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Ross Gelbspan was a reporter and editor for 31 years at The Philadelphia Bulletin, The Washington Post and The Boston Globe. Following his retirement from daily journalism, he published The Heat Is On: The Climate Crisis, The Cover-Up, The Prescription (Perseus Books, 1998). The book received national attention when President Clinton told the press he was reading it. In 2004, he published a second book, Boiling Point which was reviewed by Al Gore. Recently, Gelbspan was one of several climate advocates featured in "Everything's Cool," a film that debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in 2007. He has traveled and spoken extensively on the climate crisis. Gelbspan has met privately with executives of Shell/EGYPT in Cairo, ExxonMobil and several other oil companies – and attended several rounds of international climate negotiations. He maintains a top-rated climate website: www.heatisonline.org.
Ross Gelbspan on Facing Reality as an Aspiring Reporter or Activist
Wednesday, April 16th
7 - 9 p.m.
Lown Auditorium
What can an aspiring climate-change journalist or environmental activist do now?
Ross Gelbspan, investigative journalist and environmental advocate, whose years of dedication to reporting on climate change are chronicled in the film "Everything’s Cool," believes it is already too late to avoid major damage from climate change. He will discuss what he would do as a beginning reporter or activist facing such a reality. Check out the event on Facebook here.
See "Everything's Cool," a 2007 Sundance Film Festival debut, for free, 24 hours a day until April 16th, from the convenience of your personal computer. Click here for more information.
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