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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/Oil Spill Shuts TransCanada's Keystone Pipeline in Same County Where 'Paper-thin' Pipe Found in 2012
BySharon Kelly
onFeb 8, 2019 @ 16:23 PST

On Wednesday, February 6, an oil spill in St. Charles County, Missouri, caused the shutdown of two major oil pipelines, one owned by Enbridge and the other by TransCanada,ย as investigators began se...
us/Lawsuit Seeks to Halt Bayou Bridge Pipeline Construction Amid High Waters, Permit Violations
BySharon Kelly
onJan 24, 2019 @ 15:50 PST

Since October 2018, the Mississippi River has been running high, thanks in part to heavier-than-usual rainfall across its northern and centralย stretches. And when the water flows high on the most ...
Series: Conflict in Cajun Country: Will the Bayou Bridge Pipeline Become Louisiana's Standing Rock?
Series: Bayou Bridge Pipeline Battle
us/Former Coal Lobbyist Andrew Wheeler Faces Senate Confirmation as EPA Administrator
BySharon Kelly
onJan 15, 2019 @ 15:41 PST

Acting Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chief โ€” and now Trump cabinet nominee โ€” Andrew Wheeler heads into Senate confirmation hearings at 10 a.m.ย EST Wednesday, as the longest government shutd...
us/Fracked Shale Oil Wells Drying Up Faster than Predicted, Wall Street Journal Finds
BySharon Kelly
onJan 10, 2019 @ 03:07 PST

In 2015, Pioneer Natural Resources filed a report with the federal Securities and Exchange Commission, in which the shale drilling and fracking company said that it was โ€œdrilling the most productiv...
Series: Finances of Fracking: Shale Industry Drills More Debt Than Profit
Series: Fracking Finances
us/Energy Transfer Uses Workaround to Open Mariner East 2 Pipeline Amid Hazard Worries, Criminal Investigation
BySharon Kelly
onJan 3, 2019 @ 14:37 PST

Energy Transfer has begun shipping natural gas liquidsย through one of the most troubled pipeline projects in Pennsylvania, sparking calls for additional investigations as residents say safety conce...
us/2018 Was a Year of Deadly Climate Disasters and an 'Ear Splitting Wake-Up Call'
BySharon Kelly
onDec 28, 2018 @ 03:00 PST

2018 is set to rank as the fourth warmest year on record โ€” and the fourth year in a row reflecting a full degree Celsius (1.8ยฐ Fahrenheit)ย temperature rise from the late 1800s, climate scientists s...
us/Louisiana Offers Fossil Fuel Exporter 'Single Largest' Local Tax Giveaway in American History
BySharon Kelly
onDec 20, 2018 @ 13:56 PST

Louisiana plans to collect no industrial property tax from the $15.2 billion Driftwood liquefied natural gas (LNG)ย export terminal planned for its southwest corner, state officials announced lastย w...
us/Energy Transfer, Banks Lost Billions by Ignoring Early Dakota Access Pipeline Concerns
BySharon Kelly
onDec 3, 2018 @ 14:03 PST

Roughly four years ago, Energy Transfer Partners (ETP) filed a federal application to build a 1,172 mile oil pipeline from North Dakotaโ€™s Bakken shale across the U.S. to Illinois at a projected cos...
Series: Dakota Access: Energy Transfer Partners Bakken Oil Pipeline
Series: Dakota Access Pipeline Battle
us/This Thanksgiving, a Look at the Indigenous Communities Making the Climate Connection
BySharon Kelly
onNov 21, 2018 @ 16:42 PST

As Thanksgiving celebrations kick off around the U.S., activists are calling attention to Indigenous organizations, including many that work on problems and issues related to climateย change. ย โ€œA l...
'Time is Running Out,' American Petroleum Institute Chief Said in 1965 Speech on Climate Change
BySharon Kelly
onNov 20, 2018 @ 15:48 PST

The warning is clear and dire โ€” and the source unexpected. โ€œThis report unquestionably will fan emotions, raise fears, and bring demand for action,โ€ the president of the American Petroleum Institut...

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