Ruffalo is one of many celebrities joining the Native American-led protest against the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline in Standing Rock, North Dakota. For his part, Ruffalo donated mobile solar panels to provide clean power to the encampment.

“This pipeline is a black snake that traverses four states and 200 waterways with fracked Bakken oil,” Ruffalo said. “We know from experience that pipelines leak, explode, pollute and poison land and water. But it doesn’t have to be that way.”

Ruffalo is the co-founder of The Solutions Project, an organization which aspires to accelerate the transition to 100% clean and renewable energy use in the United States.

“Around the world, more than 80 percent of the forests and lands with protected waterways and rich biodiversity are held by indigenous tribes. This is no coincidence,” Ruffalo said.

“As so many of us suffer from polluted water, air and land in our rural and urban communities, the water defenders at Standing Rock are showing us another way,” he added.

Ruffalo was joined by Rev. Jesse Jackson and Wahleah Johns, founder of Native Renewables, which promotes low-cost energy solutions for Native American families and communities throughout the U.S.

“Water is life,” Johns said. “By leading a transition to energy that is powered by the sun, the wind and water, we ensure a better future for all of our people and for future generations.”

The construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) – also referred to as the Bakken pipeline – is a $3.8 billion-project that will funnel more than 500,000 barrels of crude per day from the North Dakota Bakken region through South Dakota and Iowa into Illinois.

Members of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe argue the pipeline will pollute drinking water, threaten the health of their land, and disturb sacred Native American sites.

Celebrities such as Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Affleck and his Justice League co-stars, and Pharrell Williams have pledged their support for the protestors. Shailene Woodley was arrested for taking part in the demonstrations, which have intensified with local law-enforcement.

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Leonardo DiCaprio isn’t shy about his love for the environment and passion for ending climate change (he even worked it into his Oscar acceptance speech this year), and now the actor is once again putting on his activist shoes.

On August 23, DiCaprio retweeted a link to a Huffington Post story about Native American protests of a North Dakota pipeline along with the caption, “Inspired by the Standing Rock Sioux’s efforts to halt the Dakota Access Pipeline.”

Inspired by the Standing Rock Sioux’s efforts to halt the Dakota Access Pipeline. https://t.co/eP3GrnNZvl

— Leonardo DiCaprio (@LeoDiCaprio) August 23, 2016

The construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) – also referred to as the Bakken pipeline – is a controversial issue as the $3.8 billion project will funnel more than 500,000 barrels of crude per day from the North Dakota Bakken region through South Dakota and Iowa into Illinois.

Members of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe argue the pipeline will pollute drinking water, threaten the health of their land, and disturb sacred sites.

Tensions between the two sides have been escalating for months, in fact, DiCaprio previously posted support for the Sioux Tribe in May, tweeting, “Standing w/ the Great Sioux Nation to protect their water & lands. Take a stand” along with the hashtags: #RezpectOurWater #KeepItInTheGround.

“Rezpect Our Water” refers to a Change.org petition, initiated by the Standing Rock Youth, and aimed at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to stop construction of the DAPL. As of this writing, the petition is just shy of its goal of 300,000 signatures.

DiCaprio isn’t the only actor lending his support to the campaign. Ben Affleck and his “Justice League” co-stars Gal Gadot, Jason Momoa, Ray Fisher and Ezra Miller endorsed the cause on social media and in the video below:

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