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Sandra Bullock's spokeswoman says the actress wants out of a video asking Congress to deliver funding to restore the Gulf Coast until she learns whether the campaign was influenced by oil companies. The move came after the website DeSmogBlog called the campaign an industry ploy to get support for drilling and taxpayer money to repair wetland damage caused by the BP oil spill.

Women of the Storm, the group that produced the video, lists America's Wetland Foundation as a partner. As DeSmogBlog points out, the foundation lists BP and other oil companies as sponsors on its website.

Anne Milling, founder of Women of the Storm, tells the AP that the foundation provided experts and information, but says the video was not funded by oil companies.

In the video, Bullock is joined by a bevy of other stars, many of whom hail from Gulf Coast states. Dave Matthews, Harry Shearer, Blake Lively, Peyton Manning and Emeril Lagasse, among others, ask people to "Be the One" to take action to help fund the environmental recovery effort.

"What can you offer?" Bullock asks in the PSA. "Your voice. Speak up!"

Women of the Storm, a nonpartisan group that has spearheaded recovery efforts for past disasters, is hoping to collect one million signatures. Since the video was uploaded to YouTube two weeks ago, just over 121,000 people have signed the petition on restorethegulf.com.