TIMEAlaska Governor Says More Oil Drilling Needed to Combat Climate ChangeTIMEBill Walker Mark Thiessen—AP Alaska Gov. Bill Walker addresses a news conference when it was announced that nearly every Alaskan will receive $2,072 from this year's oil divi …

CBS LocalGovernor Signs Bill To Stiffen Penalties For Manufacture Of Explosive Hash Oil ...CBS LocalLOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday signed a bill that would stiffen penalties for making hash oil and methamphetamine in or near residenti …

BBC NewsShell to commence Arctic oil drilling within weeksBBC NewsThe initial two wells will be in relatively shallow water of about 40 to 50m deep, and they will use conventional drilling techniques. The company should know whether these wells find suffic …

CNNGovernors, DOJ cheer $18 billion BP oil spill settlementCNN"Since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill -- the largest environmental disaster in our nation's history -- the Justice Department has been fully committed to holding BP accountable, to ach …

Haley, governors group behind push for offshore oil testing, drillingCharleston Post CourierThat finding in an Institute for Southern Studies investigation has alarmed conservation interests, who were already concerned about an apparent shortchanging of pu …

CBS LocalDeal Reached To Keep Joint FAMU & FSU Engineering CollegeCBS LocalTALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/AP) — Florida A&M University and Florida State University have reached a deal to keep the engineering college run by both schools, according to the cha …

ENGINEERING.comSolidworks World 2015: The Year of Women in EngineeringENGINEERING.comMegan Cawley, a PhD Mechanical Engineering student, was showcasing this EcoCAR project at Solidworks World. Her inspiration to get into STEM came from growing up around ca …

The Massachusetts Daily CollegianUMass to stop admitting Iranian national students into certain programsThe Massachusetts Daily CollegianThe University of Massachusetts announced it will no longer admit Iranian national students into certain programs in th …

Gov. Walker offers partial funding for new UAF engineering buildingFairbanks Daily News-MinerLimited funding for the engineering building was the highlight of a bleak allotment for the University of Alaska system. The only other capital item in Walker' …

Oil fields at risk: Where the slowdown has begunCNBCU.S. oil production grew 49 percent between 2008 and 2013, as drillers improved productivity and tapped high-yield debt markets. But with their product fetching far less these days, exploration and produc …