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.
Wind Takes Center Stage in Vermont Governor's Race
By Phil McKenna
Pipeline Expansion Threatens U.S. Climate Goals, Study Says
By Phil McKenna
Party Platforms Highlight Stark Differences on Energy and Climate
By Phil McKenna
Protesters Want a Halt to Three Mass. Pipeline Projects
By Phil McKenna
Democrats Embrace Price on Carbon While Clinton Steers Clear of Carbon Tax
By Phil McKenna
Virgin Islands and Exxon Agree to Uneasy Truce Over Climate Probe
By Phil McKenna
IEA: Shift to Clean Energy Could Save Millions Who Die From Pollution
By Phil McKenna
Brexit Sparks Worry About Fate of Global Climate Action
By Phil McKenna
California Utility Says Clean Energy Will Replace Power From State's Last Nuclear Plant
By Phil McKenna
For Virgin Islands, Being on the Frontlines of Climate Impacts Is Grounds for a Lawsuit
By Phil McKenna
Protesters Arrested for Blocking Railroad in Call for Oil-by-Rail Moratorium
By Phil McKenna
Texas Professor Talks Climate in Oil Industry's Training Ground
By Phil McKenna
Environmental Group Alleges Scientific Fraud in Disputed Methane Studies
By Phil McKenna
Exxon's Donations, Ties to AGU Are Larger and Deeper Than Previously Recognized
By Phil McKenna, Zahra Hirji and Lisa Song
Exxon Rebuffs Shareholder Requests to Address Climate Change
By Phil McKenna
EPA Begins Crackdown on Methane Emissions
By Phil McKenna
