In response to accusations of hypocrisy regarding his policies on the environment, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said Wednesday he would buy carbon offsets to make up for the pollution caused by his frequent trips by private jet.

He’s not the first politician to run into such trouble this week. Al Gore faced similar criticism Monday when the Tennessee Center for Policy Research (TCPR) said that Gore, who won an Oscar last weekend for his documentary on global warming “An Inconvenient Truth,” actually deserves a “gold statue for hypocrisy.”

Gore’s posh Nashville mansion consumes more electricity every month than the average American household uses in an entire year, according to the Nashville Electric Service (NES). [Find out more in the release “Al Gore’s Personal Energy Use Is His Own ‘Inconvenient Truth.’”]

Gore’s spokesperson told the L.A. Times that he invests in renewable energy to make up for the difference, but the former Vice President could take a clue from Schwarzenegger for his clever media play with the carbon offset program.

Schwarzenegger is reportedly joining with jet-leasing company NetJets to start a carbon offset program for jet customers. According to the Times, “carbon offsets are bought from organizations that plant trees and support renewable energy enterprises… to offset greenhouse gases produced by the buyers.”