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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...

James Cameron to Host NRDC benefit

February 18, 2010

Posted by Daniel Hinerfeld in Solving Global Warming , The Media and the Environment

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avatar, elvismitchell, environment, jamescameron, media, NRDCbenefit

This Monday, February 22nd, Avatar director James Cameron will participate in a discussion with Elvis Mitchell, host of KCRW’s The Treatment, to benefit NRDC.  They’ll screen excerpts from Avatar and talk about public reaction to the powerful environmental message of...

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,...

Let’s stick with the clean energy message despite temptations to stray

October 6, 2008

Posted by Daniel Hinerfeld in The Media and the Environment

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cleanfuels, dirtyfuels, energypolicy, hurricaneike, messaging, offshoredrilling, opportunity

Hurricane Ike spilled at least half a million gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico and the wetlands of Louisiana and Texas, according to a review of federal data by the Associated Press, released today.  As proponents of...

Daniel Hinerfeld
Daniel Hinerfeld
Deputy Director of Communications
The Robert Redford Building in Santa Monica
I came to NRDC from NPR, where I was a senior editor and producer. A...
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