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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 Study Shows Total North American Methane Leaks Far Worse than EPA Estimates
BySharon Kelly
onFeb 14, 2014 @ 12:40 PST

Just how bad is natural gas for theย climate? A lot worse than previously thought, new research on methane leaksย concludes. Far more natural gas is leaking into the atmosphere nationwide than the En...
us/In Pavillion, Wyoming Water Contamination Case, Questions Continue To Swirl About Oil and Gas Industry's Role
BySharon Kelly
onFeb 6, 2014 @ 08:58 PST

A funny thing happened when Idaho Dept. of Lands Oil and Gas Program Manager Robert Johnson stepped to the microphone at a public hearing this past fall. He said something that many have long suspe...
us/At State and Federal Level, Regulators Continue to Struggle With Fracking Wastewater
BySharon Kelly
onFeb 5, 2014 @ 05:00 PST

The oil and gas industry often complains about the patchwork of rules that exist from state to state and county to county. They say that the rules are so variable that itโ€™s like having to get a new...
us/Risks of Fracking Boom Draw Renewed Attention from Investors
BySharon Kelly
onFeb 4, 2014 @ 20:29 PST

A coalition of investors called out five oil and gas companies for failing to measure or reduce risks associated with fracking on Tuesday, singling out companies both large and small for how theyโ€™v...
us/Keystone XL Decision Highlights Coziness Between Oil and Gas Industry, Obama Administration
BySharon Kelly
onFeb 3, 2014 @ 11:59 PST

This past week was good to the oil and gas industry. First, President Obama talked up jobs gains from drilling and labeled natural gas a โ€œbridge fuelโ€ in his State of the Union address, using termi...
us/Amid Calls for EPA to Reopen Fracking Investigations, States Confirm Contaminated Groundwater
BySharon Kelly
onJan 31, 2014 @ 05:00 PST

Republican Sen. James Inhofe said it. Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper said it. Even former Environmental Protection Agency chief Lisa Jackson said it. For over a decade, oil and gas executives...
us/In Push For Nuclear Power, Climate Change Concerns Overlooked
BySharon Kelly
onJan 21, 2014 @ 12:29 PST

Three years ago the world was reminded of the dangers nuclear energy poses when catastrophe struck Japan at the Fukushima power plant. Since then the gravity of the disaster has grown more evident ...
us/New Carbon Rules for Power Plants A Missed Opportunity To Rein in Natural Gas Emissions, Critics Say
BySharon Kelly
onJan 13, 2014 @ 01:30 PST

One of the linchpins of the Obama administrationโ€™s high-stakes plan to address climate change moved one step closer to implementation this week, as the EPA officially published proposed new carbon ...
us/Despite Flaws, Pennsylvania Regulators Fast Track FirstEnergy Coal Ash Disposal Plans
BySharon Kelly
onDec 18, 2013 @ 05:00 PST

Across the U.S., the shale rush has unleashed a frenzy of excitement about domestic energy supplies. But the oil and gas produced from fracking comes along with billions of gallons of wastewater...
us/Toxic Coal Ash Disposal Proves Costly and Hazardous, Duke Energy's Sutton Lake Contamination Questioned
BySharon Kelly
onDec 3, 2013 @ 09:58 PST

A new report out fromย Wake Forest University concludes that coal ash waste from Duke Energyโ€™s Sutton coal plant in Wilmington, NC is elevating levels of selenium pollution in nearby Sutton Lake.ย Th...