HOLLYWOOD actor Mark Ruffalo has backed a full-page advert in the Herald damanding that the US President reject all plans for new gas export terminals.
The Marvel star, who is a climate justice advocate, is one of the leading faces of the Frack Action movement in North America.
The campaign acts to protect water, air, and public health from the dangerous practice of drilling and fracking.
In the wake of COP26, Ruffalo called on the President Joe Biden to reject all new Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminals and pipelines sitting for approval on is desk - highlighting the Herald advert.
Today's full-page ad @heraldscotland:@Potus @JoeBiden & US delegates to #COP26 -
— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) November 4, 2021
Would you build 399 new US coal plants?
NO but the #GreenhouseGas equivalent to that is sitting on your desk. REJECT all LNG export terminals & pipelines!#ClimateEmergency #BuildBackFossilFree pic.twitter.com/Ao6yjEUarM
His message was also directed to US delegates to COP26 such as Climate Envoy John Kerry, Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary Antony Blinken.
The politicial advert taken out by Frack Action asks President Biden and his staff if they 'would build 339 new coal plants in the U.S.?'.
Thanks @MarkRuffalo for sharing our new #COP26Glasgow ad demanding that @Potus @JoeBiden & US delegation REJECT new gas export terminals & pipelines!
— Frack Action (@FrackAction) November 4, 2021
We are in a #ClimateEmergency & we must #KeepItInTheGround & #BuildBackFossilFree! https://t.co/4O8un1Lx6d
It states that the answer would be no, but currently 23 LNG terminals and pipelines plans are sitting on their desks - the equivalent greenhouse gas emissions of doubling all exisiting U.S. coal-fired power plants.
The movement says that President Biden has announced new methane regulations, but his country is on track to become the world's largest exporter.
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