CBC.caUS oil council: Shale won't last, Arctic drilling needed nowCBC.caThe U.S. should immediately begin a push to exploit its enormous trove of oil in the Arctic waters off of Alaska, or risk a renewed reliance on imported oil in the future, an Energ …

abc40UMass Amherst stops admitting Iranians to some graduate programsBoston Globe (subscription)The University of Massachusetts Amherst told students this week that it will no longer accept Iranian nationals into graduate programs in chemical, computer, an …

Nature World NewsMontana Oil Spill Renews Worries Over Pipeline SafetyABC NewsA second large oil spill into Montana's Yellowstone River in less than four years is reviving questions about oversight of the nation's aging pipeline infrastructure. Inv …

The EconomistGreenland and oilThe EconomistTHE collapsing price of crude over the past six months has been a boon for oil-importing countries and a curse for oil-exporting ones. But in one corner of the north Atlantic, it is frustrating hopes of becoming a …

NPR (blog)Some Oil Recovered From Broken Pipeline After River SpillABC NewsBridger Pipeline Co. spokesman Bill Salvin said Wednesday only a "very small" amount of oil has been siphoned from the river itself. Company officials and government regul …