Sharon Kelly is an attorney and freelance writer based in Philadelphia. She has reported for The New York Times, The Nation, National Wildlife, Earth Island Journal, and a variety of other publications. Prior to beginning freelance writing, she worked as a law clerk for the ACLU of Delaware.
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After Decades of Deflection, ExxonMobil Moves to Reshape Global Climate Accounting
An ExxonMobil-backed initiative, Carbon Measures, is pushing to reshape how the world does the math on climate change. Their system, outside analysts point out, leaves consumers holding the bag.
January 27, 2026
Major American LNG Exporters Habitually Break Air Pollution Laws, Report Finds
During the past five years, all seven of the fully operational LNG export terminals in the U.S. violated the Clean Air Act, America’s cornerstone law on air pollution, a new report from the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) finds.
October 30, 2025
Piñon Dark Horse Fire Reveals How Oil Industry Environmental ‘Solution’ Spurs Climate Crisis
The incident offers a rare window into some of the inner workings of private oil companies while also revealing how taxpayers can wind up paying enormous subsidies to carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) operations that generate far more climate-altering pollution than they prevent.
August 21, 2024
Oil and Gas Leases on Federal Lands in Question as Lawmakers Eye Shale Collusion Allegations
Democratic representatives cite evidence of antitrust violations stemming from FTC investigation of ExxonMobil and Pioneer merger.
July 16, 2024
ExxonMobil Announces $10 Billion Oil Investment the Same Day IPCC Signals End for Fossil Fuels
“Some government and business leaders are saying one thing – but doing another,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said. “Simply put, they are lying. And the results will be catastrophic.”
April 6, 2022
Decades of Lobbying Weakened Americans’ Gas Mileage and Turbocharged Pain at the Pump
In recent years, while fracking’s supporters were shouting “drill baby drill” the oil industry began lobbying behind the scenes to undercut programs designed to make vehicles more fuel efficient or less reliant on fossil fuels.
March 23, 2022
