And anyway, Gingrich is a believer in the man-made global warming religion, which by its nature calls for a more expansive and regulatory government. IMO the global warming ideology is just another path to big government, by the back door.
IIRC, Newt didn't buy the global warming argument as much as saying that the argument was lost in the media, and that we should use technology to reduce carbon emissions without reducing our standard of living.