Sharon Kelly

About

Sharon Kelly is an attorney and investigative reporter based in Pennsylvania. She was previously a senior correspondent covering energy and antitrust at The Capitol Forum and, prior to that, she reported for The New York Times, The Guardian, The Nation, Earth Island Journal, and a variety of other print and online publications.

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Roughly four years ago, Energy Transfer Partners (ETP) filed a federal application to build a 1,172 mile oil pipeline from North Dakotaโ€™s Bakken shale across the U.S. to Illinois at a projected cos...
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As Thanksgiving celebrations kick off around the U.S., activists are calling attention to Indigenous organizations, including many that work on problems and issues related to climateย change. ย โ€œA l...
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The warning is clear and dire โ€” and the source unexpected. โ€œThis report unquestionably will fan emotions, raise fears, and bring demand for action,โ€ the president of the American Petroleum Institut...
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Today, President Donald Trump announced on Twitter that Matthew G. Whitaker, who served as chief of staff for Attorney General Jeff Sessions, would replace his boss. Sessions was forced from office...
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The shale gas industry has been tryingย to build demand for fossil fuels from its fracked oil and gas wells by promoting the construction of a new petrochemical corridor in America's Rust Belt and e...
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The petrochemical industry anticipates spending a total of over $200 billion on factories, pipelines, and other infrastructure in the U.S. that will rely on shale gas, the American Chemistry Counci...
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Battles over new shale gas and oil pipelines involving Energy Transfer, formerly known as Energy Transfer Partners, have heated up in recent weeks โ€” an escalation that carries a tilt, as one side s...
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Congressman Clay Higgins of Louisiana arrived at this year'sย Expanding Global Gas Infrastructure seminarย with aย message. โ€œWelcome to the war for the future of our planet,โ€ Higgins said to the gath...
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In the last six years, officials in Texas and Louisiana issued permits allowing 74 petrochemical, oil, and gas projects to pump as much climate-warming pollution into the atmosphere as running 29 c...
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Just before dawn Monday morning, Chuck Belczyk thought a jet had crashed near his home roughly 25 miles outside Pittsburgh โ€” until he heard the sound of hissingย gas. โ€œAnd thatโ€™s when it all hit us...