Ross Gelbspan

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Ross Gelbspan is an American writer. He has written two books relating to global warming-- "The Heat Is On" (1997) and "Boiling Point" (2004). The Heat Is On received national attention when President Clinton told the press he was reading it. Boiling Point was the subject of the lead review in the Sunday New York Times Book Review. That review was written by former Vice President Al Gore.[1]

Prior to his involvement in the climate issue, Gelbspan worked as an editor and reporter at a number of newspapers, including The Philadelphia Bulletin, The Washington Post and the Boston Globe. At the Globe, as a special projects editor, he was indirectly involved with a series of articles which won a Pulitzer Prize in 1984 but was not one of the seven Globe employees who were awarded the prize. [2] Subsequent claims that Gelbspan is a "Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist" are contested on this basis.

Since becoming involved in the climate issue, Gelbspan has delivered a number of lectures, radio and television interviews and has published about multiple articles on the subject.

He has published op-ed articles in a number of major newspapers -- as well as articles in a number of other outlets including Harper's, The Atlantic Monthly, The American Prospect, Sierra Magazine, The Nation, and many others. He has spoken in many venues, including The World Economic Forum and the Boston Social Forum. His media interviews include, among others, appearances on Nightline, All Things Considered, Talk of the Nation, NOW, ABC World News Tonight' and many other outlets.[3]

Contents

[edit] The Heat is On

Gelbspan's first book, The Heat Is On, revealed that a number of "greenhouse skeptic" scientists were receiving substantial payments from the coal industry.[4] Those payments were not publicly disclosed until Gelbspan published their details.[5]

In response, critics pointed out that Gelbspan had claimed to have won a Pulitzer Prize [6] although the committee who awards the prize does not list Gelbspan as having won one [7].

[edit] Publications

  • Boiling Point: How Politicians, Big Oil and Coal, Journalists and Activists Are Fueling the Climate Crisis--And What We Can Do to Avert Disaster, Basic Books, (August 1, 2004) ISBN 0-465-02761-X
  • The Heat Is on: The Climate Crisis, the Cover-Up, the Prescription, Perseus Books Group; Updated edition (September 1, 1998) ISBN 0-7382-0025-5
  • Washington Post, March 19, 1995, "Should We Fear a Global Plague? Yes -- Disease Is the Deadliest Threat of Rising Temperatures"
  • Break-Ins, Death Threats and the FBI: The Covert War Against the Central America Movement, South End Press 1991

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/15/books/review/15GOREL.html?ex=1250222400&en=f9ae09048a856660&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland
  2. ^ http://www.skepticism.net/articles/2004/000003.html
  3. ^ http://ecoethics.net/hsev/2001-2002/200110-bio.htm
  4. ^ http://www.sepp.org/key%20issues/glwarm/gelbspan.html
  5. ^ http://www.evworld.com/archives/interviews/gelbspan2.html
  6. ^ http://www.junkscience.com/news/gelbspan.html
  7. ^ http://www.pulitzer.org/Archive/archive.html

[edit] External link

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