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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/Company Presses Forward on Plans to Ship Fracking Wastewater via Barge in Ohio River, Drawing Objections from Locals
BySharon Kelly
onFeb 19, 2015 @ 10:17 PST

A major dispute is brewing over transporting wastewater from shale gas wells by barge in the Ohio River, the source of drinking water for millions ofย Americans. On January 26, GreenHunter Water ann...
us/Junk Science? Report Finds Shale Industry Cited 'Retracted and Discredited' Studies
BySharon Kelly
onFeb 11, 2015 @ 09:39 PST

Since the beginning of the shale gas rush, the drilling industry has insisted that the process is relatively benign, arguing that its critics are simply fear-mongering and that a sober scientific r...
us/New Report Spotlights Toxic Air Pollution from Oil and Gas Sites in California
BySharon Kelly
onJan 23, 2015 @ 03:58 PST

A new report from Earthworks shines a light on air pollution, including methane leaks, from oil and gas wells in California, the nation's third largest oil producing state in 2013 โ€“ highlighting th...
us/EPA Sued Over Disclosure Rules for Toxic Pollution from Drilling and Fracking
BySharon Kelly
onJan 7, 2015 @ 12:46 PST

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has been sued over toxic chemicals released into the air, water and land by the oil and gas industry, a coalition of nine environmental and open government ...
us/As New York Bans Fracking, Calls for Moratorium in Pennsylvania Grow Stronger
BySharon Kelly
onDec 21, 2014 @ 11:25 PST

This week, New York Governor Cuomo announced that his state would ban fracking, due in large part to concerns about impacts on public health. But right across the border in Pennsylvania, one of the...
New Report Highlights Fracking's Global Hazards
BySharon Kelly
onDec 5, 2014 @ 06:00 PST

A new report, issued the same day the latest round of global climate negotiations opened in Peru, highlights the fracking industry's slow expansion into nearly every continent, drawing attention no...
us/Hard Times in a Boom Town: Pennsylvanians Describe Costs of Fracking
BySharon Kelly
onDec 2, 2014 @ 04:00 PST

If you're looking for the shale gas boom, northeastern Pennsylvania is the place toย start. The Marcellus is the largest and fastest growing shale gas play in the U.S. and more than half of its 50 m...
us/As Chesapeake Energy Reveals Department of Justice Investigation, Other Lawsuits Piling Up
BySharon Kelly
onNov 24, 2014 @ 10:31 PST

Earlier this month, Chesapeake Energy Corp. revealed that it has been subpoenaed by the U.S. Department of Justice, along with multiple states, over alleged wrong-doing in the company's businessย de...
us/Prosecution of Don Blankenship a Historic Moment for Coal Industry
BySharon Kelly
onNov 16, 2014 @ 11:54 PST

This week's indictment of former Massey Energy CEO, Don Blankenship, was as much a political turning point for West Virginia as it was a moment of reckoning economically for the coal industry writ ...
us/Marcellus Shale Fracking Rush Brings Worries of Boom-Bust Cycle
BySharon Kelly
onNov 4, 2014 @ 04:00 PST

Across the U.S., the shale gas industry's arrival has been marked by wariness, not only of the environmental impacts associated with fracking, but also due to the oil and gas industry's long histor...