Gingrich kills chapter on climate change in upcoming book - Political Hotsheet - CBS News

DES MOINES -- Newt Gingrich says he has killed a chapter on climate change in a post-election book of essays about the environment. But the intended author of the chapter, who supports the scientific consensus that humans contribute to climate change, says that's news to her.

Katharine Hayhoe, an atmospheric scientist at Texas Tech, confirmed in an email interview that she had been asked to write a chapter on climate change for the speaker's book. She said was approached by former Palm Beach Zoo CEO Terry Maple, Gingrich's co-editor, at an annual meeting of Republicans for Environmental Protection. Asked to confirm her chapter was dropped, she replied, "I had not heard that."

Study: Does enduring extreme weather make you vote liberal?

The study findings are based on an Internet survey of about 2,500 Americans, conducted in August 2009 by Owen and three other Hamilton College economists.

...Experiencing extreme weather has the greatest impact on respondents who are less aware or knowledgeable about global warming.

Extreme Weather 1970’s Style « NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

Of course the “Ice Age Scare” of the 1970’s is nothing new. What is interesting though is that they believed, rightly or wrongly, that extreme weather was getting worse, and that a cooler climate was responsible.

Visualizing The Joy Of Cold Temperatures | Real Science

Vikings who lived in Greenland during the MWP, and named the country Greenland -because it was Green - were also very upset about the melting glaciers and global warming. One can only imagine their intense joy when temperatures plummeted in the 14th century, and they all froze to death.

It was a noble death, for the good of the planet. Scientists tell us that cold and ice is good, and that warming temperatures selectively target poor women and children with many forms of evil.