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Audio Recording of Online Forum on Film "A Fierce Green Fire"

SEJ and the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital invited SEJ members to an online event Feb 1, 2013. Members were able to preview beforehand "A Fierce Green Fire," a sweeping history of the environmental movement by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Mark Kitchell, inspired by a book of the same name written by SEJ co-founder Phil Shabecoff, author, former environmental correspondent for the New York Times and founding publisher of Greenwire. Then, on the day of the forum, those signed-up were able to dial in to the conference call. Listen to an audio recording of that conversation with Shabecoff and Kitchell.

"Looking Back to See Forward: Top Climate Change Stories of 2012"

"A look back on a landmark study, weird weather, Greenland's ice sheet melt, and other highlights that shaped climate change science news last year."

Source: Yale Forum on Climate Change & the Media, 01/10/2013

"Shale Oil Output Anchors a Record Growth In U.S. Production"

"Drawing on growing output from the Bakken and Eagle Ford shale plays, U.S. crude production averaged 6.4 million barrels a day last year, a gain of 800,000 barrels daily over 2011 -- the largest annual increase since the birth of the U.S. oil industry in 1859, the Energy Information Administration said yesterday."

Source: EnergyWire, 01/10/2013

"Emphasis On E. Coli: New Rules Tackle Bacteria in Drinking Water"

"New national drinking water rules are expected to lead to fewer dangerous pathogens coming out of the tap. The new regulation, which was announced last month and takes effect within three years, switches focus to a type of bacteria that more accurately reflects the presence of pathogens that can make people sick."

Source: EHN, 01/10/2013

"Call It 'Haze,' 'Gunk' Or 'Smog,' Utahns Agree It's All Nasty"

"Utahns have choice words for the ugly, unhealthy clouds that periodically shroud its valleys in winter -- like the one we can expect to endure through Thursday."

Source: Salt Lake Tribune, 01/10/2013

"Killer Whales Trapped in Ice of Hudson Bay"

"Inuit people call for Canadian government to send icebreaker to free pod of mammals that are struggling to surface for air."

Source: Guardian, 01/10/2013

"Court Seeks More Public Input on Nuclear Safety"

"A federal appeals court has ruled that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission must either allow more public participation in its decisions about fire safety at the Indian Point 3 nuclear reactor or to show why such input is impractical or inappropriate."

Source: Green/NYT, 01/10/2013

Outbreak Of Brain Cancer from New Virus Hits West Coast Raccoons

"A mysterious new virus on the West Coast is believed to be causing fatal brain cancer in raccoons -- an alarming sign given the animals' frequent interactions with humans and the fact that tumors of any type were previously rarely found in the animals."

Source: Huffington Post, 01/10/2013

"Customers Have Paid More Than $1 Billion for Idle San Onofre Plant"

"The California Public Utilities Commission held an initial meeting Tuesday in an investigative process that could eventually result in ratepayers getting a refund for a portion of the bills they have paid during the San Onofre nuclear plant's year-long outage."

Source: LA Times, 01/10/2013

"Americans Sicker, Die Sooner Than Peers in Rich Nations"

"WASHINGTON, DC -- Environmental factors contribute to higher rates of disease and injury among Americans compared to people in other high-income countries, finds a new report from the National Research Council and Institute of Medicine."

Source: Reuters, 01/10/2013

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