NEW HAVEN — The moment he strode into Woolsey Hall Friday afternoon, late but just in time for a photo op, Arnold Schwarzenegger changed the climate of Yale’s austere gathering of governors and gave the sweltering crowd a boost of energy - and a lot to think about. In what was intended as a historic replay of a landmark meeting on conservation called by President Theodore Roosevelt 100 years ago, Yale brought together governors and officials from several states this week to sign a declaration calling on the federal government to get moving on climate change. Schwarzenegger came to sign the declaration and to deliver his own brand of eco-politics: As a fiercely independent Republican governor of California, he perhaps has done more to fight global warming than any other governor in the nation. And he makes no bones about his differences with Congress and the Bush administration. ‘In California, we say don’t wait for Washington, because Washington is asleep at the wheel,’ he said. Like many who spoke at the conference, he is looking to the next administration for decisive action: ‘Things will begin to pick up speed after Inauguration Day.’ That sentiment matched the […]