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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.

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President Donald Trump tours U.S. Steel’s Irvin Works in West Mifflin, Pa., on Friday. Credit: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

U.S. Steel Is a Major Source of Pollution in Pennsylvania. Will Its Sale Lock in Emissions for Another Generation?

By Kiley Bense

Wildfire victims seek services at a FEMA Disaster Recovery Center on Jan. 14 in Pasadena, Calif. Credit: Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Hurricane Season Will Be Even Riskier for Undocumented People This Year

By Kiley Bense

Shell said April 25 that it would start using its “elevated flare this afternoon” at its Pennsylvania plastics plant and expected the work to continue through the weekend. This image was taken during that period. Credit: Hilary Starcher-O’Toole

Nighttime Flaring at Shell Plastics Plant Lit Up Beaver County ‘Like Dawn’

By Kiley Bense

Trump’s First 100 Days

ICN Sunday Morning

President Donald Trump speaks alongside coal miners before signing executive orders about coal production at the White House on April 8 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images

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

Pope Francis arrives for the welcoming ceremony of a World Youth Day gathering in Lisbon, where he urged young Catholics to focus on caring for the planet and fighting climate change, on Aug. 3, 2023. Credit: Marco Bertorello/AFP via Getty Images

‘The Earth Loses a Defender’: Pope Francis Fought for the Poor and the Planet

By Kiley Bense

A view of a North Philadelphia neighborhood. Some neighborhoods face much higher temperatures in the summer than other areas of the city. Credit: Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images

Trump Administration Severs ‘Lifeline’ for Families Struggling to Pay Utility Bills

By Kiley Bense

An oil pumpjack is seen in a Texas field on April 9, 2025. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

New Trump Administration Directives to Repeal Environmental Regulations En Masse Make ‘No Sense,’ Legal Experts Say

By Kiley Bense

A still from “Single-Use Planet” shows the plastic pollution invading the tropical waters of Bali, Indonesia.

From Louisiana to Pennsylvania, Tracing Plastics Pollution Back to Its Source

By Kiley Bense

An aerial view of a fracking pond in Clearfield County, Pa. Credit: Ted Auch/FracTracker Alliance

EPA Considers Giving Oil and Gas Companies More ‘Flexibility’ to Dispose of Highly Toxic Wastewater

By Martha Pskowski, Kiley Bense

Birders visit the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge in Philadelphia in February. Credit: Kiley Bense/Inside Climate News

Microplastics Lurk in Freshwater Environments Across Pennsylvania

By Kiley Bense

Demonstrators participate in the Stand Up for Science rally at the Lincoln Memorial on March 7 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images

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

A lumber company in Preston Hollow, N.Y. receives a delivery of timber on March 28, 2023. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

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

Government inspectors conducted sampling at the Max Environmental landfill in October 2023 in Yukon, Pa. Credit: Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection

The ‘Horror Story’ of Hazardous Waste in a Small Pennsylvania Town

By Kiley Bense

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks on stage during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Aug. 21, 2024. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Pennsylvania’s New Energy Plan a ‘Betrayal’ to Those on the Front Lines, Critics Say

By Kiley Bense

Residents dig out stranded and buried cars after record snowfall on Dec. 2, 2024 in Erie, Pa. Credit: Jeff Swensen/Getty Images

Mid-Atlantic States Prepare for More Billion-Dollar Disasters as Trump Considers Cutting Emergency Funding

By Kiley Bense

A Norfolk Southern freight train runs past the site of the February 2023 derailment on the outskirts of East Palestine, Ohio. Credit: Phil Zhang/Xinhua via Getty Images

Norfolk Southern Rail Bridges in Western Pennsylvania in Disrepair, Study Warns

By Kiley Bense

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