Oscar-nominated Mark Ruffalo has joined the band of Hollywood eco-activists in opposing Alberta's oilsands.
In a YouTube clip he urged Americans to participate in a series of sit-ins outside the White House until September 3rd to "put your principles into action".
"Up north where the tarsands are located, native people's homelands have already been wrecked," said Ruffalo, who also opposes a sketchy natural gas extraction technique known as 'fracking' in upstate New York, where the actor has a home.
He will join other actors, such as Danny Glover and Canadian, Margot Kidder of Superman fame, and Canadian Avatar director, James Cameron, in contesting our environmental crimes in Alberta, where there is "basically no governmental control... over the oil and gas industry".
The stars are hoping the sit-ins would persuade President Obama to axe Tran-Canada Corp's plans to run a $7billion pipeline of crude oil from Alberta through the heart of America to a Texas refinery.
So far around 1,500 people have signed up to participate in the protests over the next two weeks. That's people from all 50 states coming to "get arrested". God bless, America, and God bless Mark Ruffalo for making environmentalism sexy.
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