Rick Snyder signs law allowing controversial new oil pipeline under Mackinac Straits  Detroit Metro TimesGov. Rick Snyder signed a bill into law on Wednesday that will allow the state in partnership with Canadian oil giant Enbridge to build a con …

As OPEC Meets, New Energy ETFs Spy Opportunity in Oil's Decline  BloombergCushing Asset Management has a lot riding on the meeting of OPEC in Vienna Thursday -- specifically, the success of its first exchange-traded funds. Read more https://www.b …

Oil price: charting crude’s rollercoaster volatility  Financial TimesKey events that have rocked the commodity in recent years. Read more https://www.ft.com/content/ccd514aa-f8ac-11e8-af46-2022a0b02a6c

Senate GOP approves plan for new oil pipeline under Straits of Mackinac  Detroit Metro TimesSenate Republicans on Wednesday approved legislation that will allow a controversial oil and propane pipeline to be built under the Straits of Mackinac. T …

Demand for 'sustainable' palm oil ravages forests  Futurity: Research News"It seems that there is no way to sustainably produce palm oil to meet today's global demand." Read more https://www.futurity.org/palm-oil-deforestation-1924462-2/

Analyst: Global oil demand will 'plateau, not peak' in about 15 years  ChronPopulation growth and rising demand for plastics from emerging countries will help to prevent oil demand from peaking in the next 15 years, an analysis from RS ... Read m …

Trump Regulators Just Gave Oil Industry a Pass to Injure Whales, Other Marine Life  EarthjusticeIn its attempt to open up 90 percent of U.S. waters to the fossil fuel industry, the Trump administration has given a green light to conduct harmful s …

Four new faculty members join civil and environmental engineeringPenn State NewsUNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering added four new faculty members this academic year. Pinlei Chen joined the department a …

MRO NetworkAlliance Airlines Chooses KLM UK Engineering for Heavy MaintenanceMRO NetworkKLM UK Engineering has signed a long-term heavy maintenance agreement with Alliance Airlines for its Fokker 70 and 100 aircraft. The UK-based MRO will provide heavy mai …

CNBCCramer explains the nonsensical action in oil and airline stocksCNBC"Oil and airlines, they don't mix. Jet fuel is the No. 1 cost for the airlines, so they shouldn't be able to rally at the same time — unless it's their stocks we are t …