Cooling wood: Engineers create strong, sustainable solution for passive cooling  Phys.OrgWhat if the wood your house was made of could save your electricity bill? In the race to save energy, using a passive cooling method that requires no electri …

CBS NewsOil, US data boost global stocksCBS NewsSEOUL, South Korea - Global stocks mostly posted strong gains on Thursday as a rebound in the price of oil and solid U.S. manufacturing data boosted investor sentiment. In early European trading, Germany' …

CBS NewsMarco Rubio: Airstrikes against ISIS should target oil plantsCBS News"They've unnecessarily avoided taking strikes because they're concerned if they blow up the oil plant, there might be civilians, even one, killed. That's a legiti …

The Hill (blog)Should the US oil export ban be lifted?CBS NewsThe U.S. is almost drowning in oil. There's so much of it, in fact, that storage tanks are quickly filling up, and no one knows where to put it all. Oil reserves are swelling in response to …

DailyFinance​America's new oil problem: Where to store itCBS NewsNEW YORK - The U.S. has so much crude that it's running out of places to put it, and that could drive oil and gasoline prices even lower in the coming months. For the past seven weeks …

Irish TimesOil's wild ride: How will it end?CBS NewsNEW YORK - The price of oil is on a wild ride, and there is little agreement on where it's headed. After falling nearly 60 percent from a peak last June, the price of oil has now bounced back 19 p …

CBS NewsObama administration to propose new Atlantic coast oil drilling, report saysCBS NewsThe Obama administration is set to endorse increased oil and natural gas drilling off the Atlantic Coast, the Wall Street Journal reports. The administration's …

CBS NewsYellowstone River spill: Oil detected in water suppliesCBS NewsGLENDIVE, Mont. -- Truckloads of drinking water were being shipped to the eastern Montana city of Glendive on Monday after traces from a major oil spill along the Yellowstone River were …

Plunging oil prices hit offshore drillersCBS NewsPlunging energy prices aren't only shaking up U.S. oil producers on land -- more offshore oil rigs also are going idle. According to research firm IHS, just over 78 percent of all offshore rigs in the Gu …

Where to store excess oil? At seaCBS NewsThe world is swimming in oil, now that rigs in the U.S. are pumping at levels not seen in decades. A side effect of that oil glut? Storing the stuff is getting a little difficult. Now, some trading firms are sending …