Does Chevron know exactly what shale oil and gas are worth?

By Kurt Cobb, Resource Insights

A bidding war that didn't happen over shale oil and gas may say something we all should know about those deposits.

Death of a Shale Gas Salesman

By Andrew Nikiforuk, The Tyee

On Wednesday, March 2, Aubrey McClendon, the American face of hydraulic fracking, drove his natural-gas powered Chevy Tahoe into a concrete overpass just outside Oklahoma City. He was 56.

Why Massachusetts Might Ban Fracking Even Though There’s No Fracking In Massachusetts

By Ryan Koronowski, Climate Progress

Last week, a committee in Massachusetts moved closer to banning hydraulic fracturing (or fracking) in the Bay State.

Shale gas won’t stop peak oil, but could create an economic crisis

By Nafeez Ahmed, The Guardian blog

Independent studies published over the last few months cast even more serious doubt over the viability of the shale gas boom.