cover of Ross Gelbspan's The Heat is On

On July 27, 2000, this reporter interviewed Pulitzer-winning author Ross Gelbspan about his recently-published book on global warming, The Heat is On, for the then-groundbreaking Book Radio Internet radio program.

As the San Fernando Valley, where Solar World originates, swelters under a record-breaking 10th day of temperatures above 100 degrees Fahrenheit, and the California power grid struggles to provide the electricity needed to produce and distribute this article and its accompanying audios and videos, it seems appropriate to retrieve, re-format, and publish that interview online.

Thanks to Brightcove technology, and continuing supplies of electricity, you can now listen to that conversation, along with Mr. Gelbspan reading an excerpt from his book, as well as watch and listen to a growing archive of videos on the "Peak Oil/Global Warming Channel" from Etopia News and the Online Broadcasting Service (OBS) in the video player below.