Leonardo DiCaprio. Image: USDS/Wikimedia
The Trumps have been getting schooled on climate change by celebrities all week. Both Ivanka, future first daughter, and President-Elect Trump met with Al Gore earlier this week to get the low-down on global warming. Then actor and documentarian Leonardo DiCaprio met with the president-elect, a noted climate change denier, as well as Ivanka and his team to explain the importance of combating climate change.
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DiCaprio has been an outspoken advocate for the environment, pushing for climate change mitigation and environmental protection. He recently released a documentary, "Before the Flood," which focuses on the potential deadly effects of untempered climate change.The actor and Terry Tamminen, CEO of the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, gave a presentation to Trump, Ivanka Trump and other members of the president-elect's team about how protecting the environment can boost jobs and preserve the American economy, the Associated Press reported."Today, we presented the President-elect and his advisors with a framework — which LDF developed in consultation with leading voices in the fields of economics and environmentalism — that details how to unleash a major economic revival across the United States that is centered on investments in sustainable infrastructure," Tamminen said in a release to the Associated Press."Our conversation focused on how to create millions of secure, American jobs in the construction and operation of commercial and residential clean, renewable energy generation."Read More: The Only Time Ivanka Trump Addressed Climate Change Was In a Tweet
Environmentalists are hoping talks like this will encourage Trump to let go of his climate-denying ways, like Rose let go of Jack. But with Trump's recent oil-friendly EPA advisor headed to the cabinet, it seems more like a new Trump reality show than a boost for the environment.Get six of our favorite Motherboard stories every day by signing up for our newsletter.