Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Feb. 20 -- SAVING THE PLANET

Chase Utley (left) spent the offseason playing in an All-Star series in Japan, negotiating a seven-year, $85 million contract extension with the Phillies and getting married. Somewhere in that packed schedule, he found time to see "An Inconvenient Truth," Al Gore's documentary film about global warming.

And now, Utley is trying to make a difference.

Utley has joined the fight to help the environment by joining the Stop Global Warming Virtual March, a non-political effort to spark awareness and activism about the issue. Other celebrities who are "marching" against global warming include Leonardo DiCaprio, Jon Bon Jovi, Sheryl Crow, Larry David, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Christie Brinkley, Huey Lewis, James Taylor and politicians Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ed Rendell, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain. Click here for Utley's thoughts on global warming. No word on how Utley feels about teammate Jon Lieber's new, gas-guzzling monster truck.

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