Motley FoolOil adds $43 billion to economy, study saysBismarck TribuneAlthough the data is nearly two years old, a study by North Dakota State University researchers found that the oil and gas industry contributed $43 billion to the economy in 2013 and sup …

RTOver a barrel? Falling oil prices and the environmentNew ScientistIS THE recent oil price crash good or bad for the environment? For years, environmentalists have been seeking carbon taxes and other measures to ratchet up oil prices to encourage us on to …