The Salt Lake Tribune
Friday, January 23, 2009
Redford on the stump
Even during his Sundance Film Festival, Robert Redford has found time to campaign for the environment.

He has written a follow-up article about the status of the oil-lease sale of Utah's red-rock lands for The Huffington Post, in which praised a judge's order to block the sale:

Finally, the greater good has prevailed over the profit of the few. For eight long years, the Bush administration acted not as the steward of our natural heritage, but as the broker of shady land deals. Those days of deep cynicism and self interest are over.

On Thursday night, Redford did a live interview - from the middle of Park City's Main Street - on MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show" on the same topic. Redford sounded great, but he really needed to stop fiddling with his earpiece. Here's the video:

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