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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It's one of the highest-stakes debates in the battleย over climate change policy action: how much methane is spewing from oil and gas sites nationwide, and what do we do as a result? If enough of th...
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Chemicals from gas wells were discovered in biological samples drawn from residents of Pavillion, Wyoming, at levels asย much as ten times the national averages, according to a new report. The study...
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Back in 2012, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) made a startling announcement, shaking up the battle over fracking in one of the nation's highest-profile cases where drillers were suspected...
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If you've felt an earthquake in Texas at any point over the last four decades, odds are that quake wasn't naturally occurring, but was caused by oil and gas industry activities, according to a newl...
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A newly published peer-reviewed study concludes that air pollution from fracking puts people's lungs, hearts, and immune systems at risk โ€“ and that the health risks are particularly pointed for you...
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Thousands of oil and gas industry wastewater spills in North Dakota have caused โ€œwidespreadโ€ contamination from radioactive materials, heavy metals and corrosive salts, putting the health of people...
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The Bakken shale oilfield is single-handedly responsible for most of a mysterious global rise in atmospheric ethane โ€” a pollutant that can harm human health and heat the atmosphere further โ€” peer-r...
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In a striking victory for grassroots environmental and community groups, New York state's Department of Environmental Conservation announced on April 22 that it had denied a key permit for a pipeli...
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Fracking companies deliberately keep their wells away from the โ€œbig housesโ€ of wealthy and potentially influential people, a top executive from one of the country's most prominent shale drilling co...
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Last year, a wave of bankruptcies swept the oil and gas drilling industry as oil prices collapsed, leading to layoffs, lost revenues for communities, and turning former boomtown-era mancamps into g...