Congressional testimony from a Shell executive, who is asking to relax environmental regulations in the US to allow shale mining; their alternative is to do it in other countries, like Israel. The executive describes "the long history of unsuccessful attempts to responsibly and economically develop oil shale." Unfortunately, even if the current attempt extracts oil and fails to make a profit, those who love Adullam will still pay the price.

An article explaining the significance of shale oil to residents of the western US; part of a site with a neutral analysis of the oil shale issue from the University of Colorado.

A video accompanying the above article.

A report on the geological and political aspects of oil shale extraction in Israel.

An article explaining the damage done by oil shale extraction. And it should be noted that the US has large spaces far from human view; the center of Israel does not.

A report from the US Environmental Protection Agency on ground-water contamination caused by oil shale extraction. A quote: "[m]ost, if not all, in-situ fossil fuel recovery operations ... appear to have caused some ground water contamination.'

An article on the effect of oil shale on the Western United States.

Photos and details on oil extraction from shale from Argonne National Laboratories in the US.

A fact sheet from the US Department of Energy  -- whose mission is the maximization of energy extraction -- on oil shale.

Information on the massive water consumption in the extraction process.

Wikipedia on the environmental effects of oil shale extraction.