Fairfield Daily RepublicSolano 2015 olive numbers up, oil production downFairfield Daily RepublicFAIRFIELD — More olives will come off Solano County trees this fall, but less oil is likely to be produced. Whether that is part of the natural cycle of olive …

Gallons of cooking oil force cleanup of White Center stormwater pondThe Seattle TimesAn estimated 20 to 50 gallons of what is believed to be cooking oil was found floating in a White Center stormwater-retention pond Saturday. Crews from the state, King Cou …

Telegraph.co.ukCooking with vegetable oils releases toxic cancer-causing chemicals, say expertsTelegraph.co.uk“If you eat too much corn oil or sunflower oil, the brain is absorbing too much omega 6, and that effectively forces out omega 3,” said Prof Stein …

NBCNews.comOklahoma Town Knows What It Takes to Survive Oil Busts: A Plan BNBCNews.comWith a bit of luck, he hopes he'll no longer have to endure the boom-and-bust cycles that have been a part of life in this oil town for more than a century. But nothi …

Cooking oil to get costlier this Diwali on high demandEconomic TimesNEW DELHI/KOLKATA: With Diwali less than a week away, edible oil is turning to be heavier on consumer pockets. Demand for edible oil increases during this time of the year as people prepar …

St. John Bosco High engineering students receive new robotics labLong Beach Press TelegramSt. John Bosco High School debuted its new Learning Common room, featuring its first robotics lab that has a certain group of engineering students excited. With a new …

Blame Oil Glut on Investors Who Still Love Drilling Over ProfitsBloombergInvestors sent a surprising message to U.S. shale producers as crude fell almost 20 percent in August: keep calm and drill on. While most oil stocks have fallen sharply this month, th …

Wall Street JournalChevron Takes Harder Punch From Low OilWall Street JournalThe company's stock price has underperformed Exxon and Shell over the past year—during which oil prices fell sharply—after besting its two bigger competitors during the previo …

Scientists Find a Natural Way to Clean Up Oil Spills, With a Plant-Based MoleculeSmithsonianAfter an oil spill, the number one priority is finding a way to contain and remove the oil. Boat operators sometimes deploy physical booms to trap the oil so that i …

New York TimesBP Posts Loss as Oil Spill Settlement and Sagging Demand Take TollNew York TimesBesides lower prices, the central causes of BP's profit decline in its oil and gas operations were sharply diminished production in the Gulf of Mexico because …