California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said they cannot wait for the Bush administration to take action on climate change and agreed to work together to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Gov. Schwarzenegger said that this partnership with Bloomberg and another made with British Prime Minister Tony Blair in July on clean energy technologies will help improve the environment and they did not need the federal government to take the lead.
His partnership with Bloomberg marks the latest environmental push from a Republican governor who has accused President Bush of failing to show leadership on climate change.
Bloomberg, also a Republican, has echoed the Governor's remarks saying "we can't wait for Washington to do something".
The actor turned politician plans to turn a landmark global warming bill into law that makes California the first U.S. state to mandate a cut in greenhouse gas emissions, equal to 25 percent by 2020.
Bloomberg, who was on a 2-day visit to California, to discuss environment and education also announced a five-point program to make New York an "environmentally sustainable city" by taking an inventory of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases that will help set targets for lowering emissions.
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