DeSmog

Facebook-f X-twitter
Subscribe
Donate
Donate

DeSmog

Donate
Search
Search

Sharon Kelly

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.

Articles by Sharon Kelly

Climate Deniers Backed Violence and Spread Pro-Insurrection Messages Before, During, and After January 6
BySharon Kelly
on

On the evening of January 6, 2021, the day of the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, former coal mining executive Don Blankenship, who ran against Donald Trump as a third-party candidate in the 2020...
$1 Trillion in Oil and Gas Pipelines Worldwide Could Become Stranded Assets, New Report Warns
BySharon Kelly
on

On January 7, 2021, Energy Transfer was notified by its insurer, Westchester Fire Insurance Co. of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that it had lost a $250,000 surety bond for the Dakota Access pipeline...
Series: Dakota Access: Energy Transfer Partners Bakken Oil Pipeline
Series: Dakota Access Pipeline Battle
us/Lawsuit Challenges Permits for Some of Texas' Largest Polluters, Alleges State Fails to Enforce Federal Laws
BySharon Kelly
on

Four environmental groups sued Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chief Andrew Wheeler last week, alleging that the agency stood by while Texas failed to enforce the nation’s federal environment...
us/Climate Deniers Moved Rapidly to Spread Misinformation During and After Attack on US Capitol
BySharon Kelly
on

Prominent climate science deniers moved rapidly to spread false and misleading conspiracy theories online during and after the attack on the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters this week. Some climat...
us/These Are Some Climate Stories That Flew Under the Radar in 2020
BySharon Kelly
on

At the start of December 2020, U.N. Secretary General António Guterres spoke at Columbia University, appearing not before a packed auditorium as in years past, but before a “virtual” audience, maki...
us/Trump Administration Targets Banks Divesting From Fossil Fuels In New Anti-Climate Rule
BySharon Kelly
on

A new proposed regulation that would bar large banks from declining to do business with particular industries or groups of companies was released on Friday by the Treasury Department’s Office of th...
us/Pandemic Lockdowns Caused 'Just a Tiny Blip' in Climate-Polluting Emissions, WMO Finds
BySharon Kelly
on

There was some speculation that climate-changing emissions might drop this spring as the world went into lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus. But, according to a new report by the World ...
Climate Deniers Boost Pro-Trump Efforts to Cast Doubt on US Election
BySharon Kelly
on

In unusual remarks made during a corporate earnings call today, Friday, November 6, Continental Resources founder and executive chairman Harold Hamm* referred to counting “all legal votes” — a phra...
us/Environmental Groups Oppose Shell Request to Increase Air Pollution Limits for Pennsylvania Plastics Factory
BySharon Kelly
on

Citing design changes, Shell Chemical Appalachia has asked Pennsylvania’s state regulators to issue air permits that would allow the company’s massive plastics manufacturing plant under constructio...
Series: Fracking for Plastics
Series: Fracking for Plastics
State Backers of Anti-Protest Bills Received Campaign Funding from Oil and Gas Industry, Report Finds
BySharon Kelly
on

Politicians responsible for drafting laws criminalizing pipeline protests in Louisiana, West Virginia, and Minnesota did so after receiving significant funding from the fossil fuel industry, accord...