British Prime Minister Tony Blair and California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger have agreed to work together to help fight global warming by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and promoting low carbon technologies. The two met at a summit on climate change in California. The meetings were also attended by the heads of 25 major corporations including BP, Dupont and Goldman Sachs. The Bush administration decided not to send a representative to the meeting. On Tuesday Schwarzenegger said the debate over global warming is over and that California can’t wait for the Bush administration to take action.

• Arnold Schwarzenegger: “I think the message is that we don’t wait on the federal government. That we will move forward because we know that it is the right thing to do. This state is going to lead on this issue and I think we will get other Western states involved.”