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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Oil traded near a three-month high in New York as output curbs by OPEC tightened global supply while trade talks between the U.S. and China lifted financial markets.Origin: Houston Chronicle -- Energy
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The Irving power company Vistra Energy is buying a Connecticut power provider in a deal that will make Vistra the nation’s biggest seller of residential electricity and expand its market share in Texas as the industry continues to consolidate.Origin: Houston Chronicle -- Energy
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Drilling Down: Post-merger Diamondback Energy ready to drillOrigin: Houston Chronicle -- Energy
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Alaska and California each added four drilling rigs to hike up the nation's tally of active rigs this week.Origin: Houston Chronicle -- Energy
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Oil field service giant Schlumberger has promoted Olivier Le Peuch to serve as the company's new chief operating officer.Origin: Houston Chronicle -- Energy
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Based on a survey of 1200 female professionals working in the energy industry, of women working in renewables, 63 percent are less than five years into their career.Origin: Houston Chronicle -- Energy
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has reopened public comment periods for three proposed liquefied natural gas export terminals after the partial federal government shutdown prevented some federal agencies from participating in the process.Origin: Houston Chronicle -- Energy
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Phillip 66 became the latest refiner to report soaring 2018 earnings as a refining bonanza lifted the Houston energy company's full-year profits to record levels. Although the full-year net income numbers were rosy, profits in the fourth quarter...Origin: Houston Chronicle -- Energy
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India's Supreme Court on Monday set aside an order by an environmental court which had cleared the way for reopening Vedanta's south Indian copper smelter, in a blow to the company's plans to begin operations.Origin: Reuters Environment
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Britain is to set out plans to overhaul its recycling system on Monday, including making plastic packaging producers pay the full cost of dealing with their waste and introducing a deposit return scheme for cans and bottles.Origin: Reuters Environment
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The snow piling onto the Sierra Nevada could be considered more of a snow pile-on at this point. That’s because several feet of white powder have accumulated across the range since the beginning of the month, adding to what has become one of the...Origin: Los Angeles Times Environment
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In two back-to-back symposia a cross-disciplinary cohort of scientists will present the first comprehensive investigations of how humans interacted with plant and animal species in different cultures worldwide through time.
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Cooking, cleaning and other routine household activities generate significant levels of volatile and particulate chemicals inside the average home, leading to indoor air quality levels on par with a polluted major city.
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While the polyester leisure suit was a 1970s mistake, polyester and other synthetic fibers like nylon are still around and are a major contributor to the microplastics load in the environment, according to a materials scientist, who suggests...
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Understanding the relationship between microbes and viruses is beneficial not only for medical research and practical applications but also in marine biology, say researchers.
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Researches have identified long-disappeared forests available for restoration across the world. They describe how such an effort, could absorb as much as 135 gigatons of atmospheric carbon.
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Children living in homes with all vinyl flooring or flame-retardant chemicals in the sofa have significantly higher concentrations of potentially harmful semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs) in their blood or urine than children from homes where...
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A Canadian National Railway Co train derailed early on Saturday in Western Canada, leaking an undetermined volume of crude oil, the company said.Origin: Reuters Environment
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Recent advances to address hunger through agricultural advancement have been shown to boost crop growth by 40 percent by creating a shortcut for a glitch that plagues most food crops.
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Democratic Republic of Congo's Virunga National Park has reopened after the deadly ambush of a tourist group led to its closure last year over security fears, the park's director said on Saturday.Origin: Reuters Environment
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