Stories by Nicholas Kusnetz

Nicholas Kusnetz has written for The Nation, Miller-McCune, The New York Times and other publications. He is a graduate of UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism. subscribe to Nicholas Kusnetz's feed

The Dark Side to North Dakota's Oil Boom

Posted on: Jun 8, 2012, Source: ProPublica

Oil companies are spilling and dumping drilling waste onto the region's land and into its waterways with increasing regularity.

Say What? PA Governor Gives Energy Executive Supreme Authority Over Environmental Permitting

Posted on: Mar 10, 2011, Source: ProPublica

Instead of ratcheting up oversight, PA's governor wants to hand authority over some of the state's most critical environmental decisions to an energy executive.

Just How Dangerous is Fracking? We May Be About to Find Out

Posted on: Feb 11, 2011, Source: ProPublica

The EPA has proposed examining every aspect of hydraulic fracturing, from water withdrawals to waste disposal, according to a draft plan the agency.

Natural Gas Well Leak Results in Contaminated Water and Cattle Quarantine

Posted on: Jul 14, 2010, Source: ProPublica

Officials have quarantined 28 beef cattle on a Pennsylvania farm after wastewater from a nearby gas well leaked into a field and came in contact with the animals.