Lisa Song

Lisa Song is a reporter covering the environment, energy and climate change at ProPublica.

Feds Punt on Leadership Over Fracking Rules, Experts Say

New BLM rule stands up well next to state regulations, says one scientist. But unfortunately, that's because most state regulations are very poor.

By: Lisa Song ,; InsideClimateNews

May 23, 2012

News

New Keystone XL Route: Out of the Sandhills, but Still in the Aquifer

It wasn't that long ago that the people of Holt County, Neb. thought they had made a real impact on national policy. Their opposition to the Keystone XL oil pipeline led …

By: Lisa Song ,; InsideClimateNews

April 26, 2012

News

Public Outcry in New York Over Fracking Breaks State Record

A four-year-old hydraulic fracturing study by New York's Department of Environmental Conservation has broken a state record: It has drawn more public reaction than any other issue in the agency's history. …

By: Lisa Song ,; InsideClimateNews

April 23, 2012

News Analysis

Misgivings Raised as Nebraska Prepares to Speed Keystone XL Review

Opponents say legislation would undercut a tougher law passed in November. Nebraska's legislature is expected to pass a bill on Wednesday that would ease the way for construction of …

By: Lisa Song ,; InsideClimateNews

April 11, 2012

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Climate Change Disappears From Keystone XL Pipeline Debate

President Barack Obama walks with White House Advance Associate Valerie Tyburski following an event at the TransCanada Stillwater Pipe Yard near Cushing, Okla., March 22, 2012. (Photo: Pete Souza …

By: Lisa Song ,; InsideClimateNews

March 27, 2012

News

Canadian Government Targeting Opponents of New Oil Sands Pipeline (2)

As U.S. environmental groups renew their battle against the resurrected Keystone XL oil pipeline, their counterparts in Canada are facing a deeper problem—a government campaign to limit their influence …

By: Lisa Song ,; InsideClimateNews

March 12, 2012

News

Canadian Government Targeting Opponents of New Oil Sands Pipeline

Protesters in Prince George, British Columbia demonstrate against the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway oil pipeline, August 18, 2011. (Photo: 350.org) As U.S. environmental groups renew their battle …

By: Lisa Song ,; InsideClimateNews

March 11, 2012

News

Confusion Surrounds Federal Review of Southern Leg of Keystone XL

TransCanada's decision last week to build the southern half of the rejected Keystone XL has raised a tricky question about who will regulate the project review. The …

By: Lisa Song ,; InsideClimateNews

March 10, 2012

News

Secrecy Loophole Could Still Weaken Bureau of Land Management’s Tougher Fracking Regulations

New regulations drafted by the federal Bureau of Land Management would increase pressure on energy companies to disclose information about the chemicals they use in hydraulic fracturing, a process …

By: Lisa Song ,; InsideClimateNews

February 16, 2012

News

TransCanada: No More Than 6,000 Pipeline Workers on the Job “on Any Given Day“

As the Feb. 21 deadline approaches for the Obama administration's decision on the Keystone XL oil pipeline, the project's supporters have launched a new advertising campaign touting its job …

By: Lisa Song ,; InsideClimateNews

January 22, 2012

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