FortuneCanada Oil Spill Program Hit by Cheap Crude, Lacks ApplicantsFortuneAs a result, the government will expand the scope of its Oil Spill Response Science Program and open a second call for applications this month, Marc Wickham, Natural Resources Canad …

MSU hopes to retain engineering student with $1M grantBristol Herald Courier (press release) (blog)EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State University hopes a $1 million grant will keep engineering students in school. MSU says dozens of students could rec …

CBC.caDalhousie gets $32M in federal funds to upgrade engineering, architecture campusCBC.caThe federal government will give Dalhousie University $32 million to build new classrooms, labs and research facilities at the Halifax school's downtown archite …

Cleveland engineering firm Middough Inc. will build wind farm land stationCrain's Cleveland BusinessMiddough Inc. a Cleveland-based engineering firm, will design and construct the land-based facilities that will link to the Lake Erie wind farm under develo …

CBC.caNew research, innovation and engineering building announced at Laurentian UniversityCBC.caThe federal and provincial governments have invested $27.4 million into a new research, innovation and engineering building at Laurentian University in Sudbury, …

Training JournalStudent work experience is solution to engineering skills gap, say ...Training JournalIt revealed 62 per cent of engineering employers say graduates don't have the right skills for today's workplace, while 68 per cent are concerned …

CBC.caGulf of St. Lawrence oil drilling proposal provokes angerCBC.caThe Save Our Seas and Shores Coalition and other environmental and First Nation groups have been calling for a moratorium to prevent offshore oil drilling in the Gulf of St. Lawrence over …

New York TimesAs Oil Money Melts, Alaska Mulls First Income Tax in 35 YearsNew York TimesThis is the least-taxed state in the nation, where oil royalties and energy taxes once paid for 90 percent of state functions. Oil money was so plentiful that resident …

Wall Street JournalSubsidies for Cooking OilWall Street JournalThe Journal reports that Solazyme, which in 2009 received more than $20 million in grants to build a refinery for automotive fuel, is now selling an algae-derived oil for cooking. Readers may r …