Ross Gelbspan was a reporter and editor for 31 years at The Philadelphia Bulletin, The Washington Post and The Boston Globe.  At the Globe, he conceived, directed and edited a series of articles that won a Pulitzer Prize in 1984.  Following his retirement from daily journalism, he published The Heat Is On:  the Climate Crisis, the Cover-Up, the Prescription in 1997.  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 received the lead review in the Sunday New York Times Book Review. The review was written by Al Gore. Gelbspan has spoken extensively on the climate crisis, including appearances at The World Economic Forum, Renaissance Weekend, "Nightline," "All Things Considered" and "Talk of the Nation," "Now", "Frontline," and ABC World News Tonight. His articles on the climate issue have appeared in Harpers, The Atlantic Monthly, The Nation, The American Prospect and a number of other newspapers and magazines.  He maintains the website: www.heatisonline.org

Gelbspan has traveled and spoken extensively on the climate crisis, including appearances at The World Economic Forum, Renaissance Weekend, "Nightline," "All Things Considered" and "Talk of the Nation." His articles on the climate issue have appeared in Harpers, The Atlantic Monthly, The Nation, The American Prospect and a number of other newspapers and magazines.  He has met privately with executives of Shell/EGYPT in Cairo, ExxonMobil and several other oil companies - and attended several rounds of international climate negotiations.  His latest book, Boiling Point,  published by Basic Books in August, 2004, received a very favorable review, written by Al Gore, in the Sunday New York Times Book Review. The book was also rated one of the top science books of 2004 by Discover Magazine. Gelbspan maintains the website: www.heatisonline.org

The book presents a set of three macro-level policy strategies which would pacify our inflamed atmosphere even as it would create large numbers of jobs, especially in developing countries.  It argues that a real solution to the climate crisis contains the seeds of solutions to many other pressing problems, including anti-US terrorism, diplomatic dysfunction and global economic growth. He maintains the website:  www.heatisonline.org.