Ananova - August 13, 2002
DiCaprio calls on Bush to attend Earth Summit
Leonardo DiCaprio says the US is the world's biggest polluter.
He's urging George W Bush to attend the Earth Summit in South Africa later this month.
DiCaprio call came at a rally organised by Global Green USA, an affiliate of Green Cross
International.
He said: "Mr. Bush, we're asking for your support, to be the president that looks towards the
future."
Bush has yet to say whether he will join some 100 other world leaders at the summit.
Tony Blair, Mexican President Vicente Fox and French President Jacques Chirac are all set to attend.
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 experts say that the agreement would cost the US economy billions of dollars and
millions of jobs.
Thanks to Gabi !
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