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.

onNov 6, 2020 @ 21:08 PST

In unusual remarks made during a corporate earnings call today, Friday, November 6,ย Continental Resources founder and executive chairman Haroldย Hamm* referred to countingย โ€œall legal votesโ€ โ€” a phra...
onNov 3, 2020 @ 15:22 PST

Citing design changes, Shell Chemical Appalachia has asked Pennsylvaniaโ€™s state regulators to issue air permits that would allow the companyโ€™s massive plastics manufacturing plant under constructio...
onOct 31, 2020 @ 03:00 PDT

Politicians responsible for drafting laws criminalizing pipeline protests in Louisiana, West Virginia, and Minnesota did so after receiving significant funding from the fossil fuel industry, accord...
onOct 26, 2020 @ 14:36 PDT

โ€œTo all the people of Pennsylvania, hear this warning,โ€ President Trump said at a campaign rally last week in Erie, Pennsylvania. โ€œIf Bidenโ€™s elected, he will wipe out your energyย industry.โ€ โ€œOnly...
onOct 21, 2020 @ 14:38 PDT

Over the past five years, environmental advocates with the nonprofit Earthworks have made trips to 298 oil and gas wells, compressor stations, and processing plants across the Permian Basin in Texa...
onOct 8, 2020 @ 16:54 PDT

On Monday, October 5, a ship left Cameron LNG, a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal shut down by Hurricane Laura, theย powerful storm thatย made landfallย onย August 27 near Cameron, Louisiana, about...
onOct 2, 2020 @ 09:10 PDT

Late Thursday night, President Trump said on Twitter that he and first lady Melania Trump had both been diagnosed with Covid-19. The news came on the heels of reports that senior aide Hope Hicks ha...
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onSep 29, 2020 @ 20:00 PDT

A new campaign targeting the U.S. Chamber of Commerce over its lobbying on climate change issues published a report today criticizing the pro-business lobbying and advocacy groupย for continuing to ...
onSep 27, 2020 @ 07:58 PDT

This week, the Creek Fire in California officially became the largest single wildfire in the stateโ€™s history โ€” and the blaze remained just 32 percent contained. Already this year, more than 3.6 mil...
onSep 14, 2020 @ 11:07 PDT

Off Africaโ€™s eastern coast, north of Madagascar, lies Aldabra Atoll, a cluster of coral islands that surround a tropicalย lagoon. Aldabra is a UN World Heritage Site thatโ€™s home to a stunning array...