Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, right, and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left, smile during a news conference at Echelon Corp. headquarters in San Jose on Friday (Paul Sakuma / Associated Press)
Posted on 07/27/2007 3:48:38 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's efforts to make California a model for greener environmental policies will soon expand to a global stage when he meets with world leaders at a United Nations conference in September.
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday invited the governor to the high-level meeting on global warming after the pair toured Echelon Corp., a San Jose-based company that provides energy-efficient networking technologies for residential, commercial, and public electrical equipment.
Schwarzenegger accepted the invitation without hesitation at a news conference where the two dignitaries briefly discussed their shared commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption.
"Global warming is beyond debate," Ban said. "What's missing is political will and political leadership."
Ban has made climate change a top priority of his tenure as secretary-general and he lauded Schwarzenegger for pushing California to tackle the issue. At the upcoming Sept. 24 meeting in New York, Ban said he hopes to motivate heads of state to do the same.
Last year, Schwarzenegger signed legislation that made California the first state to impose a statewide cap on greenhouse gas emissions.
CA: Governor has stake in firm he’s trumpeting - Energy-saving company to host him, U.N. chief
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1872526/posts
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UN Chief Ban Ki-moon in California to discuss global warming
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1872295/posts
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Schwarzenegger, who has a personal fortune estimated at more than $100 million, also has a holding of at least $1 million in an investment fund that is the fifth-largest institutional shareholder of Echelon stock, according to the governor's disclosure reports and company financial filings.
Because the governor's investments are held in a blind trust that prevents him from following the individual investments of the fund managers, there is no evidence that Schwarzenegger had any idea he had a financial connection to the company.
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Blind trust, my arse!
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, right, and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left, smile during a news conference at Echelon Corp. headquarters in San Jose on Friday (Paul Sakuma / Associated Press)
It’s all the Kennedys that come along with the package that should really set off bells and whistles.,, but alas. ;-)
He just pretends to lead. He is a pathetic creature. His global warming efforts mean nothing.
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Ditto for Ki-moon, Gore, and all the rest of the wkacked out lefties and libbies.
LOL. I remember once directing an ArnoldBot to a cult deprogramming website.
Oh, yes they do! More taxes and misery for Californians.
Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Ha Ha Ha!!! Too funny!!! Ha ha haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa... (gasp!) Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!!!!!!
Did he/she ever return, no he/she never returned and their fate is still unknown... They may ride forever in the Arnold Hummer, they're the ones who never returned!!! Cha cha cha!!! (along with the righteous Republican Party in CA)
Schwarzenegger nears 60 in top political form
It's a puff piece from AFP hence the title.
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger participates at
the West Los Angeles Veterans' HomeGroundbreaking
Ceremony, July 6. Schwarzenegger, who once flexed his
muscles as Mr. Universe and as an action-film hero, turns
60 Monday as the respected and popular governor of the most-populous US state.
(AFP/File/Gabriel Buoys)
Puff piece? That was a gagger! And fictitious at that!
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