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Sharon Kelly

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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.

us/House to Debate Amendment With Big Implications for Expanding Petrochemical Industry
BySharon Kelly
onJun 13, 2019 @ 17:50 PDT

A recent Congressional amendment, which backers say will soon reach the House floor for debate, could have major ramifications for the petrochemical industry’s plan to move into the Ohio River Vall...
us/Will Ohio River Get Optional Pollution Limits as New Fracking-Reliant Plastics Industry Moves in?
BySharon Kelly
onJun 5, 2019 @ 15:12 PDT

Tomorrow, June 6, in Covington, Kentucky, a routine quarterly meeting of the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission (ORSANCO), an eight-state compact responsible for setting water pollution ...
Series: Fracking for Plastics
Series: Fracking for Plastics
Louisiana Law Turning Pipeline Protests Into Felonies Violates Constitution, New Lawsuit Alleges
BySharon Kelly
onMay 22, 2019 @ 10:51 PDT

A lawsuit filed today in federal court in Louisiana challenges the state’s “critical infrastructure” law, used to press felony charges against fossil fuel pipeline construction opponents, as uncons...
us/Trump Admin Pushes More 'Clean Coal' Spending as Justice Department Investigates Failed 'Clean Coal' Project
BySharon Kelly
onMay 21, 2019 @ 16:00 PDT

In April, the Department of Justice informed Southern Company that it was under investigation “related to the Kemper County energy facility” in Mississippi, where Southern had spent $7.5 billion, i...
us/Plastics Industry on Track to Burn Through 14% of World’s Remaining Carbon Budget: New Report
BySharon Kelly
onMay 15, 2019 @ 15:48 PDT

The plastics industry plays a major — and growing — role in climate change, according to a report published today by the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL). By 2050, making and disp...
Series: Fracking for Plastics
Series: Fracking for Plastics
us/Energy Regulators May Reconsider Rules Critics Say Fueled America's Oil and Gas Pipeline Glut
BySharon Kelly
onMay 13, 2019 @ 18:04 PDT

A little-noticed Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) announcement could have an outsized impact on the oil and gas pipeline industries — if the commission decides to snap shut loopholes tha...
us/As Oregon Sends Jordan Cove LNG Back to Drawing Board, Gulf Coast Projects Press Forward
BySharon Kelly
onMay 10, 2019 @ 11:52 PDT

On Monday, Oregon state regulators dealt a blow to the proposed Jordan Cove Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project, refusing to issue a state water quality certificate required by the Army Corps of En...
Teaching Kids About Climate Science Leads to More Climate-Concerned Parents on Right and Left, New Study Finds
BySharon Kelly
onMay 6, 2019 @ 16:19 PDT

Educating kids about climate change can help their parents learn too, a scientific study published today in the journal Nature Climate Change concludes — even when parents initially doubted that cl...
us/In Some Pennsylvania Pro-Fracking Corners, Name-calling, False Claims, and Swastika-Laden Images Circulate
BySharon Kelly
onMay 1, 2019 @ 14:37 PDT

Cabot Oil and Gas is a shale drilling company that, according to state regulators, botched its shale gas extraction operations in an area around Carter Road in Dimock, Pennsylvania, about a decade ...
Oil Companies Will Be Bad Investments Within Five Years, Predicts Survey of European Fund Managers
BySharon Kelly
onApr 28, 2019 @ 16:01 PDT

European fund managers are casting an increasingly skeptical eye towards the oil industry, concluding that the industry’s financial future looks grim, according to a new survey published by a Londo...

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