books include 'Earth Odyssey: Climate Crisis and the Human Future' and 'Hot: Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth.' He is recognized as a pioneer in climate journalism and has received multiple awards for his reporting. Hertsgaard also teaches environmental journalism at the University of California, Berkeley.

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“… what right [do] people in wealthy countries have to blame the poor for their poverty, much less for humanity’s environmental dilemma, when it [is] rich countries’ consumption patterns that [are] responsible for the vast majority of the world’s resource depletion and ecosystem destruction?”

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“Americans cannot escape a certain responsibility for what is done in our name around the world. In a democracy, even one as corrupted as ours, ultimate authority rests with the people. We empower the government with our votes, finance it with our taxes, bolster it with our silent acquiescence. If we are passive in the face of America's official actions overseas, we in effect endorse them.”

Source: The Eagle's Shadow: Why America Fascinates and Infuriates the World

“In fact, every child on earth born after June 23, 1988 belongs to what I call Generation Hot. This generation includes some two billion young people, all of whom have grown up under global warming and are fated to spend the rest of their lives confronting its mounting impacts.”

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“Travel is like knowledge. The more you see, the more you know you haven’t seen.”

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Book:Earth Odyssey: Around the World in Search of Our Environmental Future

Source: Earth Odyssey: Around the World in Search of Our Environmental Future

“During Mr. Reagan's trip to Europe...members of the traveling press corps watched him doze off so many times--during speeches by French President Francois Mitterrand and Italian President Alessandro Pertini, as well as during a one-on-one audience with the Pope--that they privately christened the trip 'The Big Sleep.'”

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Author:Mark Hertsgaard

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Born: 1956
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