Why is it that conservative Christians are more likely to be climate change skeptics than any other religious group in America? Katharine Hayhoe doesn’t see any reason why science and religion should be mutually exclusive. She’s a leading climate scientist, but she’s also an evangelical who’s married to a minister. She says part of the problem is that we’ve confused politics with faith. Friday, Hayhoe joins us to talk about religion, the environment, and bridging the divide between them. (Rebroadcast)
Katharine Hayhoe is an Associate Professor in the Public Administration program at Texas Tech University and Director of the Climate Science Center there. She's co-author, along with her husband Andrew Farley, of A Climate for Change [Indiebound|Amazon]
Katharine Hayhoe was in Utah in March as a guest of Utah Interfaith Power & Light