There are two shale-oil extraction methods — neither of which has proved to be viable in the United States. One method is similar to coal extraction and involves underground, open-pit, or strip mining ...

The move, focused on Nevada and New Mexico, is aimed at removing “burdensome” restrictions on energy and mineral development, ...

As renewable energy gathers steam around the world, the harms of mining its mineral ... in the form of fossil fuel extraction, which will continually expand as existing fuel deposits are depleted.

Global Unconventional Oil Market is valued approximately at USD 354.9 billion in 2023 and is anticipated to grow with a healthy growth rate of more than 4.2% over the forecast period 2024-2032. Read ...

The fundamental issue, said Raphael Deberdt, a socioeconomic mining expert at the Colorado School of Mines, is that our economic system incentivizes as much extraction as possible in order to fuel ...