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Okay, maybe the Brits didn't send Page 3 girl Nikkala Stott (gallery) over to enjoy California's beaches (though it looks like she would), but they did send Tony Blair, who is meeting with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to finalize a pact designed to limit greenhouse gases, effectively doing an end-run around the Bush administration's do-nothing policy on climate change.

It's pretty big news here in California, and could potentially be quite significant , given California's history of setting the environmental standards for the nation. If you want, take a listen to these two stories from NPR, which pretty much cover the whole thing.

California, U.K. Enter Global Warming Pact
California and U.K. Sign Global Warming Pact

...as well as this analysis from the green Grist Magazine that outlines some of the shortcomings of Tony and Arnie's plan.

And before you start making fun of Arnold for claiming that California is "like a nation state," keep in mind that California's economy is larger than all but seven national economies in the world*.

Suck it, biatches, we are going to drag you into this global warming fight whether you like it or not.

But that's okay, because partnering with the U.K. can only be good. They have a long history of doing things better than America. Don't believe me? Let's see, there's um, tea... rock music... and of course Maxim Magazine in the U.K. is soooo much better, as witnessed by this gallery of Maxim's Model Erotica! (NSFW), which features the above Nikkala Stott and others in some very steamy poses.