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 Stories About: politics AND books AND environmental movement AND Newt Gingrich
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Newt? Seriously?
On Gingrich's new conservative environmentalism |
David Roberts |
31 Oct 2007 |
Gristmill |
| A few days ago I got a review copy of Newt Gingrich's new book, A Contract with the Earth. We've got somebody else reviewing it, so I don't plan to read it. I do, however, want to make two observations, one on policy, one on politics. On policy: Gingrich's shtick is that leftists took over the environmental movement and have made it synonymous with taxation, regulation, and litigation. That alienated conservatives, who thereafter got demonized as enemies of the enviro ... |
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| Topics: politics, books, environmental movement, Newt Gingrich (all these topics) |
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