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Pricey L.A. Sushi Bar Busted for Selling Whale Meat

March 10, 2010

Posted by Daniel Hinerfeld in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably , Reviving the World's Oceans , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , The Media and the Environment

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louiepsihoyos, marinemammal, sushi, thecove, toxic, toxins, whalemeat

Film director Louie Psihoyos called me last week to cancel a meeting we had scheduled for later that day.  He explained, apologetically, that he was working on an undercover investigation with law enforcement officers and preparations were taking longer than...

"Avatar asks us all to be warriors for the earth."

February 23, 2010

Posted by Daniel Hinerfeld in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice , Living Sustainably , Reviving the World's Oceans , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming , The Media and the Environment

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avatar, benefit, elvismitchell, environment, environmentalaction, foxstudios, jamescameron, KCRW, NRDC

“Avatar asks us all to be warriors for the earth,” said the film’s director, James Cameron, at a benefit for the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) last night at 20th Century Fox Studios in Los Angeles.  Before an enthusiastic audience...

Sigourney's Eco Double Feature: AVATAR & ACID TEST

December 4, 2009

Posted by Daniel Hinerfeld in Curbing Pollution , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Reviving the World's Oceans , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming , The Media and the Environment

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acidtest, avatar, carbonpollution, copenhagen, globalwarming, oceanacidification, sigourneyweaver

As parents of a toddler, my wife and I don’t get to the movies much, but we’ve already lined up a babysitter for December 18, the night James Cameron’s AVATAR opens.  Though I’m excited to see the 3D visual effects,...

Lautenberg Raises Alarm on Ocean Acidity

November 4, 2009

Posted by Daniel Hinerfeld in Environmental Justice , Reviving the World's Oceans

How can our country adopt a carbon pollution policy if Republicans won't even come to the negotiating table?  All seven GOP senators on the Environment and Public Works Committee are now boycotting hearings on the Kerry-Boxer climate bill, taking denial...

Acid Test with Sigourney Weaver premieres tonight!

August 12, 2009

Posted by Daniel Hinerfeld in Reviving the World's Oceans

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acidtest, carbon, elizabethkolbert, globalwarming, oceanacidification, oceans, planetgreen, sigourneyweaver

NRDC's film, Acid Test, with Sigourney Weaver, premieres tonight at 10:30pm ET/PT (channel finder) on Discovery Planet Green.  (Read USA Today's coverage of the film.)  Please tune in and spread the word. We decided to make Acid Test about a...

Ocean acidification: the scariest environmental problem you’ve never heard of

June 8, 2009

Posted by Daniel Hinerfeld in Reviving the World's Oceans

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carbon, discoverychannel, globalwarming, healthyoceans, nrdcfilms, oceanacification, planetgreen, sigourneyweaver, simplesteps

I've had the privilege over the last several months to write, co-direct and executive produce a startling half-hour documentary featuring Sigourney Weaver. ACID TEST explores the impending catastrophe of ocean acidification -- which scientists call the OTHER carbon problem.  (The...

Daniel Hinerfeld
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