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Celebrities are getting behind the effort to stop the Coastal GasLink pipeline.
This week, Leonardo DiCaprio, Scarlett Johansson, Mark Ruffalo, and many other stars signed their names to an open letter calling on Royal Bank of Canada to withdraw financing for the pipeline.
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Organized by Indigenous Climate Action, the petition is part of an ongoing effort to put a stop to the pipeline, which is planned to cut through Wet’suwet’en territory in northwestern British Columbia, but hasn’t received the consent of local hereditary chiefs.
Mark Ruffalo, Taika Waititi, Jane Fonda, and Robert Downey Jr., Ava DuVernay, Josh Gad, Mariska Hargitay, Rooney Mara, Julianne Moore, Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Schumer, Ben Stiller, Marisa Tomei have also signed the petition.
Protests against the pipeline in Canada have included rallies in Canadian cities, as well as rail blockades around the country.
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Read the full text of the letter, originally published by The Hollywood Reporter:
We, the undersigned, demand that City National Bank’s parent company, Royal Bank of Canada:
Withdraw support from the Coastal GasLink pipeline, effective immediately.
Uphold, affirm and respect the rights of Indigenous peoples. It is critical that CNB and RBC not only “respect” the rights of Indigenous Peoples, but adhere to policies and practices that ensure the Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) of Indigenous peoples as defined in the United Nations Declaration of The Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) under Article 32.
Stop funding fossil fuel expansion. CNB and RBC
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Hollywood stars have joined together to write a letter to City National’s parent company, the Royal Bank of Canada, to defund the Canada Gas pipeline. The letter, signed in solidarity, urges the Royal Bank of Canada to "withdraw support from the Coastal GasLink pipeline, effective immediately." The letter goes on to say, "City National Bank's parent company Royal Bank of Canada is bankrolling the climate crisis and violating the rights of Indigenous Peoples." Mark Ruffalo narrates a two-minute video explaining what the Coastal GasLink pipeline is doing to the land of the Wet’suwet’en nation. (Getty Images) More than 65 celebrities, including Mark Ruffalo, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Stiller, Scarlett Johansson, Taika Waititi, Jane Fonda, Susan Sarandon, and Robert Downey Jr., banded together to send the letter to City National Bank’s parent company. City National Bank has been dubbed as the "Bank of the Stars" and acquired the Royal Bank of Canada in 2015. Some of the celebrities mentioned filmed a video together to raise awareness, using the hashtag, #NoMoreDirtyBanks. Leonardo DiCaprio is joined by more than 65 other celebrities to protest the Royal Bank of Canada.
Leonardo DiCaprio has joined the list of celebrities who have signed a letter condemning the Royal Bank of Canada’s (RBC) funding of a gas pipeline. More than 65 Hollywood stars have added their names to an open letter urging RBC to stop financing a pipeline that runs through the territory of local Indigenous peoples.
A long list of celebrities from the film, television, sports and music industries has sent a letter urging City National Bank’s parent company, Royal Bank of Canada, to defund the Coastal GasLink pipeline.
Wilson Chapman editorMark Ruffalo has a long history working as an ally for indigenous communities, including protesting on site at Standing Rock in 2016. Now, the three-time Oscar nominee is among the 65 celebrities who have signed an open letter demanding the Royal Bank of Canada withdraw funding for Coastal GasLink, a 416-mile pipeline that will cut through Wet’suwet’en land without the approval of the hereditary chiefs.“We have a voice, and our voice reaches the people.
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