--- description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: Katharine Hayhoe by Don Cheadle: TIME 100 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9384508c0c32ee86/69868b94adae44368c542a95/katharine-hayhoe-time-100-feat1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Apr 23, 2014 # Katharine Hayhoe by Don Cheadle  Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe photographed at the National Ranching Heritage Museum in Lubbock, Texas on April 16, 2014\. Photo Credit: Ashley Rodgers—Texas Tech University Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe photographed at the National Ranching Heritage Museum in Lubbock, Texas on April 16, 2014\. Photo Credit: Ashley Rodgers—Texas Tech UniversityAshley Rodgers There’s something fascinating about a smart person who defies stereotype. That’s what makes my friend Katharine Hayhoe — a Texas Tech climatologist and an evangelical Christian — so interesting. It’s hard to be a good steward of the planet if you don’t accept the hard science behind what’s harming it, and it can be just as hard to take action to protect our world if you don’t love it as the rare gift it is. For many people, that implies a creator. Katharine and her husband, evangelical pastor Andrew Farley, have authored the defining book for the planet-loving believer, _A Climate for Change: Global Warming Facts for Faith-Based Decisions_. I got to know Katharine as we worked on Showtime’s climate documentary _Years of Living Dangerously_. But we are all getting to know and benefit from her work. _Cheadle is an actor, producer and Academy Award nominee_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/2014-time-100/70881/katharine-hayhoe-2014-time-100/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/2014-time-100/70881/katharine-hayhoe-2014-time-100/"},"headline":"Katharine Hayhoe","datePublished":"2014-04-23T22:01:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T22:59:18.195Z","description":"An environmental evangelist","url":"https://time.com/collections/2014-time-100/70881/katharine-hayhoe-2014-time-100/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9384508c0c32ee86/69868b94adae44368c542a95/katharine-hayhoe-time-100-feat1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9384508c0c32ee86/69868b94adae44368c542a95/katharine-hayhoe-time-100-feat1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/2014-time-100/70881/katharine-hayhoe-2014-time-100/","name":"Katharine Hayhoe"}}]}] ```