Kiley Bense
Reporter, Pennsylvania
Kiley Bense covers climate change and the environment with a focus on Pennsylvania, politics, energy, and public health. She has reported on the effects of the fracking boom in Pennsylvania, the expansion of the American plastics industry, and the intersection of climate change and culture. Her previous work has appeared in the New York Times, the Atlantic, Smithsonian Magazine, the Believer, and Sierra Magazine, and she holds master’s degrees in journalism and creative writing from Columbia University. She is based in Pennsylvania.
A Messy Trail of Toxic Oil and Gas Waste
ICN Sunday Morning
Twenty Years Into Fracking, Pennsylvania Has Yet to Reckon With Its Radioactive Waste
By Kiley Bense, Peter Aldhous
Tracking Oil and Gas Waste in Pennsylvania Is Still a ‘Logistical Mess’
By Kiley Bense, Peter Aldhous
Gas Exports Are Driving Up Americans’ Energy Bills, Report Says
By Kiley Bense
As the Government Abandons Clean Energy, Green Steelmaking Advocates Look for Other Paths Forward
By Kiley Bense
The Trump Administration Is Cutting Billions in Clean Energy Investments—But the Savings Are Overstated
By Aidan Hughes, Kiley Bense, Peter Aldhous
Global Renewable Power Capacity Expected to More than Double by 2030
By Kiley Bense
Scientists Find Evidence that a Pennsylvania Town’s Water Was Contaminated by Fracking
By Kiley Bense
Citing the Need for ‘Significant Reform,’ Pennsylvania’s Governor Threatens to Pull the State Out of the Region’s Power Grid
By Kiley Bense, Aman Azhar, Charles Paullin, Dan Gearino, Rambo Talabong
Pennsylvania Was Once a National Leader in Renewable Energy. What Happened?
By Kiley Bense, Dan Gearino
Fracking’s Broken Promise to Pennsylvania
By Kiley Bense, Dan Gearino
Residents Living in the Shadow of the Steel Industry Ask the EPA to Reconsider Delay of Hazardous Air Pollution Rule
By Kiley Bense
Without Well-Funded Public Transit, Philadelphia’s Climate Future Looks Bleak
By Kiley Bense
Pennsylvania Lured Shell to the State With a $1.65 Billion Tax Break. Now the Company Wants to Sell Its Plant
By Kiley Bense
‘It Didn’t Have to Be This Way’: After Another Explosion at Clairton Coke Works, Advocates Call for Accountability
By Kiley Bense
Kids in Pennsylvania Are Breathing (Much) Easier After a Coal Plant Shuttered
By Kiley Bense
