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Leonardo DiCaprio donates $7 million for world's ocean conservation

Leonardo DiCaprio donates $7 million for world's ocean conservation

By :  DC Correspondent
Update: 2014-06-18 11:16 GMT
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Leo's organization's recent humanitarian projects include saving sharks, the elephant crisis fund, protecting tigers from extinction, protecting the Eastern Pacific, saving the last rain forests, protecting Antarctica and its latest project,
Earlier this month Obama unveiled sweeping new pollution limits on U.S. power plants amid signs that Congress wouldn't act soon to combat the heat-trapping gases blamed for global warming.
The White House's Council on Environmental Quality said the waters in the south-central Pacific Ocean contain "some of the most pristine tropical marine environments in the world."
The executive steps come as Obama is searching for ways to leave his second-term mark on the environment despite opposition from many Republicans in Congress.
President Barack Obama is looking to create the largest marine preserve in the world by protecting a massive stretch of the Pacific Ocean from drilling, fishing and other actions that could threaten wildlife, the White House said.
Leonardo said that his foundation would be pledging $7 million to the cause that will be stretched out over the next two years. His foundation had previously pledged $3 million to help preserve marine life.
During his speech, the four time Academy Award nominee admitted that he wanted to be a marine biologist before becoming an actor.
The actor was quoted saying, "If we don't do something to save the ocean now, it won't be just the sharks and the dolphins that suffer. It will be our children and our grandchildren."
The Hollywood heartthrob was at the 'Our Ocean' conference on Tuesday at the State Department and he spoke about the need to take care of the waters of our planet.
Leonardo DiCaprio donates $7 million for world's ocean conservation

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