“These grantees are active on the ground, protecting our oceans, forests and endangered species for future generations,” DiCaprio said.
Leonardo DiCaprio’s non-profit foundation awarded grants to a dark money group which, in turn, funneled money to a law firm spearheading climate nuisance lawsuits nationwide, according to emails reviewed by Fox News Digital.
Email correspondence happened months before Leonardo DiCaprio’s Foundation announced it would contribute $20 million in grants to climate and conservation causes.“Chuck Savitt who is heading this new organization behind the lawsuits has been seeking our support,” Emmett wrote to Carlson on July 22, 2017. “Terry Tamminen in his new role with the DiCaprio Foundation has been a key supporter.”
, included a grant to the RLF “to support precedent-setting legal actions to hold major corporations in the fossil fuel industry liable,” closely mirroring Savitt’s language.Brazil president rips Leonardo DiCaprio over Amazon deforestation tweet: ‘Give up your yacht before lecturing’
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