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While national elected officials are still debating the issue, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Tuesday took his global climate change bandwagon to Europe, meeting with outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair en route to a similar meeting Wednesday with newly elected French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris. The topic in both places: how California and the two European Union nations can help each other fight greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

While saying liquefied natural gas (LNG) still has a role to play in California’s future energy portfolio, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Friday rejected Australia-based BHP Billiton’s proposed offshore LNG receiving terminal project, Cabrillo Port, on the basis that it failed to meet environmental standards.

While saying liquefied natural gas (LNG) still has a role to play in California’s future energy portfolio, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Friday rejected Australia-based BHP Billiton’s proposed offshore LNG receiving terminal project, Cabrillo Port, on the basis that it failed to meet environmental standards.

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Thursday named Timothy Alan Simon, a financial industry lawyer/professor, to fill the fifth seat on the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). The seat had been vacant since the end of last year when the term of another lawyer, Geoffrey Brown, expired. The six-year appointment is subject to state Senate confirmation.

As part of a large bundle of new appointments late Friday, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger filled three of the five seats on the oversight board of the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) and reappointed one of the five members of the California Energy Commission (CEC). All of the selections require confirmation by the California Senate.

Less than 24 hours after President Bush outlined his energy plans as part of his State of the Union address, advisers to California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared Wednesday that the president’s plans are “insufficient” and potentially harmful in adding to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Not surprisingly, state officials claim Schwarzenegger’s approach is preferable because it relies on markets and reduces GHG.

Using photo-ops in the Big Apple as a backdrop, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and his New York counterpart, Gov. George Pataki announced Monday their states will work to link California’s future greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions credit market to a similar upcoming market in the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic states. Earlier in the day, Schwarzenegger rolled out an executive order in his state to implement new global warming laws. He’ll sign the order Tuesday upon his return.

With far less fanfare than the recent signing of global warming legislation, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger last week signed an extensive energy efficiency bill (AB 2021) and eight other energy measures, but vetoed seven. In total, Schwarzenegger signed 910 measures into law and vetoed 262.

With far less fanfare than the recent signing of global warming legislation, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Friday and Saturday signed an extensive energy efficiency bill (AB 2021) and eight other energy measures, but vetoed seven. In total, Schwarzenegger signed 910 measures into law and vetoed 262.