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.
Sen. Joe Manchin Eyes a Possible Third Party Presidential Run
By Phil McKenna
Republican Presidential Candidate Nikki Haley Says Climate Change is Real. Is She Proposing Anything to Stop It?
By Phil McKenna
Is California Overstating the Climate Benefit of Dairy Manure Methane Digesters?
By Phil McKenna
Reducing Methane From Livestock Is Critical for Stabilizing the Climate, but Congress Continues to Block Farms From Reporting Emissions Anyway
By Georgina Gustin, Phil McKenna
Government, Corporate and Philanthropic Interests Coalesce On Curbing Methane Emissions as Calls at COP28 for Binding Global Methane Agreement Intensify
By Phil McKenna
Is China Emitting a Climate Super Pollutant in Violation of an International Environmental Agreement?
By Phil McKenna, Peter Aldhous
Who Were the Worst of the Worst Climate Polluters in 2022?
By Phil McKenna
Watchdog Finds a US Chemical Plant Isn’t Reporting Emissions of Climate Super-Pollutants and Ozone-Depleting Substances to Federal Regulators
By Phil McKenna
Apple Goes a Step Too Far in Claiming a Carbon Neutral Product, a New Report Concludes
By Phil McKenna
Crucial for a Clean Energy Economy, the Aluminum Industry’s Carbon Footprint Is Enormous
By Phil McKenna
Industrial Plants in Gary and Other Environmental Justice Communities Are Highlighted as Top Emitters
By Aydali Campa, Phil McKenna, Victoria St. Martin
Federal Regulators Raise Safety Concerns Over Mountain Valley Pipeline in Formal Notice
By Phil McKenna
A Texas Dairy Ranks Among the State’s Biggest Methane Emitters. But Don’t Ask the EPA or the State About It.
By Phil McKenna, Georgina Gustin, Peter Aldhous
California’s Top Methane Emitter is a Vast Cattle Feedlot. For Now, Federal and State Greenhouse Gas Regulators Are Giving It a Pass.
By Phil McKenna, Georgina Gustin, Peter Aldhous
A US Non-Profit Aims to Reduce Emissions of a Super Climate Pollutant From Chemical Plants in China
By Phil McKenna
Federal Regulations Fail to Contain Methane Emissions from Landfills
By Phil McKenna, Amy Green
