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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
13.5pt;font-family:Arial'>Ross Gelbspan</span></font></b></strong></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Speaking on</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
13.5pt;font-family:Arial'>The Politics of Climate Change</span></font></b></strong></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
13.5pt;font-family:Arial'>Earth Day,</span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Friday April 22, </span></font></b></strong><strong><b> <font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>4:00
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>MIT</span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>(The </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Green</span></font><font size=2
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>See <a href="http://whereis.mit.edu">http://whereis.mit.edu</a>
for a campus map,</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Kendall</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> T Stop on Red Line</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Co-Sponsored by </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>MIT Students for Global Sustainability, <strong><b><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><a href="mailto:chaitra@mit.edu">chaitra<span
style='font-weight:normal'>@mit.edu</span></a></span></font></b></strong>, <a
href="http://web.mit.edu/sfgs/">http://web.mit.edu/sfgs/</a></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>and Brookline PeaceWorks, <a
href="mailto:peace@texnology.com">peace@texnology.com</a></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Information: Amy Hendrickson, 617 738-8029</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Ross Gelbspan, </span></font>a Pulitzer Prize–winning
journalist,<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'> is the author of two best selling books on climate change: <em><b><i><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>The Heat is On</span></font></i></b></em>,
and <em><b><i><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Boiling
Point</span></font></i></b></em>. A review of <strong><b><i><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>Boiling Point</span></font></i></b></strong> from
Publishers Weekly gives a good description of his thought and concerns:</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>"In<i><span style='font-style:italic'> Boiling Point</span></i>, Pulitzer
Prize-winning journalist Ross Gelbspan argues that, unchecked, climate change
will swamp every other issue facing us today. Indeed, what began as an initial
response of many institutions-denial and delay-has now grown into a crime
against humanity. Gelbspan's previous book, The Heat Is On, exposed the
financing of climate-change skeptics by the oil and coal companies. In<i><span
style='font-style:italic'> Boiling Point</span></i>, he reveals exactly how the
fossil fuel industry is directing the Bush administration's energy and climate
policies -payback for helping Bush get elected. Even more surprisingly,
Gelbspan points a finger at both the media and environmental activists for
unwittingly worsening the crisis. Finally, he offers a concrete plan for
averting a full-blown climate catastrophe." </span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>"According
to Gelbspan, a proper approach to climate change could solve many other
problems in our social, political, and economic lives. It would dramatically
reduce our reliance on oil, and with it our exposure to instability in the </span></font>Middle
East. It would create millions of jobs and raise living standards in poor
countries whose populations are affected by climate-driven disease epidemics
and whose borders are overrun by environmental refugees. It would also expand
the global economy and lead to a far wealthier and more peaceful world. A
passionate call-to-arms and a thoughtful roadmap for change, <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Boiling Point </span></i>reveals what's at stake for
our fragile planet."</p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Ross will
speak at MIT on Earthday, at </span></font>4:00 pm after which he will
respond to questions from the audience.</p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The talk
is free, and the auditorium is handicapped accessible.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>For more information on Ross Gelbspan's ideas, and to sign
the People's Ratification of</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>the Kyoto Global Warming Treaty, visit <a
href="http://heatisonline.org"><strong><b><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'>http://heatisonline.org</span></font></b></strong></a></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Contact
for more information: </span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Amy
Hendrickson, Brookline PeaceWorks, <a href="mailto:peace@texnology.com">peace@texnology.com</a>,
617 738-8029</span></font></p>
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