Editing Arnold Schwarzenegger (section)

=== Environmental record ===
On September 27, 2006, Schwarzenegger signed the [[Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006]], creating the nation's first cap on [[greenhouse gas emissions]]. The law set new regulations on the amount of emissions utilities, refineries, and manufacturing plants are allowed to release into the atmosphere. Schwarzenegger also signed a second global warming bill that prohibits large utilities and corporations in California from making long-term contracts with suppliers who do not meet the state's greenhouse gas emission standards. The two bills are part of a plan to reduce California's emissions by 25 percent to 1990s levels by 2020. In 2005, Schwarzenegger issued an executive order calling to reduce greenhouse gases to 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Young |first=Samantha |date=September 27, 2006 |title=Schwarzenegger Signs Global Warming Bill |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/27/AR2006092700174.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105054329/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/27/AR2006092700174.html |archive-date=November 5, 2012 |access-date=May 15, 2008 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref>

Schwarzenegger signed another executive order on October 17, 2006, allowing California to work with the Northeast's [[Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative]]. They plan to reduce [[carbon dioxide]] emissions by issuing a limited amount of carbon credits to each power plant in participating states. Any power plants that exceed emissions for the number of carbon credits will have to purchase more credits to cover the difference. The plan took effect in 2009.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Matthews |first=Karen |date=October 17, 2006 |title=Cal Joins Northeast Global Warming Fight |url=http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2006Oct17/0,4670,GlobalWarmingSchwarzenegger,00.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525191041/http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2006Oct17/0,4670,GlobalWarmingSchwarzenegger,00.html |archive-date=May 25, 2017 |access-date=May 15, 2008 |publisher=Fox News}}</ref> In addition to using his political power to fight global warming, the governor has taken steps at his home to reduce his personal carbon footprint. Schwarzenegger has adapted one of his [[Hummer H1|Hummers]] to run on hydrogen and another to run on biofuels. He has also installed solar panels to heat his home.<ref>[https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/04/02/8403410/index.htm "The Governator's green agenda"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131106005149/https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/04/02/8403410/index.htm |date=November 6, 2013 }} ''Fortune''. March 23, 2007. Retrieved May 15, 2008.</ref>

In respect for his contribution to the direction of the US motor industry, Schwarzenegger was invited to open the 2009 [[Society of Automotive Engineers|SAE]] World Congress in Detroit on April 20, 2009.<ref>[http://www.sae.org/servlets/pressRoom?OBJECT_TYPE=PressReleases&PAGE=showRelease&RELEASE_ID=970 "SAE 2009 World Congress Special Opening Ceremonies to Feature Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403143304/http://www.sae.org/servlets/pressRoom?OBJECT_TYPE=PressReleases&PAGE=showRelease&RELEASE_ID=970 |date=April 3, 2016 }} ''[[SAE International|SAE]]''. March 10, 2009. Retrieved April 6, 2009.</ref>

In 2011, Schwarzenegger founded the [[R20 Regions of Climate Action]] to develop a sustainable, [[low-carbon economy]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=A New Obsession |url=http://theglobaljournal.net/article/view/410/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501054335/http://theglobaljournal.net/article/view/410/ |archive-date=May 1, 2012 |access-date=May 3, 2012 |website=The Global Journal}}</ref> In 2017, he joined French President [[Emmanuel Macron]] in calling for the adoption of a [[Global Pact for the Environment]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 24, 2017 |title=Macron, Schwarzenegger back global pact on environment |url=https://www.france24.com/en/20170624-macron-launches-global-environment-pact-paris |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112010719/http://www.france24.com/en/20170624-macron-launches-global-environment-pact-paris |archive-date=November 12, 2020 |access-date=September 24, 2020 |publisher=France 24 |language=en}}</ref>
In 2017, Schwarzenegger launched the Austrian World Summit,<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 2021 |title=Schwarzenegger: Climate activists should focus on pollution |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-environment/schwarzenegger-climate-activists-should-focus-on-pollution-1.5493128 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213142303/https://www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-environment/schwarzenegger-climate-activists-should-focus-on-pollution-1.5493128 |archive-date=December 13, 2021 |access-date=December 13, 2021}}</ref> an international climate conference that is held annually in Vienna, Austria. The Austrian World Summit is organized by the Schwarzenegger Climate Initiative and aims is to bring together representatives from politics, civil society and business to create a broad alliance for climate protection and to identify concrete solutions to the climate crisis.