A few days before the Oscars, Redeemer Community Partnership gave a neighborhood tour to Mark Ruffalo, Leonardo DiCaprio, Rashida Jones, Norman Lear, and many other Hollywood creatives on the the health and safety dangers of the Jefferson Drill Site. There is a growing recognition that when it comes to neighborhood drilling, we need to keep fossil fuels in the ground.
Press Coverage:
Salon - “The whole nation is Flint”: Mark Ruffalo slams CA governor Jerry Brown’s ties to oil and gas interests
Vanity Fair - Mark Ruffalo Calls Out Governor Jerry Brown Over L.A.’s Urban Drilling
GOOD - Why Mark Ruffalo Led a Tour of Los Angeles’ Oil and Gas Drilling Operations
LA Curbed - Oscar Celebs Were Touring LA's Oil Fields Last Week
E&E News - Mark Ruffalo, other actors push to stop Calif. oil drilling
We are grateful for the attention is has brought to the impact of neighborhood drilling on low-income communities of color in LA, and we hope it will continue to build the narrative that oil and gas extraction facilities are fundamentally incompatible with neighborhoods!