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New Gas Drilling Rules, More Staff for Pennsylvania’s Environmental Agency
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - February 9, 2010 12:44 pm EST
For months, the gas drilling industry and environmentalists alike have been fixated on New York, waiting for its environmental agency to hash out final drilling regulations so companies can take advantage of the vast gas reserves buried there.
But now some of those expectations can shift to New York’s neighbor to the south, Pennsylvania, where Gov. Edward Rendell has announced that the Department of Environmental Protection will nearly double its enforcement staff, open a new office closer to the drilling action and release … more…
Read MorePennsylvania’s Gas Wells Booming—But So Are Spills
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - January 27, 2010 4:08 pm EST
Stricter Rules for Oil and Gas Leasing on Federal Land
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - January 6, 2010 5:00 pm EST
Montana Gas and Oil Regulatory Actions on the Rise
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - January 5, 2010 1:51 pm EST
Drilling Wastewater Disposal Options in N.Y. Report Have Problems of Their Own
by Joaquin Sapien and Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - December 29, 2009 12:00 am EST
What Health Care Reform Means for: ‘Young Invincibles’
by Sabrina Shankman and Olga Pierce, ProPublica - December 22, 2009 6:00 am EST
Head Scratcher of the Day: Stimulus Projects That Eliminate Jobs
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - December 16, 2009 12:18 pm EST
In Colorado, the Haves Get a Little Bit More
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - December 14, 2009 12:04 pm EST
Thanks for the Tax Credit, But Where Are the Customers?
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - December 10, 2009 12:12 pm EST
Gloves Up! It’s Stimulus, Round 2
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - December 9, 2009 12:29 pm EST
Pa. Fines Chesapeake, Schlumberger for Gas Drilling Spill
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - December 8, 2009 12:56 pm EST
Money Left Over, but the U.S. Debt May Swallow It
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - December 8, 2009 12:29 pm EST
More Picking at Those Stimulus Job Numbers
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - December 7, 2009 11:40 am EST
What Health Care Reform Means for: Medicaid Recipients
by Sabrina Shankman and Olga Pierce, ProPublica - December 7, 2009 10:37 am EST
Environmentalists: Revise Gas Drilling Review? Nope – Repeal It!
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - December 4, 2009 6:12 pm EST
Jobless Rate Edges Down; White House Credits Stimulus
by Christopher Flavelle and Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - December 4, 2009 1:11 pm EST
Criticism of the Jobs Summit, Even Before It Starts
by Christopher Flavelle and Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - December 3, 2009 12:30 pm EST
A Smackdown Over the CBO’s Stim Report
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - December 2, 2009 11:49 am EST
What Health Care Reform Means for: Those Already Insured
by Olga Pierce and Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - December 1, 2009 9:00 am EST
Money on Top of Money
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - November 30, 2009 12:11 pm EST
The Stimulus Giveth, and the Stimulus Taketh Away
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - November 25, 2009 12:15 pm EST
What Health Care Reform Means for: The Underinsured
by Olga Pierce and Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - November 24, 2009 9:12 am EST
Are Minorities Getting Their Share of the Stimulus Dough?
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - November 23, 2009 12:45 pm EST
Last Public Hearing on New York’s Gas Drilling Plan Tonight
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - November 18, 2009 3:32 pm EST
Cash for Clunkers? Nope—Cash for Caulkers
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - November 18, 2009 1:20 pm EST
Con Men All Around
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - November 17, 2009 12:22 pm EST
What Health Care Reform Means for: Medicare Programs
by Sabrina Shankman and Olga Pierce, ProPublica - November 17, 2009 10:21 am EST
Game On, Education Departments
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - November 12, 2009 12:27 pm EST
New Yorkers Tell State Enviro Department: ‘No Fracking Way’
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - November 11, 2009 3:42 pm EST
Streamlining the Broadband Grant Payout
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - November 11, 2009 12:14 pm EST
Congress Tells EPA to Study Hydraulic Fracturing
by Abrahm Lustgarten and Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - November 10, 2009 3:18 pm EST
What Health Care Reform Means For: Small Businesses
by Sabrina Shankman and Olga Pierce, ProPublica - November 9, 2009 12:02 pm EST
Pennsylvania Tells Drilling Company to Clean Up Its Act
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - November 6, 2009 9:40 am EST
Wait - So a Political Contribution Can’t Buy a Stimulus Contract?
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - November 5, 2009 12:07 pm EST
Public Gets More Time to Comment on New York’s Gas Drilling Plans
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - November 4, 2009 4:40 pm EST
More Fun With Stimulus Numbers
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - November 4, 2009 12:48 pm EST
Does Chesapeake’s No-Drilling Pledge Do Enough to Protect NYC’s Watershed?
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - November 3, 2009 2:40 pm EST
The Stimulus Reports Are In…But Are They Accurate?
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - November 3, 2009 1:12 pm EST
The Reports Are Coming! The Reports Are Coming!
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - October 30, 2009 12:37 pm EST
Feisty Audience Tackles Natural Gas Drilling Report
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - October 29, 2009 4:51 pm EST
Company Won’t Drill in NYC Watershed
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - October 28, 2009 4:31 pm EST
Grading the Public Options That Already Exist
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - October 28, 2009 12:27 pm EST
Education Secretary Not Mad, Just Disappointed
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - October 28, 2009 10:36 am EST
Energy Department Boldly Goes Where No Man Has Gone Before
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - October 26, 2009 1:10 pm EST
Stim Bucks for Home-Buying Tots
by Christopher Flavelle and Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - October 23, 2009 11:41 am EST
Give a Little, Take a Little
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - October 22, 2009 12:18 pm EST
Stimulus Powers Wind Power Industry
by Christopher Flavelle and Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - October 21, 2009 1:13 pm EST
‘Evil’-Doers Target Stimulus Housing Credits
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - October 20, 2009 11:07 am EST
Skepticism Alive and Well in Indiana
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - October 16, 2009 10:33 am EST
Oh Snap! Republicans’ and Democrats’ Claws Come Out
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - October 15, 2009 11:21 am EST
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Sabrina Shankman is a recent graduate of UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism. She has written for the Wall Street Journal and the Associated Press, and was a researcher on PBS/Frontline's "Black Money" documentary. Her work has also appeared in the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times and the San Francisco Chronicle. Before attending graduate school, she was a crime reporter at the Taunton Daily Gazette in Massachusetts. She has a bachelor's degree in journalism from New York University.
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