Schwarzenegger's Global Warming Conference

Go Arnie!

Here's some news from California...

The governor said he will invite officials from Europe, as well as from Australia, China, India and other countries, in the hope of forming an international alliance of community and regional leaders.

He is planning the conference for November, a month before the United Nations holds its next round of international climate talks in Poland. Governors from all 50 states also will be invited.

"The real action for any new ideas is always on the local level," Schwarzenegger told a gathering of the Commonwealth Club of California, a nonpartisan educational organization. "This is how we can push the agenda."

Schwarzenegger has been at odds with the Bush administration over environmental policy, criticizing what he calls a failure of leadership on global warming and other matters.

People quibble too much about this guy's merits. Okay, so he's not Einstein or Jesus Christ or a Democrat, but he is doing the right thing, taking on the battle to save the planet. That plus sticking it to President GW Bush. So, yes, go Arnie!