Speaker Newt Gingrich
Biography
Newt Gingrich was born in 1943 in Dauphin, Pennsylvania. Gingrich went to college at Emory, got a Ph.D. in European history at Tulane, and then in 1970 started teaching at West Georgia College in Carrollton. He ran for Congress in 1974 in a still mostly rural district south and west of Georgia, challenging the conservative Democratic incumbent as unethical. He lost narrowly, ran again in 1976 and lost again as Jimmy Carter swept rural Georgia. Gingrich ran again and won in 1978. In March 1989, Gingrich ran for whip and won 87-85. He became Speaker of the House in 1995 after the Republicans gained control of the House and served in that position until 1999. Since leaving office, Gingrich has been a senior fellow at the think tank American Enterprise Institute, and is listed as a contributor by Fox News Channel. (1998 Almanac of American Politics).
Statements about global Warming
03/27/2007
"The concept of reducing the amount of carbon emission over the next 50 years is a totally sound concept. And the United States reaching out and saying to the world, 'we want to take the lead in the kind of innovation necessary and the kind of new technology necessary. And by the way we'll share all these breakthroughs so that China and India can develop with minimal environmental damage.' Suddenly you just formed a concensus over what was going to be a conflict." Interview with Charlie Rose.
04/03/2000
"The United States should support substantial research into climate science, managing the response to climate change, and in developing new non-carbon energy systems. It is astounding to watch people blithely propose trillions of dollars in spending on a topic on which we have failed to spend modest amounts to better understand. To its credit the Bush administration has begun to increase funding on climate research but much more needs to be done. Furthermore, it is astounding to have people focus myopically on carbon as the sole source of climate change. The world's climate has changed in the past with sudden speed and dramatic impact. Global warming may happen. On the other hand it is possible Europe will experience another ice age. The Norwegian politicians who worry much about global warming (the politically correct thing to do even in a cold country that would demonstrably benefit from a warmer climate) may suddenly find themselves migrating south if a new interim ice age were to happen. This point is politically incorrect but the history and science of climate change is far more complex and uncertain than the politically driven mass hysteria of scientists who sign on to ads about a topic for which they have no scientific proof." "Winning in a Global Economy."
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Videos
Gingrich: “The Evidence is Sufficient” on Global Warming
04/10/2007
Gingrich on Kyoto Treaty & America Leading on Global Warming
03/27/2007
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