Consider the Governator’s latest round of bill signings and vetoes: the green guv OKd bans on trans-fats in public schools, lead-based ammunition in areas frequented by the California condor, and phthalates (plastic softeners that can also act as endocrine disruptors) in toys and other products designed for children ages 3 and under. But the not-so-green Arnold vetoed legislation that would have required chain restaurants to post nutritional information on menus and boards, labels for food products made from cloned livestock, sustainable building standards for state buildings, and point-of-purchase information on where electronics buyers could properly dispose of their purchases later.

So what is Schwarzenegger? Is he a mostly environmental guy who, because he’s pragmatic, sometimes makes decisions greens don’t like? Or is he mostly a politician cut from the same cloth as so many others, who occasionally does the right thing environmentally because the public — especially in California — demands it?

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