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.
Hurricane Season Will Be Even Riskier for Undocumented People This Year
By Kiley Bense
Nighttime Flaring at Shell Plastics Plant Lit Up Beaver County ‘Like Dawn’
By Kiley Bense
Trump’s First 100 Days
ICN Sunday Morning
In His First 100 Days, Trump Launched an ‘All-Out Assault’ on the Environment
By Kiley Bense, Bob Berwyn, Dennis Pillion, Georgina Gustin, Jake Bolster, Marianne Lavelle, Wyatt Myskow
‘The Earth Loses a Defender’: Pope Francis Fought for the Poor and the Planet
By Kiley Bense
Trump Administration Severs ‘Lifeline’ for Families Struggling to Pay Utility Bills
By Kiley Bense
New Trump Administration Directives to Repeal Environmental Regulations En Masse Make ‘No Sense,’ Legal Experts Say
By Kiley Bense
From Louisiana to Pennsylvania, Tracing Plastics Pollution Back to Its Source
By Kiley Bense
EPA Considers Giving Oil and Gas Companies More ‘Flexibility’ to Dispose of Highly Toxic Wastewater
By Martha Pskowski, Kiley Bense
Microplastics Lurk in Freshwater Environments Across Pennsylvania
By Kiley Bense
Taking It to the Streets: Scientists Mobilize to Fight Trump’s ‘Unprecedented’ Anti-Science Agenda
By Liza Gross, Bob Berwyn, Dennis Pillion, Kiley Bense, Lauren Dalban, Lisa Sorg
Trump’s Executive Order on Forests ‘A Devastating Blow,’ Activists Say
By Kiley Bense
Pollution From a Pennsylvania Landfill Caused Problems for Decades. Fracking Waste Made It Worse
By Kiley Bense
The ‘Horror Story’ of Hazardous Waste in a Small Pennsylvania Town
By Kiley Bense
Pennsylvania’s New Energy Plan a ‘Betrayal’ to Those on the Front Lines, Critics Say
By Kiley Bense
Mid-Atlantic States Prepare for More Billion-Dollar Disasters as Trump Considers Cutting Emergency Funding
By Kiley Bense