Actor Leonardo DiCaprio used Earth Day to mobilize his social media following, encouraging direct outreach to lawmakers ahead of a House vote tied to proposed changes to longstanding environmental protections.
DiCaprio, who has 60.1 million followers on Instagram, posted an Earth Day message Wednesday urging Americans to contact members of the U.S. House of Representatives and oppose the ESA Amendments Act of 2025 (H.R. 1897). In his post, he wrote that the chamber is set to “vote to gut the Endangered Species Act (ESA),” a law originally signed in 1973 under President Richard Nixon, adding that lawmakers are “trading the future of life on Earth for the short-term economic gain of a wealthy few.”
The Titanic actor also highlighted the law’s long-standing bipartisan support at the time of its passage. “The ESA was signed into law over 50 years ago after passing 92-0 in the Senate and 355-4
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