Ross Gelbspan (1939–2024)
Forfatter af Boiling Point: How Politicians, Big Oil and Coal, Journalists, and Activists Have Fueled a Climate Crisis--And What We Can Do to Avert Disaster
Om forfatteren
Ross Gelbspan was a longtime reporter and editor at The Philadelphia Bulletin, The Washington Post, and The Boston Globe, where he shared a Pulitzer Prize for a series he conceived and edited. He covered the U.N. Conference on the Environment in Stockholm in 1972, and addressed the World Economic vis mere Forum in Davos in 1998 vis mindre
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Værker af Ross Gelbspan
Boiling Point: How Politicians, Big Oil and Coal, Journalists, and Activists Have Fueled a Climate Crisis--And What We… (2004) 118 eksemplarer
Break-Ins, Death Threats and the FBI : The Covert War Against the Central America Movement (1991) 34 eksemplarer
Clima rovente 2 eksemplarer
Boiling point: the global climate crisis 1 eksemplar
World Energy Modernization Plan (Article) 1 eksemplar
Crímenes contra el planeta cómo algunos gobiernos y emporios económicos han tratado de ocultar el… (2000) 1 eksemplar
The Heat is On: the Climate Crisis, The Cover Up 1 eksemplar
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- Fødselsdato
- 1939-06-01
- Dødsdag
- 2024-01-27
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Fødested
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Dødssted
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Dødsårsag
- COPD, complications
- Uddannelse
- Kenyon College (BA)
Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies - Erhverv
- journalist
news editor - Organisationer
- Philadelphia Bulletin
Washington Post
Village Voice
Boston Globe
Medlemmer
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- Værker
- 10
- Medlemmer
- 259
- Popularitet
- #88,671
- Vurdering
- 3.7
- Anmeldelser
- 4
- ISBN
- 11
- Sprog
- 3
There is no urgency.
Ross Gelbspan wrote his book over ten years ago. He made a strong case to show the nexus between dirty fuel companies and governments. It should make us sit up in alarm.
The book should make us act.
I found passion in the book, mixed with anger. The anger did not prevent Mr Gelbspan from making his arguments forcefully and lucidly.
While the book may seem outdated to a casual reader, I think it is essential reading for all of us.
The book will wake us up.… (mere)