What Leonardo DiCaprio thinks about government

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American actor and environmental campaigner who won the 2016 Academy Award for Best Actor for The Revenant and was named a United Nations Messenger of Peace on climate change in 2014.

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2 dated positions, 2014, in their own words. Our reading of what Leonardo DiCaprio has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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1. 23 Sept 2014

   Our readingThe climate crisis has grown beyond individual consumer choices and now requires decisive, large-scale action by industries and governments.

   Their wordsTo be clear, this is not about just telling people to change their light bulbs or to buy a hybrid car. This disaster has grown beyond the choices that individuals make. This is now about our industries and our governments around the world taking decisive, large-scale action.

   ↗Leonardo DiCaprio, Address at the United Nations Climate Summit, New York, 23 September 2014 (transcribed from audio by American Rhetoric)americanrhetoric.com 1st of 4 in this piece

3. 23 Sept 2014

   Our readingCarbon emissions should be priced and government subsidies for oil, coal and gas companies should be ended.

   climate change

   Their wordsWe need to put a price tag on carbon emissions and eliminate government subsidies for oil, coal, and gas companies. We need to end the free ride that industrial polluters have been given in the name of a free-market economy. They do not deserve our tax dollars -- they deserve our scrutiny.

   ↗Leonardo DiCaprio, Address at the United Nations Climate Summit, New York, 23 September 2014 (transcribed from audio by American Rhetoric)americanrhetoric.com 2nd of 4 in this piece