Ryan Reynolds on the Gulf Oil Disaster

Actor Ryan Reynolds spoke to NRDC while working on location in New Orleans. He shares his thoughts on the Gulf oil disaster, what this area means to him, and his hopes for clean energy and a green economy. Join him in calling on the Senate to take action and get back to work on climate change.

Narrator: Ryan Reynolds; Director & Producer: Daniel Hinerfeld; NRDC Communications Director: Phil Gutis; Editor: Kevin Murray; Finishing Editor: Kashina Kessler; Camera Operator: Sion Michel; Line Producer: Kendra Lowry; Associate Producer: Lisa Whiteman; Production Assistant: Sherry Goldberg; Gaffer: Rob Morrison; Sound Mixer: Heather Marshal; Music: "Fade" by Calexico; "Unitled III" by Calexico - http://www.casadecalexico.com; "Twentytwofourteen" by The Album Leaf; Footage: Blacklight Films - Louie Schwartzberg/Image Bank Film: Signature/Getty Images; Gigi Glenn; Shannon Summers; iStock; Corbis; Aerial footage by Nel Boshoff donated by Colibri Productions S.A.; Appalachian Voices and Wallace Global Fund; Artbeats; Photographs: AP; Shadia Fayne Wood; Wikimedia Commons; Rafal Konieczny; Carolyn Cole, Los Angeles Times graphic c 2010, reprinted with permission

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• Ryan Reynolds
• NRDC
• gulf oil spill
• Deepwater Horizon
• green energy
• clean energy
• climate bill

[eanschndr]

Come on guys. I really did find this inspiring and interesting. He was right, wind and solar energy should be prioritized in energy generation. Of course, these options don't really produce as much energy as desired but they can lessen the usage of other ways of generating energy and may also save the earth from disasters by a few percent of chances. The slightest things that happen are eligible to save us from unwanted tragedies. So, I think it is wise enough for this to be fed into our minds.

[Habiba999]

If every person bought a solar panel, the industry would massively improve. This will be a great country so long as we all make positive choices. Otherwise we end up with dumb people like @hitlerwasright2010 running around with guns and killing people to solve their personal greed issues. Lots of people like him can't figure out what to do- so they become violent. give them a duty. Dogs need to feel useful to be happy. That's why dogs like to fetch. Everyone needs a duty. Contribute to solar

[AllxAmerican]

TO ALL OLD PEOPLE,stop talking to Ryan Reynolds as if he is here,this is a video,how you senior citizens managed to get on the internet is beyond my belief,this is a video GO AWAY.

[AERONOOB]

this is a nice video.

[JBrazosCole]

No one gets told the truth about how dirty solar panels are to make and how much water they use up in maintenance. No one gets told, either, about how many birds are killed as a result of wind energy every year, and about how little energy it produces. These are simply job programs, they do nothing for the environment. If they really cared about the environment, they would get behind nuclear energy.

[femmecorbeau]

president obama is on the wrong side of history on energy...

[justaman6972]

well ryan that was nice and sweet,but those who have power do not give it up without a fight. Solar and wind will be dominated by the same folks as oil is. If one decides to isolate themselves they are attacked,Waco was self sufficient,Randy Weaver at ruby ridge was self sufficient ,these folks were attacked as wele the freemen of montana. My point is all of us must be in a united front and force the changes we want and settle for nothing else,no compromises period.End the Fed now!

[HitlerWasRight2010]

@divineprocess I don't know where you are going to go. I moved to England to get away from them and they are over here running this place. America's conquest for world domination is under way and there is no where to run. America caused that oil spill and they deserve to be hanged. Good note is that the people out here KNOW that America is the bad guy. If the American People stand up against this gov't the People out here(and most gov'ts) will support the American People. Time for a movement.

[hearts000able]

wow "looks like someone dropped water in a gulf of oil"