Governor Schwarzenegger Promotes California's Innovative Clean Technologies at Vancouver Trade Summit

Vancouver, British Columbia – May 31, 2007 – Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today joined the California Commission for Jobs and Economic Growth in promoting California clean technology at a prominent economic summit during the final stop of his Canada trade mission.

“Expanding trade and investment between California and Canada is good for our economies and good for our environment,” said Mark Mosher, executive director of the Jobs Commission. “California is a leader in clean technologies, clean fuels and alternative energy that can help us reduce carbon and fight global warming.”

The Governor and British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell visited the Pacific Economic Summit, which the Jobs Commission co-hosted with the Business Council of British Columbia. The two leaders announced a new memorandum of understanding on carbon reduction and toured an exhibit of California and British Columbia clean technology companies.

“California has the brightest minds, the most innovative spirit and the economic muscle to be the global leader in clean technology,” Mosher said. “This conference and the Governor’s trade mission help us create new opportunities for driving clean technology growth.”

The Pacific Economic Summit featured three panel discussions with leading experts and business leaders from both British Columbia and California.

Robert Dynes, President of the University of California, joined Kinkead Reiling, Founder and President of Berkeley-based Amyris Biotechnologies, on a panel exploring ways to accelerate the process of moving ideas from the laboratory to the marketplace.

Al Fohrer, CEO of Southern California Edison, joined Ed Guiles, Executive Vice President of San Diego-based Sempra Energy, in a session that looked at how companies are responding to climate change and the tremendous opportunities they have to improve their bottom line while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Tony Haymet, Director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, where research into global warming first started almost 50 years ago, served as moderator.

In the final session of the day, Todd Campbell of Seal Beach-based Clean Energy Fuels, the largest provider of vehicular natural gas in North America, joined Joe Muscat, Clean Technology Lead at Ernst & Young, on a panel discussing the growth potential of the clean technology sector. Daniel Kammen, a prominent energy resources professor at UC Berkeley, moderated the session.

“Governor Schwarzenegger has invited the world to join California in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and battling global warming,” Mosher said. “Now he’s asking for an RSVP and he’s showing the world that it’s possible to take care of our economy at the same time we take care of our planet.”

The Jobs Commission (www.4cajobs.com) is a private, member-supported 501c4 nonprofit dedicated to promoting California as a place to invest, do business, visit and buy world-class products and services. Its board includes the Governor, his top economic advisor and leaders from California business, academia, labor and nonprofits.

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