Celebrities Push to Kill Dakota Pipeline, Use Private Jets

The same celebrities trying to kill the Dakota Access Pipeline for environmental concerns use private jets.

Hypocrites.

Celebrities Trying To Kill Dakota Pipeline Are Known Private Jet Users (via @Fox411) https://t.co/xQ1FpEEOH8

— TMZ (@TMZ) February 14, 2021

From FOX News:

Dozens of globe-trotting celebrities signed a letter to President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris calling on their administration to shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline for good – but many of the high-profile A-listers aren’t so concerned about possible harmful climate impacts when it comes to their own luxurious transportation.

The letter came just three weeks after the Democratic president signed an executive order on his first day in office to stop the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline. The move effectively revoked the permit for the project, which demonstrated the new administration’s commitment to "a sustainable climate pathway to protect Americans and the domestic economy from harmful climate impacts," according to the order.

...Celebrities who lent their names to the letter include Leonardo DiCaprio, Scarlett Johansson, Ryan Reynolds, Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Jason Momoa, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Joaquin Phoenix, Jane Fonda, Cher, Chelsea Handler and Amy Schumer.

The letter, which thanked the administration for a focus on climate change, also serves as a reminder of the hypocrisy to come from Hollywood. Private jets have been estimated to emit upward of 40 times as much carbon per passenger as commercial flights but the wealthy actors who signed the letter to Biden and Harris seem to live by the "rules for thee but not for me" mantra.

Aaron Rodgers signed the letter, too.

There's such a disconnect between the Hollywood/entertainment/professional sports elites and blue collar Americans.

If these Democrat/Leftist elites weren't such hypocrites, a stunt like this letter would be easier to swallow.