DiCaprio urges Bush to go green
2002-08-13 08:39
Los Angeles - Leonardo DiCaprio, calling the United States the world's biggest polluter, urged President George W Bush to make a statement in favour of the environment by attending the Earth Summit in South Africa later this month.
"Mr Bush, we're asking for your support, to be the president
that looks towards the future," DiCaprio told a Monday rally
organised by Global Green USA, an affiliate of Green Cross
International.
So far Bush hasn't said whether he'll join some 100 world
leaders, including British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Mexican
President Vicente Fox and French President Jacques Chirac, at the
summit.
DiCaprio also complained that the Bush administration has opted out of the Kyoto Protocol, an international climate treaty with mandatory controls for industry "despite the fact that we are the biggest economy and the biggest polluter".
White House environmental experts have complained that the
agreement would cost the US economy billions of dollars and
millions of jobs. - Sapa-AP
- SAPA