NorthJersey.comBergen County residents protest oil trainsNews 12 New JerseyDozens of people crowded a railroad crossing in Bergen County on Saturday to protest oil trains. Rail cars full of Bakken crude oil are being shipped through the county, which resid …

The GuardianPalm oil firms in Peru plan to clear 23000 hectares of primary forestThe GuardianThe companies involved in Maniti and Santa Cecilia, Islandia Energy and Palmas del Amazonas, are both receiving “technical and financial support” from Palmas del E …

The GuardianIndigenous Peruvians win Amazon pollution payout from US oil giantThe GuardianIndigenous Peruvians win Amazon pollution payout from US oil giant. Out-of-court settlement ends long legal battle for compensation for deaths, birth defects and envi …

GigaomDatadog fetches $31M to beef up sales and engineeringGigaomDatadog which promises to let companies see how well (or badly) their various cloud deployments are performing, now has $31 million in fresh Series C funding bringing its total to about $53 m …

Wall Street JournalFrom Oil Exports to Ride-Sharing, What to Watch in Business in 2015Wall Street JournalFor the first time in 40 years, ships full of unrefined American oil are sailing from Texas to ports in Europe and Asia. This year, the new trade route …