WASHINGTON – Jane Fonda attended a protest over the weekend against oil drilling in Vancouver, British Columbia – but how did she get there?
That was the tough question she faced on camera from a crew from The Rebel.
“I drove,” she said.
And did she fly to the car?
Yes, she did.
Asked if she saw the irony of protesting against oil drilling while using lots of jet fuel and gasoline to get there, she responded: “I have an all-solar house. I have since the 1970s. I have windmills, photo-voltaic cells. I have a Prius.”
While Fonda may, indeed, have one all-solar house, she has quite a collection of mansions around the country, as this video clip illustrates:
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“Why don’t you go to OPEC nations?” she was asked.
“Right now, I’m here. … I don’t know exactly what you mean by that question.”
Over the weekend, thousands of activists mobilized across Canada to engage in a number of direct actions calling for climate justice, jobs and an end to tar-sands mining.
“This mobilization brought together a truly diverse coalition, from frontline indigenous communities to Canada’s largest public and private sector unions, students, social justice organizations and grassroots groups mobilizing against destructive industries,” said 350.org about Saturday’s march in Toronto.
“This is the kind of coalition that will make the difference,” Fonda told the crowd. “They are saying we don’t have to choose between the environment and the economy. That’s a false choice. In fact, renewable energy – doing away with the fossil fuel-based economy – will create more jobs, more democracy and more justice.”
