
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.
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
