He appeared on a number of programs, including “Nightline,” “All Things Considered”, and “Talk of the Nation”, "Frontline", and "ABC World News Tonight".
His articles on the climate issue have appeared in Harpers, The Atlantic , The Nation, The American Prospect, and a number of other newspapers and magazines.
In his capacity as special projects editor, he conceived, directed, and edited a series of articles on job discrimination against African-Americans in Boston-area corporations, universities, unions, newspapers, and state and city government.
That same year, he wrote a series of articles that contributed to the closing of an aging, unsafe nuclear power plant in Western Massachusetts.
The New York Times Book Review said "No other reporter has told the story as comprehensively or explored its implications for human welfare as searchingly as Gelbspan" (quoted on cover of paperback edition of The Heat Is On).
Prior to her retirement, she spent 25 years as a nonprofit developer, creating affordable housing for homeless families, primarily in inner city neighborhoods in Boston, New Bedford, and Lawrence, Massachusetts.
Their younger daughter, Joby, was a coordinator and member of the board of directors of Corporate Accountability International as well as CFO of The American Prospect.