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> [Stormy Weather is really wonderful - it ought to be required reading for everyone who is concerned about our planet's climate, beginning in every high school in the country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ross-gelbspan/stormy-weather-is-really-wonderful-it-ought-to-be-required-reading/)

[Ross Gelbspan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ross-gelbspan/)

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## More by Ross Gelbspan

> [Each year we pump at least six billion tons of heat-trapping carbon into the innermost layer of our atmosphere, whose outer extent is only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ross-gelbspan/each-year-we-pump-at-least-six-billion-tons-of-heat-trapping-carbon/)

[Ross Gelbspan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ross-gelbspan/)

> [It's very important to understand that climate change is not just another issue in this complicated world of proliferating issues. Climate change is THE…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ross-gelbspan/it-s-very-important-to-understand-that-climate-change-is-not-just/)

[Ross Gelbspan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ross-gelbspan/)

> [Absent the rapid mobilization of climate advocates at every level - and the pooling of all their energy, creativity, and resources into a coordinated,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ross-gelbspan/absent-the-rapid-mobilization-of-climate-advocates-at-every-level-and/)

[Ross Gelbspan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ross-gelbspan/)

> [Our planet has run out of patience. So has our sense of justice. It is time to step it up - and up -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ross-gelbspan/our-planet-has-run-out-of-patience-so-has-our-sense-of-justice-it-is/)

[Ross Gelbspan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ross-gelbspan/)

> [Climate change is not an environmental problem. It is a civilizational problem. Climate change is not just another issue. If it is not addressed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ross-gelbspan/climate-change-is-not-an-environmental-problem-it-is-a-civilizational/)

[Ross Gelbspan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ross-gelbspan/)

> [The largest source of greenhouse gases in the coming decades will not be the US, Western Europe and Japan, but the developing economies of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ross-gelbspan/the-largest-source-of-greenhouse-gases-in-the-coming-decades-will-not/)

[Ross Gelbspan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ross-gelbspan/)

> [Unfortunately, very few people in America know the real name of Hurricane Katrina because the coal and oil industries have spent millions of dollars…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ross-gelbspan/unfortunately-very-few-people-in-america-know-the-real-name-of/)

[Ross Gelbspan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ross-gelbspan/)

> [Climate change is not just another issue. It is the issue that, unchecked, will swamp all other issues. The only hope lies in all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ross-gelbspan/climate-change-is-not-just-another-issue-it-is-the-issue-that/)

[Ross Gelbspan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ross-gelbspan/)

> [The Aedes aegypti mosquito, which spreads dengue fever and yellow fever, has traditionally been unable to survive at altitudes higher than 1,000 meters because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ross-gelbspan/the-aedes-aegypti-mosquito-which-spreads-dengue-fever-and-yellow/)

[Ross Gelbspan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ross-gelbspan/)

> [To restore our inflamed atmosphere to a hospitable state requires nothing less than rewiring the entire globe - and replace every oil-burning furnace, every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ross-gelbspan/to-restore-our-inflamed-atmosphere-to-a-hospitable-state-requires/)

[Ross Gelbspan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ross-gelbspan/)

> [Stormy Weather is really wonderful - it ought to be required reading for everyone who is concerned about our planet's climate, beginning in every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ross-gelbspan/stormy-weather-is-really-wonderful-it-ought-to-be-required-reading/)

[Ross Gelbspan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ross-gelbspan/)

> [Ultimately, I believe - because energy is so central to our lives - that a common global project to rewire the world with clean…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ross-gelbspan/ultimately-i-believe-because-energy-is-so-central-to-our-lives-that-a/)

[Ross Gelbspan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ross-gelbspan/)

> [Not only do journalists not have a responsibility to report what skeptical scientists have to say about global warming. They have a responsibility not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ross-gelbspan/not-only-do-journalists-not-have-a-responsibility-to-report-what/)

[Ross Gelbspan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ross-gelbspan/)

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