River of News
The River of News is an aggregation of news feeds about environment-related topics from a wide variety of sources. While SEJ selects the individual feeds, SEJ does not select the stories that the feeds provide. SEJ neither endorses nor bears responsibility for their content. They are provided as a service to SEJ members who many want to glean story ideas from them. SEJ urges all users to check the accuracy of assertions made in these feeds.
The feeds in the River of News span many content types — from professional news services and newspaper blogs to government agency press releases and public relations or activist group releases. Some are grouped topically.
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A permafrost coastline is receding dramatically along Alaska's north slope. It could be an indicator of far more massive land losses across the Arctic.
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Victims of California's deadliest wildfire have filed a lawsuit against PG&E Corp alleging negligence and health and safety code violations by the utility company in the blaze that has killed at least 48 people.Origin: Reuters Environment
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PG&E Corp, the electricity provider in the Northern California region being ravaged by the deadly Camp Fire, warned that it could face "significant liability" in excess of its insurance coverage in the event that its equipment is found to have...Origin: Reuters Environment
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The city itself — skyscrapers, homes and factories — snagged the moist air of Hurricane Harvey and caused more rain to fall. Two new studies detail how humans are making hurricane flooding worse.(Image credit: David J. Phillip/AP)Origin: NPR Environment
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Stanley the giraffe and about 140 other creatures were safe after their small California exotic animal park was largely destroyed by the fierce wildfire that swept through the mountains above Malibu, the park's owners said.Origin: Reuters Environment
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A new report says the U.S. will become a net exporter of petroleum by the early 2020s, the first time since the country will have achieved such a feat since at least 1949.Origin: Houston Chronicle -- Energy
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After almost a decade of oil-friendly Republicans controlling Congress, the energy sector faced a dramatically different landscape on Capitol Hill Wednesday. Where Republicans pushed an end to the oil export ban and looser environmental regulations...Origin: Houston Chronicle -- Energy
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Oil fell to the lowest level since March after a U.S. government report showed the seventh straight weekly increase in domestic crude stockpiles and a jump in production.Origin: Houston Chronicle -- Energy
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Two energy-related propositions that saw the oil and gas industry pump tens of millions of dollars into Washington state and Colorado were defeated Tuesday, while a rollback on California's gas tax was voted down.Origin: Houston Chronicle -- Energy
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Major Permian Basin operator QEP Resources said Wednesday it sold its Williston Basin acreage in North Dakota and Montana to a new publicly traded company called Vantage Energy.Origin: Houston Chronicle -- Energy
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A $42 million battle over drilling in Colorado ended in a victory for Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Noble Energy Inc. and other D-J Basin explorers.Origin: Houston Chronicle -- Energy
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Exxon Mobil's effort to overturn a $20 million penalty for violating federal air pollution laws at its Baytown refining and chemical facility returns to court Wednesday. Exxon's attorneys are set to make oral arguments to the Fifth Circuit Court of...Origin: Houston Chronicle -- Energy
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California voters rejected Proposition 6, an effort to repeal increases to California’s fuel and vehicle taxes enacted last year by the Democrat-controlled state legislature.Origin: Houston Chronicle -- Energy
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Steven W. Green, 61, will be president of Chevron North America Exploration and Production effective March 1. Green, president of Chevron exploration and production in the Asia and Pacific region.Origin: Houston Chronicle -- Energy
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The wildfire raging in northern California spread on Wednesday as National Guard troops joined the search for its victims and lawyers filed a lawsuit blaming the blaze, the state's deadliest, on poor maintenance by the area's utility company.Origin: Reuters Environment
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Dozens of Montenegrin environmental activists and fishermen took to the water in the Adriatic port of Bar on Monday to protest at undersea oil prospecting, which they say will endanger marine wildlife and fisheries.Origin: Reuters Environment
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Boeing Co unit Aurora Flight Sciences on Wednesday unveiled a solar-powered autonomous aircraft that will help researchers collect climate-related data at a fraction of the cost of a satellite.Origin: Reuters Environment
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A group representing biofuel companies asked a federal judge on Tuesday to force the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to stop exempting small refineries from renewable fuel laws until a lawsuit challenging the agency's actions is resolved.Origin: Reuters Environment
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Wednesday it will waive some hazardous waste regulations for auto dealers and businesses disposing of airbags, a decision designed to ensure proper disposal of potentially deadly Takata air bag...Origin: Reuters Environment
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