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New Yorkers’ Drilling Comments Are In … Now What?
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - February 26, 2010 9:00 am EDT
When New York State's environmental agency came out with a draft environmental review of drilling in the Marcellus Shale in September, it set off a flurry of action for environmentalists, industry advocates and the general public.
People were given 30 days -- later extended to 90 -- to digest the highly technical 800-plus-page document and submit comments. They could also voice their opinions at four public hearings.
At stake was the future of gas drilling in New York's portion of the Marcellus Shale, which could produce … more…
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Congress Launches Investigation Into Gas Drilling Practices
by Sabrina Shankman and Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica - February 19, 2010 10:33 am EDT
New Gas Drilling Rules, More Staff for Pennsylvania’s Environmental Agency
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - February 9, 2010 12:44 pm EDT
Pennsylvania’s Gas Wells Booming—But So Are Spills
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - January 27, 2010 4:08 pm EDT
Stricter Rules for Oil and Gas Leasing on Federal Land
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - January 6, 2010 5:00 pm EDT
Montana Gas and Oil Regulatory Actions on the Rise
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - January 5, 2010 1:51 pm EDT
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 EDT
What Health Care Reform Means for: ‘Young Invincibles’
by Sabrina Shankman and Olga Pierce, ProPublica - December 22, 2009 6:00 am EDT
Head Scratcher of the Day: Stimulus Projects That Eliminate Jobs
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - December 16, 2009 12:18 pm EDT
In Colorado, the Haves Get a Little Bit More
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - December 14, 2009 12:04 pm EDT
Thanks for the Tax Credit, But Where Are the Customers?
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - December 10, 2009 12:12 pm EDT
Gloves Up! It’s Stimulus, Round 2
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - December 9, 2009 12:29 pm EDT
Pa. Fines Chesapeake, Schlumberger for Gas Drilling Spill
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - December 8, 2009 12:56 pm EDT
Money Left Over, but the U.S. Debt May Swallow It
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - December 8, 2009 12:29 pm EDT
More Picking at Those Stimulus Job Numbers
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - December 7, 2009 11:40 am EDT
What Health Care Reform Means for: Medicaid Recipients
by Sabrina Shankman and Olga Pierce, ProPublica - December 7, 2009 10:37 am EDT
Environmentalists: Revise Gas Drilling Review? Nope – Repeal It!
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - December 4, 2009 6:12 pm EDT
Jobless Rate Edges Down; White House Credits Stimulus
by Christopher Flavelle and Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - December 4, 2009 1:11 pm EDT
Criticism of the Jobs Summit, Even Before It Starts
by Christopher Flavelle and Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - December 3, 2009 12:30 pm EDT
A Smackdown Over the CBO’s Stim Report
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - December 2, 2009 11:49 am EDT
What Health Care Reform Means for: Those Already Insured
by Olga Pierce and Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - December 1, 2009 9:00 am EDT
Money on Top of Money
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - November 30, 2009 12:11 pm EDT
The Stimulus Giveth, and the Stimulus Taketh Away
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - November 25, 2009 12:15 pm EDT
What Health Care Reform Means for: The Underinsured
by Olga Pierce and Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - November 24, 2009 9:12 am EDT
Are Minorities Getting Their Share of the Stimulus Dough?
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - November 23, 2009 12:45 pm EDT
Last Public Hearing on New York’s Gas Drilling Plan Tonight
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - November 18, 2009 3:32 pm EDT
Cash for Clunkers? Nope—Cash for Caulkers
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - November 18, 2009 1:20 pm EDT
Con Men All Around
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - November 17, 2009 12:22 pm EDT
What Health Care Reform Means for: Medicare Programs
by Sabrina Shankman and Olga Pierce, ProPublica - November 17, 2009 10:21 am EDT
Game On, Education Departments
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - November 12, 2009 12:27 pm EDT
New Yorkers Tell State Enviro Department: ‘No Fracking Way’
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - November 11, 2009 3:42 pm EDT
Streamlining the Broadband Grant Payout
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - November 11, 2009 12:14 pm EDT
Congress Tells EPA to Study Hydraulic Fracturing
by Abrahm Lustgarten and Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - November 10, 2009 3:18 pm EDT
What Health Care Reform Means For: Small Businesses
by Sabrina Shankman and Olga Pierce, ProPublica - November 9, 2009 12:02 pm EDT
Pennsylvania Tells Drilling Company to Clean Up Its Act
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - November 6, 2009 9:40 am EDT
Wait - So a Political Contribution Can’t Buy a Stimulus Contract?
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - November 5, 2009 12:07 pm EDT
Public Gets More Time to Comment on New York’s Gas Drilling Plans
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - November 4, 2009 4:40 pm EDT
More Fun With Stimulus Numbers
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - November 4, 2009 12:48 pm EDT
Does Chesapeake’s No-Drilling Pledge Do Enough to Protect NYC’s Watershed?
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - November 3, 2009 2:40 pm EDT
The Stimulus Reports Are In…But Are They Accurate?
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - November 3, 2009 1:12 pm EDT
The Reports Are Coming! The Reports Are Coming!
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - October 30, 2009 12:37 pm EDT
Feisty Audience Tackles Natural Gas Drilling Report
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - October 29, 2009 4:51 pm EDT
Company Won’t Drill in NYC Watershed
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - October 28, 2009 4:31 pm EDT
Grading the Public Options That Already Exist
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - October 28, 2009 12:27 pm EDT
Education Secretary Not Mad, Just Disappointed
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - October 28, 2009 10:36 am EDT
Energy Department Boldly Goes Where No Man Has Gone Before
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - October 26, 2009 1:10 pm EDT
Stim Bucks for Home-Buying Tots
by Christopher Flavelle and Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - October 23, 2009 11:41 am EDT
Give a Little, Take a Little
by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - October 22, 2009 12:18 pm EDT
Stimulus Powers Wind Power Industry
by Christopher Flavelle and Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica - October 21, 2009 1:13 pm EDT
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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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