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.
Q&A: Is Pittsburgh Becoming ‘the Plastic City’?
By Kiley Bense
Maya van Rossum Wants to Save the World
By Kiley Bense
A Plastics Plant Promised Pennsylvania Prosperity, but to Some Residents It’s Become a ‘Shockingly Bad’ Neighbor
By Kiley Bense
As a Contested Pittsburgh Primary Nears, Climate Advocates Rally Around a Progressive Fracking Opponent, Rep. Summer Lee
By Keerti Gopal, Kiley Bense
Across the US, Awe Unites During the Darkness of a Total Solar Eclipse
By Lee Hedgepeth, Erin Schulte, Keerti Gopal, Kiley Bense, Liza Gross, Phil McKenna
A Pennsylvania County Is Suing the Fossil Fuel Industry for Damages Linked to Climate Change
By Kiley Bense
Accidents Involving Toxic Vinyl Chloride Are Commonplace, a New Report Finds
By Kiley Bense
In the ‘Armpit of the Universe,’ a Window Into the Persistent Inequities of Environmental Policy
By Kiley Bense, Victoria St. Martin
Maya van Rossum, the Delaware Riverkeeper, Shouts Down Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro Over a Proposed ‘Hydrogen Hub’
By Kiley Bense
A Small Pennsylvania College Is Breaking New Ground in Pursuit of a Clean Energy Campus
By Kiley Bense
One Year Later, Pennsylvanians Living Near the East Palestine Train Derailment Site Say They’re Still Sick
By Kiley Bense
In His First Year as Governor, Josh Shapiro Forged Alliances With the Natural Gas Industry, Angering Environmentalists Who Once Supported Him
By Kiley Bense
In a Steel Town Outside Pittsburgh, an Old Fight Over Air Quality Drags On
By Kiley Bense
The Pittsburgh Foundation, Known for its Environmentalism, Shares a Lobbying Firm with the Oil and Gas Industry
By Kiley Bense
EPA Begins a Review Process That Could Bring an End to Toxic, Flammable Vinyl Chloride
By Kiley Bense
From Fracked Gas in Pennsylvania to Toxic Waste in Texas, Tracking Vinyl Chloride Production in the U.S.
By Kiley Bense
