Gingrich slams Obama on Gulf gusher and sounds off on climate
In his new book To Save America: Stopping Obama's Secular-Socialist Machine, Gingrich pushes a strikingly different view, decrying "the doomsday theory of climate change," which he attributes to the "high-tax, big-bureaucracy, job-killing, and government-centralizing environmentalism of the Left."
A vehement critic of the Obama administration -- opposing its approach to the Gulf oil spill, energy and climate legislation, and much else -- Gingrich calls for a "green conservatism -- a new pathway to environmental stewardship." He characterizes this philosophy as "optimistic, positive ... entrepreneurial, market-based, and incentive-led." He calls the Tea Party movement "a good way to spread green conservatism."
Gingrich is busy these days promoting his book -- and himself. He’s mulling a 2012 presidential bid, planning to make a decision on whether to run by spring of next year. I spoke with Gingrich recently by phone about BP, global warming, green conservatism, and Rwandan gorillas.
Q. What is your position on climate change? How much of a threat do you think it poses?
A. It's an act of egotism for humans to think we're a primary source of climate change. Look at what happened recently with the Icelandic volcano. The natural systems are so much bigger than manmade systems. I am very dubious about claims that we know precisely what's going to happen. And I'm very suspicious of the use of those claims to create much larger governments with much greater bureaucratic controls over our life.
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