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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/Environmental Groups File Lawsuit Objecting to Shortcomings, Loopholes in New Federal Oil Train Safety Standards
BySharon Kelly
onMay 15, 2015 @ 13:21 PDT

The battle over oil train regulation is heating up, as both the oil and gas industry and a coalition of environmental groups have now filed lawsuits challenging new Department of Transportation reg...
us/After Passenger Train Derailment in Philadelphia Kills At Least 7, Attention Turns to Oil-by-Rail Hazards
BySharon Kelly
onMay 14, 2015 @ 10:23 PDT

This morning, investigators continue to search for missing Amtrak passengers, possibly thrown from a major train derailment and wreck in northeast Philadelphia Tuesday night. Already the casualty t...
us/Fossil Fuels from Federal Lands Create One Quarter of Total U.S. Carbon Emissions, New Report Concludes
BySharon Kelly
onMay 11, 2015 @ 13:58 PDT

A newly released analysis by the Climate Accountability Institute concludes that fossil fuels extracted from federal lands release carbon equal to a quarter of all U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. Th...
us/Widely-Used Tool Can Lowball Methane Pollution Rates, Scientists Report, With Huge Implications for Climate Policy
BySharon Kelly
onMay 10, 2015 @ 05:58 PDT

An EPA-approved methane sampler widely used to measure gas leaks from oil and gas operations nationwide can dramatically under-report how much methane is leaking into the atmosphere, a team of rese...
us/As Researchers Tie Fracking and Radon, Pennsylvania Moves to Keep Drilling Radioactivity Data Under Wraps
BySharon Kelly
onApr 19, 2015 @ 06:58 PDT

Last week, research into the connection between fracking and radon, an odorless, colorless, radioactive gas, drew international attention, making headlines in English, German and Italian. The stud...
us/New Federal Fracking Rules Rely on FracFocus Even as EPA Research Highlights Site's Flaws
BySharon Kelly
onApr 7, 2015 @ 10:06 PDT

It's a classic case of the government's left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing. Days after the Bureau of Land Management issued new federal rules for fracking on federal land, relying h...
us/"Frack Pack" Bills Introduced, Aim to Rein in Environmental Damage From Fracking Industry
BySharon Kelly
onMar 20, 2015 @ 19:11 PDT

On Thursday, Congressional Democrats introduced a set of four bills aimed at countering the environmental harms from hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, and the continuing shale gasย rush. Four Repre...
us/EPA's National Study into Fracking Narrowed as Key Goals Fall by Wayside Due to Industry Pressure
BySharon Kelly
onMar 3, 2015 @ 13:37 PST

In 2010, when Congress tasked the EPA with launching a national study of the risks posed by hydraulic fracturing, environmentalists were cautiouslyย optimistic. โ€œAt least the EPA is paying attention...
us/Internal Documents Reveal Extensive Industry Influence Over EPA's National Fracking Study
BySharon Kelly
onMar 2, 2015 @ 05:14 PST

In 2010, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched an ambitious and highly consequential study of the risks that hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, poses to American drinking waterย supplie...
us/As Oil Prices Collapse, North Dakota Considers Weakening Standards on Radioactive Drilling Waste
BySharon Kelly
onFeb 25, 2015 @ 04:58 PST

As the collapse of oil prices threatens North Dakota's shale drilling rush, state regulators are considering a move they say could save the oil industry millions of dollars: weakening the state's l...