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 federal judge on Monday slashed a damages award Bayer AG owed a California man who blamed Roundup weed killer for his cancer, to $25.27 million from $80.27 million, while rejecting the company's bid for a new trial.Origin: Reuters Environment
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U.S. oil companies on Monday began restoring some of the more than nearly 74% production shut at U.S. Gulf of Mexico platforms ahead of Hurricane Barry, the U.S. offshore drilling regulator said.Origin: Reuters Environment
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Canada's Encana Corp. bought Houston-based Newfield Exploration earlier this year, and now Encana will sell some of its newly acquired acreage in Oklahoma.Origin: Houston Chronicle -- Energy
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U.S. oil production surpassed 12 million barrels a day in April, further extending the nation's record output during the fracking boom, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported Monday.Origin: Houston Chronicle -- Energy
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Gasoline prices rose in Houston and across the country for the second week in a row as oil prices ticked up after last week's OPEC deal and tensions with Iran. Gas prices in Houston nudged up 1.5 cents per a gallon, averaging $2.42 per a gallon...Origin: Houston Chronicle -- Energy
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Oil tanker owners are avoiding sending their ships to the Middle East’s main refueling hub after a spate of attacks on vessels in the past two months ratcheted up tensions and highlighted the growing risks of operating in the region.Origin: Houston Chronicle -- Energy
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Department of Energy Announces $121 Million for Small Business Research and Development Grants More than 100 grants will...Origin: Energy Dept. Releases
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U.S. offshore oil producers restarted 4% of the production shut by Tropical Storm Barry last week, according to a report on Monday by the U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE).Origin: Reuters Environment
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LM Wins “National Federal Facility Excellence in Site Reuse” Award Fernald Preserve site in Ohio recognized by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for hard work, innovative thinking, and stakeholder...Origin: Energy Dept. Releases
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Maersk, the world's largest container shipping company, has set a massive goal for itself: going carbon neutral by 2050. This would be good for the world. But how would it be good for the bottom line?(Image credit: David Hecker/Getty Images)Origin: NPR Environment
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Floods have forced more than four million people from their homes across India, Nepal and Bangladesh and killed more than 100 people as torrential rains in the initial days of monsoons wreaked havoc.Origin: Reuters Environment
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Brazil's Vice President Hamilton Mourao said on Monday he considers it "impossible" for Brazil to leave the Paris Agreement on climate change.Origin: Reuters Environment
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A new study says that the tropical forests of Western Equatorial Africa (WEA) -- which include significant stands of Intact Forest Landscapes (IFLs) -- are increasingly coming under pressure from logging, poaching, and associated disturbances.
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New research suggest that regions of the Martian surface could be made habitable with a material -- silica aerogel -- that mimics Earth's atmospheric greenhouse effect. Through modeling and experiments, the researchers show that a 2- to 3-centimeter...
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Civil disobedience group Extinction Rebellion staged protests in five British cities on Monday, aiming to renew pressure on the government to take bolder action to tackle climate change and slow the worldwide loss of plant and animal species.Origin: Reuters Environment
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Carbon dioxide emissions from the energy industry are expected to drop slightly this year as the nation shifts away from coal and electricity demand softens, the U.S. Department of Energy forecasts. After a 2.7 percent increase in U.S. energy-...Origin: Houston Chronicle -- Energy
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Houston drivers saw gasoline prices jump in the past week as Tropical Storm Barry hit the Gulf Coat and oil prices rallied amid geopolitical tensions.Origin: Houston Chronicle -- Energy
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Oil plunged in the last few minutes of trading as economic anxiety hangs over the market.Origin: Houston Chronicle -- Energy
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Small-scale farmers are posing serious threats to biodiversity in northeastern Peru -- and the problem will likely only get worse.
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Non-native parrots can cause substantial agricultural damage and threaten native biodiversity. While substantial evidence of negative impact in Europe is currently lacking, there are numerous already established wild populations. A pan-European team...
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