Mark Hertsgaard names Generation Hot: Living through the next fifty years on earth

Mark Hertsgaard, the terrific environment correspondent for The Nation (and author of a lot of great books), has a new book coming in January, "Hot: Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth." He previews it on HuffPost, reprinted here with his permission.

My daughter Chiara, age five, is a member. So is my goddaughter Emily, age twenty-two. So are the thousands of Pakistani children now suffering after record monsoon rains left 20 percent of their country — an area the size of...