Often referred to as the rock that burns, oil shale boasts a high concentration of petroleum-like ... we should remember – would prefer not to wait for nature to take its course. They are inclined to ...

a documentary from The Nature of Things. An incredible look at Earth’s distant past Since I was a teenager, I’ve been reading about the rich vein of rock known as the Burgess Shale.

Fracking-the high-pressure injection of water, chemicals and sand into shale deposits to release the gas and oil trapped within the rock-in recent years has been combined with horizontal drilling ...