Celebrities, politicians who love to lecture America on the environment but rarely practice what they preach
Several liberals continue to use
fossil fuel energy while bemoaning climate change
On days celebrating the
environment like Earth Day, celebrities and politicians like to lecture average
Americans about how they need to change their behavior to fight climate change.
However, they often fail to practice what they preach.
Over the years, liberal
politicians and celebrities have been accused of hypocrisy for failing to live
by the eco-friendly lifestyles they advocate. Here are several examples of
Hollywood A-listers, tech billionaires, and Democrat politicians who have been
caught being hypocrites when it comes to helping the environment.
"Avengers" actor Mark
Ruffalo is a passionate crusader against climate change. He has participated in
events like the People’s Climate March in 2015 and advocated against fracking.
Ruffalo has used his career to advocate for environmental causes like when he
starred in and co-produced "Dark Waters," a film about a corporate
lawyer fighting to expose poisonous pollution by a corporation.
During the 2014 People's Climate
March, the Hulk actor was asked if celebrities like Leonardo DiCaprio were the
best spokespeople to fight climate change when they themselves have significant
carbon footprints.
"Oh brother," Ruffalo
responded. "That is a question you shouldn’t be asking here today because
that defies the spirit of what this is about."
He later complained than anyone
critical of DiCaprio is either "a coward or an ideologue."
Like AOC, the filmmaker and
climate activist Michael Moore has been called out for capitalist hypocrisy in
the past. This continued with Moore’s recent environmental film "Planet of
the Humans," a movie about the dangers of mankind’s impact on the planet.
Around the film’s release on
Earth Day in 2020, Moore made several statements about the "planetary
emergency" caused by climate change. Although he advocated for greener
policies, Moore has previously been reported as owning a massive $2 million
property on Torch Lake in Michigan.
In addition, Moore was called out
for admitting that he didn’t realize that electric cars could actually be more
harmful for the environment than regular gas-guzzling cars saying "I
didn’t really think about where is the electricity coming from."
The Oscar-winning actor has
frequently called for protecting the environment. Even his 2021 Netflix film
"Don’t Look Up" was considered by many to be an allegory for climate
change and people’s failure to take it seriously. While his message has
remained the same for years, his hypocrisy has grown as he has failed to make
any meaningful changes.
DiCaprio is one of many
celebrities who repeatedly travels by private jet to climate summits despite
warning about impacting the planet. He also famously keeps multiple yachts and
homes that infamously increase one’s carbon footprint.