EcoWatchPortland City Council Passes Strong Resolution Opposing Oil TrainsEcoWatchLast night, the Portland City Council approved a resolution opposing projects that would increase oil train traffic through the Columbia River Gorge and the Portland metro ar …

Saudi Arabia fights for European oil marketFinancial TimesSaudi Arabia's state oil company has cut its official selling prices to Europe, as the world's largest exporter of crude attempts to retain its share of an oversupplied market. The de facto …

Chron.com (blog)Apache posts multibillion-dollar loss as oil production slipsChron.com (blog)HOUSTON — Apache Corp. posted a $5.66 billion loss on Thursday, taking charges for asset write-offs and other items as it was hit by both low crude prices and slid …

Wall Street JournalAmec Becomes Latest Oil-Field Services Firm Hit by Falling Crude PricesWall Street JournalOil-field service companies like Amec have suffered the most from the drop in global oil prices to below $50 a barrel, from a peak of over $100 a b …

Johnston Community College NewsCollege of Engineering not doing enough to round its studentsArizona Daily WildcatIn the UA College of Engineering, there's not much of an emphasis on expanding a student's horizons beyond the technical skills of an e …

Financial TimesStrictly fantastic furniture engineeringFinancial TimesThomas Lemut is a sculptor and film-maker, who also makes furniture. His furniture is very pure, pared-down and linear, constructed usually from wood, stone, metal and leather, and is ov …

Rochester Democrat and ChronicleLaBella acquires Elmira-based engineering firmRochester Democrat and ChronicleRochester-based architecture and engineering firm LaBella Associates has completed an acquisition of an Elmira-based firm. LaBella completed the d …

Engineering a solution: Training STEM teachers is focus of new CSU grantColorado State News“When the preparation of the next generation of STEM teachers is discussed in education circles, few think of engineering as a pathway to entering the teaching profe …

The MIT TechEngineering biologyThe MIT TechA faculty member in the Department of Biological Engineering, Voigt has pioneered a fundamentally new approach to genetic engineering at MIT. That approach just got a major boost from a five-year, $32 million gran …

The Indian ExpressMEGA to pay Rs 400 cr for engineering consultationThe Indian ExpressThe Metro-Link Express for Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad (MEGA) Company Ltd would pay an estimated Rs 400 crore to Systra SA-led consortium after the latter was appointed as …