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Leonardo DiCaprio pens climate change open letter to Joe Biden ... "The time for us to confront the #ClimateCrisis is now"
https://www.nme.com ^ | By Elizabeth Aubrey | 25th January 2021

Posted on 01/26/2021 9:17:02 AM PST by Red Badger

Leonardo DiCaprio has signed an open letter to new US President Joe Biden urging him to tackle the climate crisis.

Last week, President Biden returned the US to the Paris Agreement – an international pact determined to combat the climate crisis. In 2017, Donald Trump withdrew America from the agreement.

Writing on Instagram, DiCaprio said: “The time for us to confront the #ClimateCrisis is now.”

He added: “Today, I join world leaders from business, government, labor and the environmental movement in calling on President @JoeBiden @POTUS to be the climate leader we need and that science demands.”

DiCaprio linked the letter to President Biden which was signed by figures from the entertainment, climate and science industry.

“The task ahead is enormous: the need to tackle the devastating global health crisis and economic crises, and the need to unite Americans in doing so, is urgent,” the letter stated.

“As we recover from Covid-19 and rebuild the global economy, we must also act on climate change. In fact, these are not separate missions; they are one and the same. This is the most decisive decade in human history to confront the climate crisis.”

You can read the full letter and see all the signatories below:

It continued: “You can be remembered as the “climate president” who led humanity away from the cliff’s edge. You can transform the world’s energy systems from fossil fuels to clean energy, while also creating an abundance of jobs, reducing harmful pollution, and tackling economic, racial, and health inequality in the process.

“Choosing to take bold leadership will allow us the build back better and to build forward to a new world we can create together. ‘By rejoining the Paris Agreement on day one, you have moved the United States in the right direction.

But, as you have stated, it is simply not enough and we must ‘do all we possibly can.'”

DiCaprio has been vocal throughout his career about issues relating to climate change. He started a foundation in 1998 with the aim of “protecting the world’s last wild places.”

Back in 2019, DiCaprio met teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg, calling her a “leader of our time.”

“History will judge us for what we do today to help guarantee that future generations can enjoy the same livable planet that we have so clearly taken for granted,” he continued. “I hope that Greta’s message is a wake-up call to world leaders everywhere that the time for inaction is over.”


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: agw; dicaprio; globalwarminghoax; greennewdeal; gretathunberg; health; hollywood; leonardodicaprio; milliondollarmarxist; parisagreement; tedkaczynski; unabomber; yesofcoursesheis
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1 posted on 01/26/2021 9:17:02 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Probably wrote it on his private jet while flying to his next “vacation” in Thailand.


2 posted on 01/26/2021 9:19:08 AM PST by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding")
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To: Red Badger

Separation of church of state, Leo.


3 posted on 01/26/2021 9:19:22 AM PST by MountainWalker
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To: Red Badger

Well, the UN said recently that the US doesn’t need to sign onto the Paris Climate Accord because the US has met and exceeded the requirements without joining.


4 posted on 01/26/2021 9:19:49 AM PST by Parmy
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To: Red Badger

Is Leonardo going to pay the salaries of all the people made unemployed by Biden’s climate change policies?


5 posted on 01/26/2021 9:20:11 AM PST by EvilCapitalist (We must FIGHT, I repeat it sir, we must FIGHT! -Patrick Henry)
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To: Red Badger

The hypocrisy of this little turd is astounding and if anyone tries to debate him on climate chage, he’s such a coward that he either runs away or gets one his guards to chase the person away.


6 posted on 01/26/2021 9:22:06 AM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free equal justice under the law will never exist in the USA)
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To: Red Badger

The un just released their report saying our country has done “such a good job reducing co2 on their own that there is no need for the us to join the Paris agreement”

But of course Biden and all his socialist america hating ilk are so lustful to give away our sovereignty that they will gleefully ignore the report and go running into the arms of the agreement with eyes shut tight.


7 posted on 01/26/2021 9:23:09 AM PST by Bob434
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Wealthy actors have gigantic carbon footprints.

If they really cared about the planet, they would kill themselves.


8 posted on 01/26/2021 9:23:45 AM PST by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it.)
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To: cgbg

They would at least let homeless people or illegal Immigrants live in all the bedrooms of all their houses except enough for themselves, their families and one guestroom in one house.


9 posted on 01/26/2021 9:25:43 AM PST by Freee-dame
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To: Red Badger

*that humorous noise made by scratching a record player needle across the record*

STOP EVERYTHING!!! A celebrity is writing about climate change! We must do whatever he says or we’re all doomed in *checks watch* 9.4 years.


10 posted on 01/26/2021 9:27:50 AM PST by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud? )
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Response from Sleepy Joe:

Dear Leonardo,

Thank you for your recent correspondence. You have obviously borne the brunt of the disastrous effects of Climate Change but,God love ya, you have played the hand that life has dealt you and used it to become one of our most celebrated underground crime fighters.

Give my regards to Raphael, Michelangelo and the other Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle whose name I always forget.

And of course, your wonderful mentor, Mentor. Or was that Speed Racer's mentor?

Whatever.

By the power of Greyskull,

Joe

11 posted on 01/26/2021 9:28:45 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all.)
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To: Red Badger
Where is this clown's science degree at?
The trouble with these cocaine snorting, child abusing, wife swapping know nothings at Hollywood is, they think playing a part in a movie makes them an expert on anything.
Hey DeCaprio, playing the part of a doctor in a movie doesn't make you doctor. You've got to go medical school and pass you exams first.
12 posted on 01/26/2021 9:30:09 AM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: Texas Eagle

Lol!


13 posted on 01/26/2021 9:31:50 AM PST by EvilCapitalist (We must FIGHT, I repeat it sir, we must FIGHT! -Patrick Henry)
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To: Red Badger

Leonardo wants to make Greta proud of him.
Maybe he should get her face tattooed on his back, like a Tramp Stamp.


14 posted on 01/26/2021 9:33:03 AM PST by lee martell
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To: Red Badger

Yeah, well jb is likely to have him to the WH soon. Another photo op for old jb, Leo won’t even notice the cognitive decline.


15 posted on 01/26/2021 9:33:46 AM PST by tioga
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To: Red Badger

He should write a letter to himself on his own health crisis, why he is fat, doesn’t exercise and smokes.


16 posted on 01/26/2021 9:35:04 AM PST by conservative98
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To: Texas Eagle

Donatello........................


17 posted on 01/26/2021 9:36:01 AM PST by Red Badger (TREASON is the REASON for the SLEAZIN'.................................)
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To: Red Badger

Being a super parrot also makes you a super scientist? Don’t think so. Isn’t he a school drop out?


18 posted on 01/26/2021 9:38:30 AM PST by Enten (I don't have islamophobia...I do have islamonausea)
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To: Red Badger

Another legend in his own mind thinking he is actually relevant. Doesn’t realizes he is only as relevant as his last make believe.


19 posted on 01/26/2021 9:44:11 AM PST by JayAr36 (My disgust with government is complete.)
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Dear Red Badger,

Thank you so much for your recent correspondence. I always sleep well knowing that I can always count on a FReeper to provide whatever information I am too lazy, upp, oop, I mean too BUSY to look up myself.

Now, if I could just make it through the night without thinking about the fact that Dr. Jill cheated on her husband with me.

To infinity and beyond!,

Sleepy Joe

20 posted on 01/26/2021 9:45:36 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all.)
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