Sigh. The GOP Cites “Global Cooling.” Again - Ecocentric - TIME.com

Let's put aside for a moment the fact that Gingrich is considered by many people — none moreso than himself — to be one of the great brainiacs of the GOP. On matters of science, that might be a little like being the skinniest guy at fat camp; still, no one wears the "intellectual" laurel more proudly than Newt, even if he doesn't always use the word. What's more, this "newest thing" he speaks of has been under study by climate scientists for close to two generations now, and while I haven't followed every word of the discussion, I'm pretty sure that at no point in all of the talk about droughts and storms and melting polar caps and dying polar bears has any scientist cried out, "Forget all that, the important thing is to set up a new bureaucracy that can run our lives."

Finally, Gingrich cited a new National Academy of Sciences report confirming, for the one-jillionth time, that yes, climate change is occurring, yes it's human-driven and yes it's a mortal danger.