Rod and Arnie, sitting in a tree

Add comment November 20th, 2008

You might not have noticed that our governor, who made headlines this week seeking extraordinary budget powers, was in California this week convening a Governors’ Global Climate Summit, co-hosted by Green Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. (Above, seen together in 2007.)

On Wednesday, Rod Blagojevich and 11 other state leaders pledged to work together to seek global warming solutions.

According to a press release I got (which is not yet on Blago’s site), the governors joined world leaders agreeing to, among other things:

* Achieve greenhouse gas emission reductions.

* Scale up investments in climate friendly technologies and strategies.

* Focus research, development and deployment activities on energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies, zero- and low-carbon electricity generation and fuels, improved mobility through better planning and transportation infrastructure, biological carbon sequestration, climate change impacts and adaptation.

Find the Memo of Understanding here. Let’s hope for the best.