OregonLive.comLeaders Ask Oregon, Washington Governors to Ban Oil-by-TrainABC NewsPortland and Multnomah County leaders on Tuesday urged the governors of Oregon and Washington to push Congress for a permanent ban on oil-by-rail in the wake of a fiery train …

GizmodoLA's Urban Oil Wells Have Probably Been Making People Sick for a CenturyGizmodoVice did a great series a few years back on LA's urban oil wells, which have been extracting oil in plain sight and in relatively densely populated areas for year …

Sacramento BeeNorthern California towns lack resources to handle oil train fires, spillsSacramento BeeRural officials like Duerksen have been worried for decades about the chlorine, ammonia, propane and crude oil transported through their northern Californ …

The Idaho StatesmanNNU engineering program earns accreditationThe Idaho StatesmanNorthwest Nazarene University is furnishing engineers to tech companies throughout the valley. Six of its former students are at Micron Technology, Inc. NNU has furnished grad …

The Idaho StatesmanOfficials: Oil train didn't speed before Montana derailmentThe Idaho StatesmanFederal railroad regulators say an oil train that derailed and spilled 35,000 gallons of oil in northeastern Montana was traveling within recommended speed …

USA TODAY CollegeGroundbreaking engineering-based college of medicine to be created at U. IllinoisUSA TODAY CollegeThe University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will be establishing the nation's first college of medicine, which will have an integratio …

New Pittsburgh CourierFair held to recruit Black engineering studentsNew Pittsburgh CourierThe fair included hands-on experiments, an engineering competition, and workshops for students and parents. The fair, held at the Pitt attended William Pitt Union, w …

Times LIVEMaking pizzas isn't chemical engineeringTimes LIVEWhat do a pizza maker and a chemical engineer starting businesses have in common? They both recognise an opportunity, and they will both assemble the resources they need to run their businesse …

Baylen Linnekin: Socially Engineering Food Choices Doesn't WorkReason (blog)Sugar DreamstimeEarlier this week, the nonpartisan RAND Corporation released a study that helps demolish the argument that governments (cities, in this case) can socially engin …

CT PostRPI to host regional engineering fair this weekendmySanAntonio.comTROY, N.Y. (AP) — Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy is hosting an engineering fair for high school and middle school students this weekend. Organizers say more than 150 student …