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Schwarzenegger Urges Environmentalists To Shed Past As "Serious Tree Huggers"

First Posted: 03/28/08 03:44 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 01:05 PM ET

San Francisco :

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger urged environmentalists to shed their past image as "serious tree huggers" and begin a new movement that doesn't make people feel guilty for driving their SUVs, but instead focuses on building more fuel-efficient SUVs.

"For too long the environmental movement has been powered by guilt," Schwarzenegger said in a keynote speech Wednesday at a global warming conference at Georgetown University.

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