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Pat Robertson Flip Flops and Denies Climate Change

Religious Right commentators from Calvin Beisner(link is external) to David Barton(link is external) and Bryan Fischer(link is external) like to think of themselves as experts on the topic of global climate change despite their complete lack of scientific credentials. On the 700 Club(link is external) today, televangelist Pat Robertson joined the debate, arguing that human-induced climate change(link is external) is a myth and “hasn’t been scientifically proven(link is external)”:

But like Newt Gingrich(link is external), who costarred in an ad with Nancy Pelosi for Al Gore’s Alliance for Climate Protection, Robertson shared a couch with Al Sharpton for ACP’s “We Can Solve It” campaign to raise awareness about climate change in 2008: