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 …

Dallas Business JournalJQ names Stephen Lucy CEO of growing engineering firmDallas Business JournalIt's only been a few months since engineering firm JQ acquired a building in the Dallas Design District to redevelop as the growing firm's new corpor …

CBC.caUniversity of Manitoba engineering faculty gets $5M donation from alumniCBC.caThe University of Manitoba's faculty of engineering will get a new building thanks to generous alumni. Stanley Pauley and his wife, Dorothy Pauley, have donated $5 mill …

RT'Commercial scale' oil smuggling into Turkey becomes priority target of anti ...RTIslamic State's daring and impudent oil smuggling into Turkey should become a high-priority target in order to cripple the terrorist group, President Putin said …

OilPrice.comThis British Bank Is Backing The Bullish Case For OilOilPrice.comOil markets remain oversupplied and prices are hovering in the range of $40-$50 per barrel. Many traders and industry experts, however, feel that the worst is yet to come and pric …

CBC.caSuncor warns its offer for Canadian Oil Sands will expire Dec. 4CBC.caA Suncor Energy executive says the company won't extend its hostile takeover offer for Canadian Oil Sands past its Dec. 4 deadline. Steve Reynish, Suncor's executive vice-p …

The Globe and Mail (subscription)Canada urged to review impact oil projects would have on national parkThe Globe and Mail (subscription)UNESCO has requested that Canada “not take any decision related to any of the development projects that would be difficu …

The Globe and Mail (subscription)Canada urged to review impact oil sands projects would have on national parkThe Globe and Mail (subscription)The United Nations' UNESCO has urged Canada to undertake a strategic environmental assessment of Wood Buffalo …

Discover Magazine (blog)DARPA Is Supposedly Engineering Organisms to Make Mars LivableDiscover Magazine (blog)The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency wants to create organisms that will turn the Red Planet a shade of green, at least according to …