[sustran] Schwarzenegger combats global warming...?

[Carlos F. Pardo]

Who would have thought... See article below, an article about the
man-o-steel's statement concerning global warming reduction for California.

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http://helenair.com/articles/2005/06/02/national/a05060205_01.prt

Schwarzenegger unveils global warming plan at UN conference
By TERENCE CHEA - Associated Press Writer - 06/02/05

SAN FRANCISCO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger stole the show at the  
United Nations environmental conference Wednesday by unveiling a 
plan  
to combat global warming by setting goals for reducing California's  
emissions of greenhouse gases.

At the opening of the UN World Environmental Day Conference,  
Schwarzenegger signed an executive order that appeared to put the  
Republican governor on an opposite course from the Bush  
administration, which has rebuffed international efforts to address  
climate change.

''Today, California will be a leader in the fight against global  
warming,'' Schwarzenegger told an international audience of mayors  
and environmentalists at San Francisco City Hall. ''I say the debate  
is over. We know the science, we see the threat and we know the time  
for action is now.''

Schwarzenegger's executive order calls for reducing the state's  
emissions of such gases to 2000 levels by 2010, 1990 levels by 2020  
and 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050. The secretary of  
California's Environmental Protection Agency will be charged with  
overseeing efforts to meet those goals, and will report on the  
state's progress in January and every six months after that.

Schwarzenegger didn't announce any specific new policies, but said 
he  
would move ahead to impose greenhouse gas emissions standards for  
automobiles, increase use of renewable power and boost energy  
efficiency in state buildings and vehicles.

The governor said he would work with state lawmakers to enact  
legislation to meet his ambitious targets. The California Assembly  
this week overwhelmingly passed a bill to meet international  
greenhouse gas reduction standards by 2010, which is more aggressive  
than the governor's 2010 target.

''We have no choice but to meet this challenge,'' Schwarzenegger  
said. ''We must leave a better world for our children and their  
children.''

Scientists and environmentalists said they were encouraged by  
Schwarzenegger's new targets. As the country's largest state and the  
world's eighth largest economy, California has the clout to 
influence  
the national debate over global warming, they said.

''The governor has opened the door to a whole new future for the  
California economy,'' said Kate Larsen, a policy analyst at  
Environmental Defense.

But scientists said the state would have to launch more aggressive  
policies and programs to meet the governor's ambitious goals, such 
as  
setting state limits on greenhouse gas emissions and allowing  
companies to buy and sell permits to release such gases.

''We have to accelerate the policies we already have in place and  
develop new policies to fill the gap,'' said Jason Mark, California  
director of the Union of Concerned Scientists.

Schwarzenegger unveiled his plan at the opening of the five-day  
international conference, the first ever held on American soil. 
While  
no major Bush administration official has announced plans to attend,  
at least 70 mayors from cities such as London, Rio de Janiero and  
Shanghai were expected, trading ideas on renewable energy, 
recycling,  
public transportation, city parks and clean air and water.

Schwarzenegger has made other attempts to rein in greenhouse gases.  
His ''hydrogen highways'' program encourages the installation of  
enough hydrogen fueling stations to enable the use of zero-polluting  
vehicles across the state, and his ''million solar roofs'' program  
would subsidize residential solar power installations, jump-starting  
that industry as well.

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Patrick Judge, Energy Program Director
Montana Environmental Information Center
P.O. Box 1184
Helena, MT 59624
406/443-2520
406/443-2507 fax





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