Unfortunate news today that a chapter on climate science, which was being written by Texas Tech Professor Katharine Hayhoe, is apparently not going to be included in a new book by former Speaker of the House and Republican Presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich. The new book was intended to be a collection of essays about the environment, a book that many Republicans who are concerned about the environment were looking forward to. This action as well as others in his most recent campaign for the Republican nomination show significant movement back away from legitimate climate science. As recently as 2007, he outlined a position on how the Republican party might offer alternative political solutions to climate change in an interview with Andrew Revkin, of the NY Times Dot Earth blog. However, his recent comments show a new opposition to a cap & trade solution.
Hayhoe is also well known as an evangelical Christian, who has written a book on climate change with her pastor husband, A Climate for Change, a book designed to engage evangelicals in the debate on climate change. It is high on my reading list for 2012. Her views on climate science are summarized in this interview with blogger Jonathan Merritt. Giver her credentials and influence among evangelical Christians, Gingrich's removal of her chapter from his book on the environment is a terribly unfortunate turn of events for the progression of understanding climate science in America.
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