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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At a Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) summit in New York City this week, former Mayor Michael Bloomberg was blunt about the prospects for so-called โ€œcleanย coal.โ€ โ€œCarbon capture is total bullsh...
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Myron Ebell, director of the Center for Energy and Environment at the Competitive Enterprise Institute and a prominent denier of climate science, found himself on the receiving end of pronounced sk...
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In a historic vote Monday night, Maryland's Senate passed a ban on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking โ€” expected to be signed into law by the state's Republican governor โ€” making the state the third...
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It may be far cheaper than previously estimated for American car manufacturers to meet fuel efficiency standards โ€” slashing greenhouse gas emissions, improving air quality, and helping drivers keep...
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In a suburb of Detroit, Michigan, Wednesday (March 15), President Donald Trump handed a victory to the oil industry, in a move that will have severe and long-lasting ramifications for the climate โ€”...
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The fossil fuel industry's effort to โ€œstart winning hearts and mindsโ€ arrived at a Baptist church in North Carolina recently in the form of three $1,500 scholarships for local high school students ...
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On the heels of the shale gas rush that's swept the U.S. for the past decade, another wave of fossil fuel-based projects is coming โ€” a plastic and petrochemical manufacturing rush that environmenta...
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REEVES COUNTY, TEXAS โ€” Travelers crossing the long stretch of arid desert spanning West Texas might stumble across an extraordinarily improbable sight โ€” a tiny teeming wetlands, a sliver of marsh t...
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If President Donald Trump expected to hear roars of approval from the pipeline industry after this week's executive orders pushing the Keystone XL pipeline and Dakota Access pipeline (DAPL) forward...
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President-elect Donald Trump's nominees for the Cabinet began appearing before the U.S. Senate to start their confirmation hearing process on Tuesday โ€” and some of the slots to be filled will have ...