Matt Dillon and Yahoo! fight global warming … with a fleet of hybrid taxis
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The environmental do-gooders over at ecorazzi (hey, good suffix!), I learned that Mamaroneck native has joined the likes of Leo DiCaprio, Al Gore, and Ed Begley Jr. in the campaign to keep automobiles more green. On Monday, he appeared with Yahoo! and Global Green USA to announce the “Be a Better Planet” initiative in Times Square. It’s the first I’d ever heard that Dillon even gave a hoot about global warming.
The idea of the campaign is this: Every person who goes on Yahoo!’s Be a Better Planet website can do one of three things: 1) Take the Green Pledge, 2) Share tips on being green though Yahoo! Answers, or 3) Get “better, greener results using Yahoo! OneSearch” (whatever that means). Doing any of these things earns “green credits” for the city you live in. And when the campaign is over on June 8, the city with the most credits wins. What’ll they get, Rod Rody? A fleet of new cars!
Actually, a Yahoo Fleet of hybrid taxis. Go NYC!
Come to think of it, they look sort of like the ones from Jurassic Park—which I can only assume is a very subtle, subconscious plug for Dillon’s new Dinosaur Jr. video. Nice work, Matt. Just so long as you’re not reminding me of that no-good Beetle from “Herbie: Fully Loaded,” I’m all ears about the environment.
“Matt Dillon Helps Launch a Better Planet” [ecorazzi]
(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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