{"id":1387998,"date":"2022-03-18T06:08:29","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T10:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1387998"},"modified":"2022-03-18T10:14:46","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T14:14:46","slug":"people-listen-to-us-mark-ruffalo-leonardo-dicaprio-others-demand-bank-to-defund-canada-gas-pipeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/people-listen-to-us-mark-ruffalo-leonardo-dicaprio-others-demand-bank-to-defund-canada-gas-pipeline\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018People Listen To Us\u2019: Mark Ruffalo, Leonardo DiCaprio, Others Demand Bank To Defund Canada Gas Pipeline"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpeople-listen-to-us-mark-ruffalo-leonardo-dicaprio-others-demand-bank-to-defund-canada-gas-pipeline%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1387998&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/Mark-Ruffalo-scaled.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>A group of A-list celebrities recently signed a letter to City National\u2019s parent company, the Royal Bank of Canada, demanding that they defund the Canada Gas pipeline.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/mark-ruffalo-leonardo-dicaprio-ben-stiller-letter-protest-canada-gas-pipeline\">Fox News<\/a>, the open letter pleads with the Royal Bank of Canada to \u201cwithdraw support from the Coastal GasLink pipeline, effective immediately\u201d because they are \u201cbankrolling the climate crisis and violating the rights of Indigenous Peoples.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The signatures include more than 65 famous names. Mark Ruffalo, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Stiller, Scarlett Johansson, Taika Waititi, Jane Fonda, Susan Sarandon, and Robert Downey Jr., Josh Gad, Mariska Hargitay, Rooney Mara, Julianne Moore, Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Schumer, and Marisa Tomei are among those asking for the bank to withdraw financial support.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>When asked why celebrities were speaking on this, Ruffalo said it was because they have a platform and \u201cpeople listen to us,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/8687345\/hollywood-celebrities-mark-ruffalo-leonardo-dicaprio-rbc-coastal-gaslink-bc\/\"><span>according to<\/span><\/a><span> Canadian news site Global News.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He continued, \u201cWe have this privilege and we have to use it for the right thing. None of this matters if our children can\u2019t drink the water, they can\u2019t breathe the air, they can\u2019t go outside, the world burns around them. None of this means anything anymore. We\u2019re becoming desensitized to this insanity that we\u2019re living in.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The actor is known for taking stances on climate change issues specifically.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe have a responsibility to each other,\u201d Ruffalo explained during a press conference Wednesday. \u201cAnd it\u2019s time for good people and privileged people, like us, to do the right thing. To make other people, good people, uncomfortable. That\u2019s the only way we\u2019re going to break through this system of racism and harm.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Several of those celebrities headed to social media, urging their fans to join in the fight against the pipeline. They used the hashtag #NoMoreDirtyBanks with their posts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Ruffalo posted a video to YouTube explaining his stance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cRight now, major banks like the Royal Bank of Canada are financing a fracked gas pipeline bulldozing through the land of the Wet\u2019suwet\u2019en nation in Northern British Columbia, Canada,\u201d the activist actor said. \u201cThe Wet\u2019suwet\u2019en hereditary chiefs never consented to this pipeline construction through their terrorities, which would risk the sacred headwaters of the Wedzin Kwa River, but here\u2019s where it gets complicated.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Ruffalo continued, \u201cThe Supreme Court of Canada recognized Wet\u2019suwet\u2019en hereditary chiefs as rightful title holders of the land, but corporations still get away with consulting only \u2018elected leadership\u2019 put in place by the colonial government.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thank you to everyone who signed this. The time to defund <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CoastalGasLink?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CoastalGasLink<\/a> is now. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RBC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RBC<\/a> must withdraw from the Coastal GasLink fracked gas pipeline now and stop financing fossil fuels. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CityNational?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CityNational<\/a> Bank must protect its clients and honor their values. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JVrCia9bhH\">https:\/\/t.co\/JVrCia9bhH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkRuffalo\/status\/1504497599260340224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>He also shared on Twitter his thanks for other Hollywood names who signed the letter with him. \u201cThank you to everyone who signed this. The time to defund @CoastalGasLink is now. @RBC must withdraw from the Coastal GasLink fracked gas pipeline now and stop financing fossil fuels. @CityNational Bank must protect its clients and honor their values,\u201d Ruffalo wrote on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkRuffalo\/status\/1504497599260340224\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><span> while sharing a link to the Hollywood Reporter article detailing the letter\u2019s contents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Enter for the chance to hang out with Gina Carano at the premiere of her new Daily Wire movie, Terror on the Prairie! Two lucky Daily Wire members will be given the complete red carpet treatment \u2013 free airfare, hotel, premiere car service, and exclusive merch. Daily Wire members can click<\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/redcarpet\"> <i><span>here<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span> to enter for a chance to win. 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