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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The nation's oldest and largest gasoline refinery was closed following an explosion and fireball which rocked the majority Black neighborhood of South Philadelphia.

The nation's oldest and largest gasoline refinery was closed following an explosion and fireball which rocked the majority Black neighborhood of South Philadelphia.
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A DeSmogย investigation found that the pipeline's construction has been plagued by drilling and permitting problems.

A DeSmogย investigation found that the pipeline's construction has been plagued by drilling and permitting problems.
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The oil, gas, and petrochemical industriesย haveย taken a massive financial blow from the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report from the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) concludes, but its...
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Last Friday, the Iowa Utilities Board issued an order that would allow the Dakota Access pipeline (DAPL) to double the amount of oil that flows through the stateย from 550,000 barrels a day to 1.1 m...
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Today, a federal judge tossed out federal permits for the Dakota Access pipeline (DAPL), built to carry over half a million barrels of Bakken crude oil a day from North Dakota, and ordered the U.S....
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The National Mining Association (NMA) on Wednesday called on President Donald Trump and federal lawmakers to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic by cutting a tax used to support coal miners affected b...
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On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the outbreak of novel coronavirus 2019, which causes the disease COVID-19,ย was officially a โ€œpublic health emergency of intern...
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Oil prices collapsed today amid falling energy demand and the global response to theย novel coronavirus outbreak, as the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide reached over 113,000. On Friday,...
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A major New York Times investigative report, published March 2, revealed efforts by Indur M. Goklany, a Department ofย Interior employee with ties to the Heartland Institute and other fossil-funded ...
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Balmorhea, Texas โ€” Less than four years ago, oil and gas company Apache Corp. announced an oil strike worth $80 billion in one of the most pristine reaches of West Texas โ€”ย the โ€œbiggest oil findโ€ of...