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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Obama Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz and major labor group AFL-CIO are behind the โ€œblueprintโ€ for a multi-billion dollar system to transport captured CO2 โ€” and offer a lifeline to fossil fuel plants.

Obama Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz and major labor group AFL-CIO are behind the โ€œblueprintโ€ for a multi-billion dollar system to transport captured CO2 โ€” and offer a lifeline to fossil fuel plants.
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But FERCโ€™s business-as-usual approach to fossil fuel projects during the climate crisis looks increasingly shaky, casting new doubt on the industryโ€™s prospects.

But FERCโ€™s business-as-usual approach to fossil fuel projects during the climate crisis looks increasingly shaky, casting new doubt on the industryโ€™s prospects.
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The so-called "Green Nobel Prize" recognizes the environmental justice efforts of Lavigne in her quest to prevent further polluting industry from coming to her region of Louisiana.

The so-called "Green Nobel Prize" recognizes the environmental justice efforts of Lavigne in her quest to prevent further polluting industry from coming to her region of Louisiana.
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ExxonMobil says a 9 billion barrel oilfield off the low-lying South American nationโ€™s coast could soon outpace Permian production.

ExxonMobil says a 9 billion barrel oilfield off the low-lying South American nationโ€™s coast could soon outpace Permian production.
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Despite talk of an energy transition and a wave of fossil fuel bankruptcies, big bank CEOs described plans to continue business with beleaguered fossil fuel industries.

Despite talk of an energy transition and a wave of fossil fuel bankruptcies, big bank CEOs described plans to continue business with beleaguered fossil fuel industries.
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ExxonMobil, Dow, Barclays, and more top lists in a new report ranking the companies behind the single-use plastic crisis.

ExxonMobil, Dow, Barclays, and more top lists in a new report ranking the companies behind the single-use plastic crisis.
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Where itโ€™s no longer credible to deny climate change, the fossil fuel giant puts the focus on โ€˜riskโ€™ and blame on consumers, in echo of tobacco industry PR, researchers find.

Where itโ€™s no longer credible to deny climate change, the fossil fuel giant puts the focus on โ€˜riskโ€™ and blame on consumers, in echo of tobacco industry PR, researchers find.
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For nearly a decade, pipeline companies have relied on the contested Nationwide Permit 12 when their projects cross waterbodies in the U.S.

For nearly a decade, pipeline companies have relied on the contested Nationwide Permit 12 when their projects cross waterbodies in the U.S.
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People of color and those with incomes below the poverty line are more likely to live near oil refineries where air monitors show benzene levels that should trigger federal action.

People of color and those with incomes below the poverty line are more likely to live near oil refineries where air monitors show benzene levels that should trigger federal action.
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The oil and gas industry is looking to capitalize off an increasingly-popular socially responsible investing wave that emphasizes the environment.

The oil and gas industry is looking to capitalize off an increasingly-popular socially responsible investing wave that emphasizes the environment.