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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Republican Sen. James Inhofe said it. Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper said it. Even former Environmental Protection Agency chief Lisa Jackson said it. For over a decade, oil and gas executives...
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Three years ago the world was reminded of the dangers nuclear energy poses when catastrophe struck Japan at the Fukushima power plant. Since then the gravity of the disaster has grown more evident ...
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One of the linchpins of the Obama administrationโ€™s high-stakes plan to address climate change moved one step closer to implementation this week, as the EPA officially published proposed new carbon ...
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Across the U.S., the shale rush has unleashed a frenzy of excitement about domestic energy supplies. But the oil and gas produced from fracking comes along with billions of gallons of wastewater...
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A new report out fromย Wake Forest University concludes that coal ash waste from Duke Energyโ€™s Sutton coal plant in Wilmington, NC is elevating levels of selenium pollution in nearby Sutton Lake.ย Th...
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Over the past several years, the fossil-fuel industry has been highly adept at publicizing the economic upshots of fracking: royalty checks, decreased prices for oil and gas, profits forย investors....
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Make private companies happy. Donโ€™t worry about the environment. Stop fretting about long-term sustainability. Forget renewables, property concerns, the safety of our water and air. Make private co...
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The U.S. Coast Guard released plans that would allow wastewater from shale gas to be shipped via barge in the nationโ€™s rivers and waterways on October 30 โ€” and those rules have kicked up a storm of...
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Since the shale rush took off starting in 2005 in Texas, drillers have sprinted from one state to the next, chasing the promise of cheaper, easier, more productive wells. This land rush was fueled ...
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Over the past several years, the battle over fracking has brought Congressional hearings, protests and huge industry money to Washington DC. But in recent months the topic has taken on a new, more ...