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 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
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
