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.
Executive Orders on Energy and Climate Have Advocates Across the Nation on Edge
By Dan Gearino, Aman Azhar, Amy Green, Dylan Baddour, Jake Bolster, Keerti Gopal, Kiley Bense, Lauren Dalban, Lisa Sorg, Liza Gross, Marianne Lavelle, Nicholas Kusnetz, Phil McKenna
‘Virtually Any City on Earth Can Burn Now’
By Kiley Bense
Elevated Levels of Radium Found in Western Pennsylvania’s Freshwater Mussels
By Kiley Bense
Climate Change Has Dangerously Supercharged Fires, Hurricanes, Floods and Heat Waves. Why Didn’t It Come Up More in the Presidential Campaign?
By Kiley Bense, Georgina Gustin, Liza Gross, Marianne Lavelle, Phil McKenna
Adding up the Public Health Costs of Using Coal to Make Steel
By Kiley Bense
Polling Shows Pennsylvania Voters Are Divided on Fracking
By Kiley Bense
Florida Avoided the Worst of Milton’s Wrath, But Millions Are Suffering After the Second Hurricane in Two Weeks
By James Bruggers, Amy Green, Bob Berwyn, Dan Gearino, Kiley Bense
Fact Checking the Pennsylvania Senate Candidates’ Debate Claims on Energy
By Kiley Bense
7 Debate Questions about Climate Change and Energy for Pennsylvania’s Senate Candidates
By Kiley Bense
In the Fight to Decide the Fate of US Steel, Climate and Public Health Take a Backseat to Politics
By Kiley Bense
A Company’s Struggles Raise Questions About the Future of Lithium Extraction in Pennsylvania
By Kiley Bense
Low Boom, High Pollution? NASA Readies for Supersonic Test Flight
By Marianne Lavelle, Kiley Bense
10 Tough Climate Questions for the Presidential Debate
By Marianne Lavelle, Kiley Bense, Liza Gross
As Tornado Alley Shifts East, Bracing for Impact in Unexpected Places
By Kiley Bense
After Partnering With the State to Monitor Itself, a Pennsylvania Gas Company Declares Its Fracking Operations ‘Safe’
By Kiley Bense
In Pennsylvania’s Competitive Senate Race, Fracking Takes Center Stage
By Kiley Bense
