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.
Obama Halts Arctic Oil Leases for Five Years, Undoing It Won't Be Simple for Trump
By Phil McKenna
Army Corps Halts Dakota Access Pipeline, Pending Review
By Phil McKenna
Dakota Access Prone to Spills, Should Be Rerouted, Says Expert
By Phil McKenna
Judge Throws Out Rioting Charge Against Journalist Covering Dakota Access Protest
By Phil McKenna
Dakota Access Opponents Thinking Bigger, Aim to Halt Entire Pipeline
By Phil McKenna
The Dakota Access Pipeline Fight: Where Does the Standoff Stand?
By Phil McKenna
Obama Admin: Dakota Pipeline 'Will Not Go Forward At This Time'
By Phil McKenna
Dakota Pipeline Fight Is Sioux Tribe's Cry For Justice
By Phil McKenna
Photos: Native American Pipeline Protest Brings National Attention to N.D. Standoff
By Phil McKenna
Dakota Pipeline Was Approved by Army Corps Over Objections of Three Federal Agencies
By Phil McKenna
Mass. Court Bans Rate Hikes to Fund Pipeline Projects
By Phil McKenna
Native American Pipeline Protest Halts Construction in North Dakota
By Phil McKenna
In Methane Hot Spot, Researchers Pinpoint Sources of 250 Leaks
By Phil McKenna
EPA Won't Investigate Scientist Accused of Underestimating Methane Leaks
By Phil McKenna
Wind Takes Center Stage in Vermont Governor's Race
By Phil McKenna
Pipeline Expansion Threatens U.S. Climate Goals, Study Says
By Phil McKenna
