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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Sewage data analyzed in Silicon Valley wastewater treatment plants confirms that the latest wave of coronavirus infections is sharply worse than the ones in the spring and summer.Origin: Los Angeles Times Environment
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World leaders meet later this year to fight a global extinction crisis. Scientists are urging them to take bold action, pointing to the current pandemic as an example of what's at stake.Origin: NPR Environment
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REI says climate change is an existential threat. But it's helping Ford market the Bronco Sport.Origin: Los Angeles Times Environment
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A new study by historical ecologists finds that Indigenous-managed forests -- cared for as 'forest gardens' -- contain more biologically and functionally diverse species than surrounding conifer-dominated forests and create important habitat for...
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At White House climate summit, President Biden details new U.S. emissions-cutting pledge, urges other world leaders to go big
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Addressing leaders at a virtual summit meeting he convened, the president cast the fight against global warming as an economic opportunity for the world.Origin: NY Times Energy/Environment
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Downey residents affected by a natural gas leak should expect evacuations to continue overnightOrigin: Los Angeles Times Environment
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The decision is a step toward restoring the state's unique power to set tougher fuel efficiency and tailpipe emissions rules.Origin: Los Angeles Times Environment
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President Biden hosted dozens of world leaders for a virtual climate summit as the administration tries to reassert U.S. leadership on the issue around the globe.Origin: NPR Environment
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As President Biden hoped, nations including Canada and Japan joined the U.S. in setting stronger goals for lower emissions at his climate summit. China and India balked.Origin: Los Angeles Times Environment
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The agency announced Thursday that it would withdraw its part of a Trump administration rule blocking states from setting their own tailpipe standards, which could help pave the way for a broader climate deal with the nation’s automakers.
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Hitting the targets could require a rapid shift to electric vehicles, the expansion of forests nationwide, development of complex new carbon-capture technology and many other changes, researchers said.Origin: NY Times Energy/Environment
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When you come back inside after celebrating Earth with a walk or by planting some trees, check out these ways NPR's Arts & Culture team has connected with our Mother Earth via the arts.(Image credit: VCG via Getty Images)Origin: NPR Environment
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The terms “carbon offset” and “carbon removal” are often confused. But let’s be clear: carbon offsets don’t actually remove CO2 from the air. Purchasing offsets reduces overall emissions, so if you emit, say, one metric ton of carbon, then one ton...Origin: Grist News Links
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Days after the 4 August 2020 massive explosion at the port of Beirut in Lebanon, researchers were on the ground mapping the impacts of the explosion in the port and surrounding city. The goal was to document and preserve data on structural and...
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Researchers have analyzed CALFIRE wildfire statistics from 2000 to 2019, comparing them with data from 1920 to 1999, to learn that the annual burn season has lengthened in the past two decades and that the yearly peak has shifted from August to July.
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Psychological research shows that climate change can alter an individual's mental health both directly and indirectly, impacting how we respond to this crisis.
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A group of governments and corporations has come up with a new financing mechanism to protect tropical rain forests. To start off, eight corporations and three governments will pay governments from developing countries to protect their forests. In...
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The effort seeks to rally more than $1 billion for countries that can show they are lowering emissions by protecting tropical forestsOrigin: NY Times Energy/Environment
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Plastics are ubiquitous, but they're not practical. Less than 10% are recycled, and the other approximately 8 billion tons are creating a pollution crisis. Researchers are determined to change that. A new analysis shows producing and recycling their...
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