Here are links to the news coverage re the oil shale hearing by the US House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources (Committee on Natural Resources):
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel:
http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/articles/shell_oil_shale_blocked#oil_shale_field_hear_082411
http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/articles/oil_shale_critics_voice_views
http://www.gjsentinel.com/opinion/articles/no_matter_the_technology_the_p
http://www.gjsentinel.com/opinion/articles/no_matter_the_technology_the_p
http://www.gjsentinel.com/opinion/articles/printed_letters_august_25_2011
The Colorado Independent:
The Denver Post:
http://blogs.denverpost.com/thespot/2011/08/23/bingo-under-the-o-oil-shale/37096/
http://blogs.denverpost.com/thespot/2011/08/25/bingo-plenty-said-at-oil-shale-hearing/37251/
Business Week (AP article)
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9PAM8O00.htm
Channel 8
http://www.kjct8.com/news/28956143/detail.html
Channel 5