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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/New Federal Fracking Rules Rely on FracFocus Even as EPA Research Highlights Site's Flaws
BySharon Kelly
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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
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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 gas rush. Four Repre...
us/EPA's National Study into Fracking Narrowed as Key Goals Fall by Wayside Due to Industry Pressure
BySharon Kelly
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In 2010, when Congress tasked the EPA with launching a national study of the risks posed by hydraulic fracturing, environmentalists were cautiously optimistic. “At least the EPA is paying attention...
us/Internal Documents Reveal Extensive Industry Influence Over EPA's National Fracking Study
BySharon Kelly
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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 water supplie...
us/As Oil Prices Collapse, North Dakota Considers Weakening Standards on Radioactive Drilling Waste
BySharon Kelly
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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...
us/Company Presses Forward on Plans to Ship Fracking Wastewater via Barge in Ohio River, Drawing Objections from Locals
BySharon Kelly
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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 of Americans. On January 26, GreenHunter Water ann...
us/Junk Science? Report Finds Shale Industry Cited 'Retracted and Discredited' Studies
BySharon Kelly
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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
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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 – highlighting th...
us/EPA Sued Over Disclosure Rules for Toxic Pollution from Drilling and Fracking
BySharon Kelly
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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
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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...

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