You may
know me as an actor, but I am also extremely concerned about our environment.
We are at a turning point in our country right now. Over the past four
years we’ve witnessed the dismantling of the protections of our
air and water by the Bush administration.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. describes
this unprecedented situation in his book Crimes Against Nature – which
I hope everyone will go out and get, and read, and understand. It is
a call to action. Each of us must do what we can to speak up for the
environment with our own words and deeds. Kennedy and the 129 local
members of Waterkeeper Alliance are fighting to protect what we as
Americans should have as a birthright - clean air, clean water, and
healthy children. Waterkeepers are out patrolling their waterways,
standing up to polluters and bringing lawsuits to protect precious
waters across the nation. Waterkeepers are the champions of the people
and the fish and wildlife whose lives depend on clean water.
It may
be hard to focus on environmental issues at times like these. But we
shouldn’t let our guard down. We must not allow Congress
and big oil companies do what they want with our national wilderness
areas. They are part of our heritage. We can’t let these corporate
powerhouses fool us into thinking that our only energy resource is
oil. We need our government to encourage innovation. Let’s
tell Congress we want to focus on clean energy solutions that will
reduce our demand for oil – like new technology
cars that use little or no gas. So let’s do the real patriotic
thing. Let’s tell our Senators and our Representatives that drilling
in the Arctic will never solve our country’s energy problems.
We
want to start an environmental revolution. We cannot remain silent.
–Leonardo DiCaprio
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