“The U.S. Department of Energy announces the release of Modern Shale Gas Development in the United States: A Primer. The Primer provides regulators, policy makers, and the public with an objective source of information on the technology advances and challenges that accompany deep shale gas development.” Quoted from fossil.energy.gov. Download the .pdf

Ziff Energy Group has a press release on their website predicting that unconventional gas plays now active across North America will account for 53% of the continent’s gas production by 2020.

The Burgess Shale is a famous fossil locality near Field, British Columbia. Its significance comes from both its great age and the detailed preservation of the fauna. Scientists are now looking at correlative locations in the surrounding region to learn how the environment of Burgess Shale deposition might have changed and how the organisms responded. More in the Calgary Hearld.