Phil McKenna
Reporter, Boston
Phil McKenna is a Boston-based reporter for Inside Climate News. Before joining ICN in 2016, he was a freelance writer covering energy and the environment for publications including The New York Times, Smithsonian, Audubon and WIRED. Uprising, a story he wrote about gas leaks under U.S. cities, won the AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award and the 2014 NASW Science in Society Award. Phil has a master’s degree in science writing from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was an Environmental Journalism Fellow at Middlebury College.
Federal Regulations Fail to Contain Methane Emissions from Landfills
By Phil McKenna, Amy Green
Eleven Chemical Plants in China and One in the U.S. Emit a Climate Super-Pollutant Called Nitrous Oxide That’s 273 Times More Potent Than Carbon Dioxide
By Phil McKenna
Environmental Advocates Protest Outside EPA Headquarters Over the Slow Pace of New Climate and Clean Air Regulations
By Phil McKenna, Emma Ricketts
Potent Greenhouse Gases and Ozone Depleting Chemicals Called CFCs Are Back on the Rise Following an International Ban, a New Study Finds
By Phil McKenna
‘Green Hydrogen’ Would Squander Renewable Energy Resources in Massachusetts
By Phil McKenna
US Emissions of the World’s Most Potent Greenhouse Gas Are 56 Percent Higher Than EPA Estimates, a New Study Shows
By Phil McKenna
Supersonic Aviation Program Could Cause ‘Climate Debacle,’ Environmentalists Warn
By Phil McKenna
A 3M Plant in Illinois Was The Country’s Worst Emitter of a Climate-Killing ‘Immortal’ Chemical in 2021
By Phil McKenna
Why Chinese Aluminum Producers Emit So Much of Some of the World’s Most Damaging Greenhouse Gases
By Phil McKenna, and Lili Pike, Grid China Reporter
Why American Aluminum Plants Emit Far More Climate Pollution Than Some of Their Counterparts Abroad
By Phil McKenna
Want to Help Reduce PFC Emissions? Recycle Those Cans
By Phil McKenna
Who Were the Worst Climate Polluters in the US in 2021?
By Phil McKenna
New EPA Proposal to Augment Methane Regulations Would Help Achieve an 87% Reduction From the Oil and Gas Industry by 2030
By Phil McKenna
A New Study from China on Methane Leaks from the Sabotaged Nord Stream Pipelines Found that the Climate Impact Was ‘Tiny’ and Nothing ‘to Worry About’
By Phil McKenna
A New Report Suggests 6 ‘Magic’ Measures to Curb Emissions of Super-Polluting Refrigerants
By Phil McKenna
Pressing Safety Concerns, Opponents of the Mountain Valley Pipeline Gear Up for the Next Round of Battle
By Phil McKenna
