Author: Amy Mall

On NRDC’s Switchboard, Amy Mall tracked the fast-moving terrain of shale development — regulatory shifts, industry claims, emerging science. From Washington rulemaking to on-the-ground drilling impacts, the blog translated policy fights into plain stakes. As the gas boom expanded, so did the need for real-time scrutiny. Switchboard became a running ledger of what regulators proposed — and what communities stood to lose or gain.