Three-time Academy Award-nominated Actor Mark Ruffalo took his anti-energy rhetoric to a new level this week, calling President Obama, California Governor Jerry Brown and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti “immoral” for their support of fracking. Ruffalo has received widespread and well-deserved praise for his acting...
It might surprise you that not everything in Dear Governor Brown – a recent “documentary” produced by activist actor Mark Ruffalo — is either a blatant falsehood or intentionally misleading: it is true that one of the 50 states is called “California” and it is...
Anti-fracking activist and Hollywood actor Mark Ruffalo has been busy this week promoting a new film he is narrating called “Dear President Obama,” which calls on the president to “take action in the remaining months of his presidency to end hydraulic fracturing for natural gas.”...
UPDATE (7:44 am PT, 3/4/2016): Vanity Fair changed the headline, and some text, in the article referenced below presumably in response to EID’s spotlight on its many errors. In several instances Vanity Fair changed the word “fracking” to “drilling” without issuing a correction as a...
Mark Ruffalo has been engaged in some strange behavior recently that, in any other circumstance, would suggest he was working on our behalf. We haven’t hired him and there are no dirty tricks afoot, but our opponents could certainly be forgiven for wondering. If recent...
Mark Ruffalo is practicing “energy independence” by installing solar panels at one of his houses in New York using taxpayer money. According to Ruffalo, the $9,003.08 needed from him for the project was no big deal. Well, probably not given the $15,000 plus contribution from...
If you haven't heard, Mark Ruffalo is a main attraction in anti-natural gas industry efforts these days. Lately, Ruffalo has appeared just about anywhere he can rallying against the safe and responsible development of onshore energy by dropping tired, ill-informed hyperbolic one liners. Of course this type of behavior is nothing new for Ruffalo, former star of Mirror, Mirror III: The Voyeur and The Kids are Alright. His theater, of course, isn't limited to the silver screen. In fact, he has brought his talents to the smallest of screens
Actor Mark Ruffalo joined comedian Stephen Colbert this week to discuss his opinions on natural gas, and his efforts to derail the safe and responsible development of this resource. While we never would have expected either of these national celebrities to tout the successes of...
Mark Ruffalo, the actor and resident of Sullivan County, New York, which is part of our region, has decided to play natural gas policy expert in the pages of the Daily News. Like his buddy, Josh Fox, whom he follows around like a puppy dog,...
WASHINGTON – At a Capitol Hill press conference today, a small group of critics opposed to the responsible development of job-creating American oil and natural gas – including U.S. Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), actor Mark Ruffalo, and GasLand filmmaker Josh Fox – are poised to...
It was certainly good to hear from the Polis for Colorado campaign this morning, especially when they wrote to Energy In Depth to clarify that “Jared Polis has never supported a ban on fracking.” In fact, his campaign was emphatic about Polis’ support for fracking,...
An activist research team responsible for a myriad of studies that have repeatedly failed to link fracking to health problems outdid itself recently, releasing a study that attempts to revive the long-debunked narrative that fracking has contaminated groundwater in Pavillion, Wyo. — even though the...